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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.

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May 21, 2019

it's even more appalling when you consider that Secretary DeVos, a person Forbes referred to as a, quote/unquote, 'the Queen of debt'--what an awful moniker--has been slow or unwilling to provide debt relief to those who took out these…

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May 21, 2019

Well, that is absolutely unacceptable.

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May 21, 2019

Well, this is most unfortunate, quite unsavory.

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May 21, 2019

I hope that's true because I would hate to think that the Department intentionally abused earnings data and dragged its feet to trigger cancelation of the MOU.

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May 21, 2019

To add insult to injury, some of these students have even had their tax refunds garnished as their claims have been stalled.

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May 21, 2019

Can you commit to providing this committee a detailed plan in the next two weeks, explaining how you plan to expeditiously address these 160,000 unprocessed claims?

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May 21, 2019

I held one of the first hearings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the deceptive practices of for-profit colleges.

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May 21, 2019

98 percent of the programs that failed were at for-profit colleges.

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May 21, 2019

I think it's a failure to enforce--the rule would give an additional $5.3 billion to almost exclusively for-profit programs.

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May 21, 2019

Last week, San Francisco became the first city to ban use of facial recognition technology.

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May 21, 2019

In 2014, the Obama Administration proposed the gainful employment rule. This was proposed as an accountability standard for all career-focused nondegree programs.

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May 20, 2019

Yes or no, do you believe the substandard public housing conditions pose a risk to tenants' physical, mental, and emotional health if left unaddressed?

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