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- https://pressley.house.gov/2020/04/05/associated-press-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-black-mistrust-medicine-looms/... so much more than just that one example,” Lacey said. “We don’t trust systems that are connected to white supremacy. So, we have to do the work to repair it.” Indeed, Tuskegee didn’t happen in a vacuum. In the 1950s, doctors at the John Hopkins Hospital...
- https://pressley.house.gov/2021/04/15/rep-pressley-unveils-bold-legislation-support-pregnant-people-during-covid-19/... to Support Pregnant People During COVID-19 Pandemic Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) , a founding member of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, introduced the COVID-19 Safe Birthing Act, bold...
- Pressley Testifies in Support of Federal Funding for Community Projects Across Massachusetts 7th - Ahttps://pressley.house.gov/2021/06/11/pressley-testifies-support-federal-funding-community-projects-across/.... To address this need, I have requested funding to cover the cost of construction of a school-based health center at Randolph High School, to be accessed both by students and community. At one point, Randolph had the third-highest rate of infection...
- https://pressley.house.gov/2022/01/11/pressley-joins-schiff-sanders-khanna-urging-biden-take-further-steps/... health response as the country enters a new phase of the pandemic, and that rapid testing – one of the most effective tools the federal government has at its disposal – is free, accessible, and convenient for all. “The rapid spread of the Omicron...
- Pressley Discusses How Pandemic Mental Health and Trauma Crisis Exacerbate Pushout of Black and Browhttps://pressley.house.gov/2022/02/16/pressley-discusses-how-pandemic-mental-health-and-trauma-crisis-exacerbate/... or primary caregiver –and due to its disparate impact, Black, Latinx, American Indian and Alaska Native children, were more than four times likely to lose a loved one. A recent report showed that Black and Latinx girls are more likely to have to take...
- https://pressley.house.gov/2022/03/01/pressley-condemns-senate-obstruction-women-s-health-protection-act/... Rep. Chu, lead sponsor of WHPA . “This has left many – mainly low-income people of color – to fear that every new anti-choice law could be the one that finally puts abortion access out of reach for them, or their daughters. That is why I am so proud...
- https://pressley.house.gov/2022/05/19/pressley-testifies-fix-clemency-act-house-judiciary-committee/... and every one of our districts. And it should stoke moral outrage in everyone who calls this nation home, as this is a shameful legacy. The people locked in cages throughout this nation are real people. Their families and friends are serving their sentences...
- At Hearing, Pressley Blasts GOP Efforts to Arm Teachers and Militarize Schools, Calls for Bold Actiohttps://pressley.house.gov/2022/06/08/at-hearing-pressley-blasts-gop-efforts-to-arm-teachers-and-militarize-schools-calls-for-bold-action-to-combat-gun-violence/... resources, not revolvers in our schools.” And yet, we spend one billion dollars over the last two decades to grow our school police. Ms. Pringle, in your experience, does adding more police to schools end mass shootings, yes or no? BECKY PRINGLE: No. REP...
- In Hearing, Pressley Underscores Impact of Urban Heat Islands on Lower-Income Communities - Ayanna Phttps://pressley.house.gov/2024/07/16/in-hearing-pressley-underscores-impact-of-urban-heat-islands-on-lower-income-communities/... is real and it is here. Climate change isn’t an abstract problem for people of a faraway future to solve. No one knows that better than our youth. And I know you agree because under your leadership, EPA created the first-of-its-kind National Environmental...
- In Boston Globe Op-Ed: Pressley Marks MLK Day by Calling for Bold Action and Community Building Overhttps://pressley.house.gov/2025/01/21/in-boston-globe-op-ed-pressley-marks-mlk-day-by-calling-for-bold-action-and-community-building-over-next-four-years/... into chaos, or will we build a beloved community? The answer must always be community, and we as a people must always do the work to actively build it. As congresswoman for the Massachusetts 7th — a dynamic and diverse district that is also one...