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• The Boston Globe: Op-Ed: The coronavirus puts child care sector in need of a bailout - Ayanna Pressl
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/03/24/boston-globe-op-ed-coronavirus-puts-child-care-sector-need-bailout/
  ... fights to balance their family’s physical and economic livelihoods. One thing is clear: We can no longer afford to approach child care as an economic accessory. We must approach it as the oxygen on which every facet of our recovery will depend. Well...
• Rep. Pressley & Rep. DeLauro Introduce Bicameral Emergency Paid Leave Legislation In Response to Wor
  https://pressley.house.gov/2020/04/03/rep-pressley-rep-delauro-introduce-bicameral-emergency-paid-leave-legislation/
  ... sick days or longer term paid leave, including our frontline health care workers and first responders. Through this new legislation, we can provide immediate economic security so no one falls through the cracks.” “I’m hearing from workers who urgently...
• Pressley Grills Powell on Need for Federal Job Guarantee to Achieve Full Employment - Ayanna Pressle
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/02/24/pressley-grills-powell-need-federal-job-guarantee-achieve-full-employment/
  ... Chairwoman and thank you, Chairman Powell. When we last spoke in front of this committee one year ago, you thanked me for sharing the history of these Humphrey Hawkins hearings and the legacy of Coretta Scott King, and her advocacy for a federal jobs...
• Reps. Pressley, Watson Coleman, Omar Re-Introduce Bold Legislation to End School Pushout of Girls of
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/03/26/reps-pressley-watson-coleman-omar-re-introduce-bold-legislation-end-school/
  .... In my hometown of Minneapolis, black students are 41% of the student population, but make up three quarters of all suspensions. At one middle school in my district, African American students are 338% more likely to be suspended than their white peers, according...
• Pressley Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Address Nation’s Trauma Crisis - Ayanna Pressley
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/04/07/pressley-calls-biden-harris-administration-address-nation-s-trauma-crisis/
  ... Biden can be viewed here . The full text of the op-ed is below and can be viewed online here . GBH Op-Ed: From This Year Of Hurt And Beyond, There Is Hope By Rep. Ayanna Pressley April 6, 2021 As we mark one year since the COVID-19 crisis began, a year...
• Pressley, Maloney Lead Colleagues in Reintroducing Bold Legislation to Address Growing Childhood Tra
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/06/10/pressley-maloney-lead-colleagues-reintroducing-bold-legislation-address-growing/
  ... Colleagues in Reintroducing Bold Legislation to Address Growing Childhood Trauma Crisis STRONG Support for Children Act: Bill Text | Summary | Section-by-Section | Press Conference Children’s Protection Act: Bill Text | One-Pager | Section-by-Section...
• Pressley, Houlahan, DeLauro, Chu Lead Effort to Secure Paid Family Leave for Every Worker - Ayanna P
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/07/19/pressley-houlahan-delauro-chu-lead-effort-secure-paid-family-leave-every-worker/
  ... working people the time they need to welcome a new child, care for a loved one or to take care of themselves, without fear of losing pay or the threat of losing their job,” said Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families...
• Pressley, Velázquez, Colleagues Urge DHS to Halt Deportations to Haiti, Support Diaspora Following E
  https://pressley.house.gov/2021/09/17/pressley-vel-zquez-colleagues-urge-dhs-halt-deportations-haiti-support-diaspora/
  .... That means immediately halting the cruel and callous deportations of our Haitian neighbors and leveraging every resource available to support those fleeing the humanitarian crisis on the island.” “The people of Haiti have been dealt one tragedy after another...
• Pressley Joins Levin, 129 Colleagues on Resolution Recognizing Congressional Workers’ Right to Organ
  https://pressley.house.gov/2022/02/09/pressley-joins-levin-129-colleagues-resolution-recognizing-congressional/
  ..., I hope my colleagues will recognize a union if a majority of their staff indicates they have chosen to form one. We have an opportunity to demonstrate our values of believing in the collective voice and power of workers. We cannot stop fighting...
• VIDEO: Pressley, Colleagues, SOTU Guest Press for Child Care and Paid Leave Investments Ahead of Sta
  https://pressley.house.gov/2023/02/07/video-pressley-colleagues-sotu-guest-press-for-child-care-and-paid-leave-investments-ahead-of-state-of-the-union/
  .... Early Head Start and Head Start teachers make a significant impact on young children’s lives, who will be taking care of us in the future. They will become a police officer, a teacher, a nurse, a lawyer, a soldiers, and our President one day...