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• Newsweek: "Racism And Misogyny": Rep. Ayanna Pressley Slams Steve Mnuchin For Postponing Tubman's Pl
  https://pressley.house.gov/2019/06/15/newsweek-racism-and-misogyny-rep-ayanna-pressley-slams-steve-mnuchin-postponing/
  ...” that departmental officials had already undertaken to implement the redesign before those plans were scrapped. One employee of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing told the paper that he personally viewed a metal engraving plate that would have been relevant...
• Wicked Local Randolph: Pressley leads rally to stop anti-abortion case - Ayanna Pressley
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/03/04/wicked-local-randolph-pressley-leads-rally-stop-anti-abortion-case/
  ... that would close clinics and decimate abortion access in Louisiana, Pressley said. If the law goes into effect, two of the three abortion clinics in the state will close, leaving 1 million women of reproductive age with one abortion provider. Pressley led...
• Common Dreams: After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to A
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/03/06/common-dreams-after-alabama-executes-nathaniel-woods-ayanna-pressley-leads-fresh-0/
  ... and activist Shaun King, a surrogate for Sanders’ campaign, was one of the high-profile advocates who fought to save Woods’ life. King concluded a long Twitter thread about Woods’ execution late Thursday with calls for outlawing capital punishment and electing...
• Yahoo Finance: House Democrats unveil bill to cancel $30,000 in student debt per borrower amid coron
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/03/23/yahoo-finance-house-democrats-unveil-bill-cancel-30000-student-debt-borrower-amid/
  ...” for the monthly payments of borrowers who hold federal loans while suspending involuntary collections or garnishments of wages or federal income tax returns amid the crisis. “During this unprecedented crisis, no one should have to choose between paying...
• Pressley, DeLauro, Gillibrand, and Murray Call On Biden Administration and Congressional Leadership
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/01/13/pressley-delauro-gillibrand-and-murray-call-biden-administration-and/
  ... of coronavirus. The provisions also prevented workers from having to choose between their paycheck or their health when they needed to stay home to care for themselves or a loved one. As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country, Pressley, DeLauro...
• House Panel Examines Pressley Bill to Confront Structural Racism as a Public Health Crisis - Ayanna
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/06/25/house-panel-examines-pressley-bill-confront-structural-racism-public-health/
  ... of environmental racism for generations.” Sarbanes continued : “One way to do that is by passing … the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act … a critical bill introduced by my colleagues, Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Barbara Lee. This bill would expand federal...
• Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Pressley, Clarke, Levin, Demings Urge Biden Admin. to Support Haitian Communi
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/07/14/haiti-caucus-co-chairs-pressley-clarke-levin-demings-urge-biden-admin-support/
  ... the more than one million Haitians and Americans of Haitian descent that call the United States home.” The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the nation’s already limited public health infrastructure. Gang violence and bloodshed and ongoing kidnapping of civilians...
• Pressley, Lynch Deliver $15 Million in Federal Transportation Funding for Blue Hill Ave Corridor Pro
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/11/19/pressley-lynch-deliver-15-million-federal-transportation-funding-blue-hill-ave/
  ... for this project.”  “Blue Hill Avenue is one of Boston’s key economic and community corridors, linking Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan to essential businesses and services. It is home to thriving small businesses, places of worship, schools, playgrounds, community...
• Pressley, House Progressives Call for Rep. Lauren Boebert to Be Removed From Committee Assignments -
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/12/02/pressley-house-progressives-call-rep-lauren-boebert-be-removed-committee/
  ... in solidarity with Rep. Omar, and urge every single one of our colleagues to join us in demanding action.”   The following members joined Reps. Bowman, Bush, Carson, and Jayapal in signing on to this statement: Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Brendan Boyle (PA-02...
• Pressley, Watson Coleman Statement on Biden Administration Support for Children Who Lost Caregivers
  https://pressley.house.gov/2022/03/03/pressley-watson-coleman-statement-biden-administration-support-children-who/
  ... times as likely to lose a loved one. Tragically, many of these children have not received the support they need. In December, we led  an effort to call on  President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra to take action to better identify...