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• Pressley, Warren Ask Independent Watchdog to Investigate Racial Inequity in Pandemic Response - Ayan
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/12/04/pressley-warren-ask-independent-watchdog-investigate-racial-inequity-pandemic/
  ... health care providers serving communities that are most in need. COVID-19 testing may also be harder to obtain for people of color: one analysis found  that testing sites located in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods of major cities face...
• At Pressley, Warren Request, Independent Watchdog Agrees to Investigate Racial Inequity in Pandemic
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/12/11/pressley-warren-request-independent-watchdog-agrees-investigate-racial-inequity/
  ... insurance revenue – raising the question of whether funds truly reached health care providers serving communities that are most in need. COVID-19 testing may also be harder to obtain for people of color: one analysis found that testing sites located...
• Pressley, DeLauro, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Include Robust Paid Leave Protections in Next
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/02/24/pressley-delauro-colleagues-urge-president-biden-include-robust-paid-leave/
  ... policy. The current bill includes voluntary tax credits for businesses who choose to provide paid leave. “We cannot emerge from this pandemic and remain one of only two countries in the world with no form of national paid leave. We need a policy...
• Pressley, Watson Coleman, Colleagues Seek Critical Funding for Violence Prevention & Trauma Recovery
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/09/13/pressley-watson-coleman-colleagues-seek-critical-funding-violence-prevention/
  ... in her district over the past year. In July 2019, she worked with Chairman Cummings to convene one of the  first-ever Congressional hearings on childhood trauma .  Watch Congresswoman Pressley’s  full question line  and follow-up questions  here  and  here . As...
• Pressley, Warren, Congressional Delegation Call on Office of Refugee Resettlement to Coordinate with
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/11/11/pressley-warren-congressional-delegation-call-office-refugee-resettlement/
  ... Auchincloss (D-MA-04) sent a letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) calling on them to coordinate with the government agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist newly arrived families from Haiti.   “Massachusetts is home to one...
• Ahead of Climate Week and Fed’s September Meetings, Pressley, Markey Lead Colleagues in Urging Fed t
  https://pressley.house.gov/2023/09/18/ahead-of-climate-week-and-feds-september-meetings-pressley-markey-lead-colleagues-in-urging-fed-to-factor-in-climate/
  ... and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), and Congressman Mondaire Jones (NY-17) urged President Biden to  replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell  with one focused...
• During Banned Books Week, Pressley, Librarians, Educators Affirm Need for Representative Literature
  https://pressley.house.gov/2023/10/12/during-banned-books-week-pressley-librarians-educators-affirm-need-for-representative-literature/
  ... of viewpoints, expressions, and experiences,” said Sharon Parrington-Wright, Library Director, Turner Free Library . “The discussion we were able to host at the Turner Free Library is just one small part of the ongoing and critical work libraries...
• VIDEO: Pressley Condemns Pending Invasion of Rafah, Continues Push for Ceasefire in Gaza - Ayanna Pr
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/02/29/video-pressley-condemns-pending-invasion-of-rafah-continues-push-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/
  ... that we’ve had to come to this podium over these one hundred-plus days. I feel betrayed. I feel haunted. I feel shame. Palestinian lives matter. We have stood together at this podium many times now over these past few months, and our conviction has not waned...
• Despite Republican Attacks, Pressley, Warren, Markey Deliver Funding for The Pryde LGBTQ+ Senior Hou
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/03/25/despite-republican-attacks-pressley-warren-markey-deliver-funding-for-the-pryde-lgbtq-senior-housing-in-boston/
  ... the resources they deserve—but we made sure they didn’t have the final word,” said Congresswoman Pressley. “With the cost of housing skyrocketing and one-third of LGBTQ+ seniors living in poverty nationwide, this project will help LGBTQ+ elders...
• Pressley, Porter, Ramirez Introduce Bill to Eliminate Child Tax Credit Income Restrictions For Singl
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/08/01/pressley-porter-ramirez-reintroduce-bill-to-eliminate-child-tax-credit-income-restrictions-for-single-parents/
  ...—because they don’t see us,”  said Congresswoman Porter, a single mom of three . “It’s not cheaper to raise a child as a single parent—in fact, it can be even harder to raise a family with just one source of income. Tax reform that helps all types...