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• At Historic Hearing on Project 2025, Pressley Spotlights Deadly Impact of Abortion Bans - Ayanna Pre
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/09/24/at-historic-hearing-on-project-2025-pressley-spotlights-deadly-impact-of-abortion-bans/
  ... it. A full transcript of Congresswoman Pressley’s testimony is available below and full video is available here . Transcript: At Historic Hearing on Project 2025, Pressley Spotlights Deadly Impact of Abortion Bans September 24, 2024 U.S. Capitol PART ONE REP...
• Reps. Pressley, Porter, Cárdenas and Scanlon Introduce Bill to Protect Individuals with Mental Illne
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/10/20/reps-pressley-porter-c-rdenas-and-scanlon-introduce-bill-protect-individuals/
  ..., 2020 Reps. Pressley, Porter, Cárdenas and Scanlon Introduce Bill to Protect Individuals with Mental Illness, Disabilities from Police Violence Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) WASHINGTON  – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along...
• Pressley, Williams, 114 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Defend Reproductive and Sexual Health Ca
  https://pressley.house.gov/2022/05/12/pressley-williams-114-colleagues-introduce-legislation-defend-reproductive-and/
  ... health care. These dangerous political restrictions being enacted against abortion care and gender-affirming care, and the ongoing threats on access to contraceptive care, make clear that no one is safe. It is time for Members of Congress to send...
• Pressley Joins Paid Leave for All, Colleagues in Day of Action for National Paid Family and Medical
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/07/11/pressley-joins-paid-leave-for-all-colleagues-in-day-of-action-for-national-paid-family-and-medical-leave-policy/
  ... leave,” said Democratic Whip Katherine Clark. “It’s time for us to follow the lead of every one of our peer nations and guarantee Americans the support they need for a quality life — where taking time off to care for your loved one will not cost...
• Pressley, Clyburn, Scanlon, Colleagues Urge Biden to Use Clemency Power to Address Mass Incarceratio
  https://pressley.house.gov/2024/11/20/pressley-clyburn-scanlon-colleagues-urge-biden-to-use-clemency-power-to-address-mass-incarceration-before-leaving-office/
  ... in the world, with nearly two million people locked in jails and prisons throughout the country. The extreme use of incarceration has resulted in one in two adults having had an incarcerated family member. People of color are disproportionately put behind bars...
• Rep. Pressley Demands Funding for School-Based Health Centers - Ayanna Pressley
  https://pressley.house.gov/2019/06/13/rep-pressley-demands-funding-school-based-health-centers/
  ... experience a serious traumatic event – such as sexual abuse, community violence, displacement – by their 16th birthday, and many children suffer multiple and repeated traumas. Health and education are inextricably linked. And it remains one of the greatest...
• In CommonWealth Mag Op-Ed, Pressley, Foley Urge Massachusetts Business Leaders to Abandon Anti-Union
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/09/21/commonwealth-mag-op-ed-pressley-foley-urge-massachusetts-business-leaders/
  ... of the very black employees who make your business possible. And that commitment must center the foundational principle of honoring their contributions and their right to speak with one voice through a duly elected union. In the Commonwealth, the healthcare sector...
• Pressley, Chu, Blumenthal, Baldwin, Frankel, and Escobar Statement on Supreme Court Decision Refusin
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/09/02/pressley-chu-blumenthal-baldwin-frankel-and-escobar-statement-supreme-court/
  ... Texas anti-abortion law to take effect. The members are the lead sponsors of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), bicameral federal legislation to guarantee equal access to abortion, everywhere. “In the middle of the night, in an unsigned, one...
• Pressley Advances Critical Housing Priorities in Reconciliation Markup - Ayanna Pressley
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/09/14/pressley-advances-critical-housing-priorities-reconciliation-markup/
  ... investments that affirm housing as the fundamental human right that it is—and today we are one step closer to that goal,” said Congresswoman Pressley . “As we continue fighting to reinstate the federal eviction moratorium to keep families safely housed during...
• Pressley, Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Observe 12th Anniversary of 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Ayanna Pressley
  https://pressley.house.gov/2022/01/12/pressley-haiti-caucus-co-chairs-observe-12th-anniversary-of-2010-haiti-earthquake/
  ... Representative for the Massachusetts 7 th  Congressional District, Congresswoman Pressley serves as Co-Chair for the House Haiti Caucus and represents one of the largest Haitian diaspora communities in the country, with approximately 46,000 Haitians and Haitian...