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Ayanna Pressley

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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.

Dec 9, 2019

I find that I have that dual experience often on this committee of comparable pride of our honoring the words of our late chairman in being in efficient and effective pursuit of the truth and simultaneous shame with all of the efforts to…

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Dec 9, 2019

A parent is a child's first teacher. My mother did not read me nursery rhymes, but she made sure early on that I knew the words of Toussaint Louverture, 'I was born a slave, but Nature gave me the soul of a free man.'

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Dec 9, 2019

At the very least, we should regulate the use of talc or add warning labels to the products, but, ideally, we need to get this stuff off the shelves.

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Dec 9, 2019

I think this is the very exact vehicle and forum where this sort of oversight is supposed to take place.

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Dec 9, 2019

I find it insulting to this committee and to the men and women across this country whose trust in Johnson & Johnson has destroyed their lives.

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Dec 9, 2019

It is simply appalling that the United States continues to be one of only two industrialized nations in the world without any form of paid family leave.

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Dec 9, 2019

Current policy is simply out of touch with the fact that, at some point, virtually every person, every working person--because hardship does not discriminate--will need to take time away from a job to fulfill caregiving responsibilities.

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Dec 9, 2019

What is happening in Haiti is of specific and urgent import to the people that I represent, dealing with the fact that they cannot travel back to the funerals of their loved ones due to the violence; the fact that students cannot go to…

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Dec 9, 2019

When Johnson & Johnson asks people to trust them, the FDA should have said, show us.

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Dec 5, 2019

Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Tlaib for her leadership on this and so many social justice issues. I really appreciate her organizing this Special Order hour, and I hope that, in some ways, it assures the American people that we…

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Dec 3, 2019

Working families shouldn't have to wait 3 to 5 days for a check to clear.

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