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- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Freedom%20to%20Move%20Act%20One%20Pager.pdf...Bureau of Labor Statistics – Consumer Expenditure Survey, September 2018, available at https://www.bls.gov/cex/2017/combined/quintile.pdf 2 Institute for Transportation and Development Policy – The High Cost of Transportation in the United States. May 23, 2019. available at https://www.itdp.org/2019/05/23/high-cost-transportation-united-states/ 3 Vacarro, Adam – Boston ranks worst in US for rush-hour traffic second year in a row, March 9, 2020. Available at https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/09/metro/boston-ranks-worst-us-rush-hour-traffic-second-year-row/ https://www.bls.gov/cex/2017/combined/quintile.pdf https://www.itdp.org/2019/05/23/high-cost-transportation-united-states/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/09/metro/boston-ranks-worst-us-rush-hour-traffic-second-year-row/ 2. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Justice%20for%20Incarcerated%20Moms%20One%20Pager.pdfH.R. 6129 - The Justice For Incarcerated Moms Act Background The United States has an incarceration crisis that fails to meet the unique needs of the population it imprisons. More than 2.3 million people are incarcerated across America with women among the fastest growing population......
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Mental%20Health%20Justice%20Act%20Bill%20Text.pdf....), and the 9 failure to provide sufficient community-based serv-10 ices (such as supported housing, assertive commu-11 nity treatment, mobile crisis, peer support, and sup-12 ported employment) has resulted in needless institu-13 tionalization as well as incarceration of persons with 14 mental illness or an intellectual or developmental 15 disability. 16 (2) In the landmark 1999 Supreme Court case 17 Olmstead v. L.C., the Supreme Court ruled that the 18 ‘‘unjustified institutional isolation of persons with 19 disabilities is a form of discrimination’’ prohibited by 20 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 21 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 22 (3) Regulations promulgated by the Attorney 23 General in 1991 affirm that title II of the Ameri-24 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 25 et seq.) requires public entities to ‘‘administer serv-26 VerDate Mar 15 2010 16:44 Oct 19, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\AMGILLEY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\PORTCA_122 October 19, 2020 (4:44 p.m.) ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Pressley%20Federal%20Job%20Guarantee%20Resolution%20Summary.pdf...And it would enable the just transition of workers in unsustainable sectors. 1 https://hbr.org/2017/10/hiring-discrimination-against-black-americans-hasnt-declined-in-25-years 2 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/women-color-hardest-hit-pandemic-joblessness-n1235585 https://hbr.org/2017/10/hiring-discrimination-against-black-americans-hasnt-declined-in-25-years https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/women-color-hardest-hit-pandemic-joblessness-n1235585 At a time when 28 percent of full-time workers earn less than $15 per hour3, a job guarantee would set a new standard for quality jobs, pressuring low-wage employers to increase wages and benefits. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Pressley%20Federal%20Job%20Guarantee%20Resolution%20vF.pdf...G:\M\17\PRESMA\PRESMA_009.XML g:\VHLC\021821\021821.034.xml (790601|5) 15 prenticeships, credentialing, and other career- 1 building opportunities; 2 (8) job guarantee work would— 3 (A) be made available— 4 (i) on a full-time and part-time basis 5 for adult residents age 18 and over, de-6 pending on worker needs, including those 7 with involvement in the criminal legal sys-8 tem; 9 (ii) on a part-time basis for young 10 people ages 16 and 17; 11 (iii) for short- or long-term periods, 12 depending on worker needs; and 13 (iv) to all people on a nondiscrim-14 inatory basis, including people with disabil-15 ities; 16 (B) include outreach and recruitment, con-17 ducted in multiple languages; 18 (C) provide workers and aspiring workers 19 with support services, such as childcare and 20 transportation assistance, and specific accom-21 modations, as needed to access jobs and fulfill 22 job responsibilities; and 23 (D) meaningfully expand our social safety 24 net and would not replace any existing safety 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:28 Feb 18, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MMCROTTY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\PRESMA_ February 18, 2021 (10:28 a.m.) ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Pressley%20Garcia%20Johnson%20Public%20Transit%20Letter.pdfSeptember 9, 2021 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Charles Schumer Speaker Majority Leader United States House of Representatives United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Peter DeFazio The Honorable Sherrod Brown Chairman Chairman House Co......
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20One%20Pager%20Updated.pdf...The Public Health Emergency Act outlines the bold and swift action needed to meet the scale of the crisis and ensure the health and safety of vulnerable members of our communities. 1 National Alliance to End Homelessness, “The State of Homelessness in America,” (2017) https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness- statistics/state-of-homelessness-report-legacy/ 2 Jack Tsai and Michal Wilson, “COVID-19: A Potential Public Health Problem for Homeless Populations” (Mar. 2020), https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30053-0/fulltext 3 National Alliance to End Homelessness, “Children and Families” (Jan. 2019) https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/who-experiences- homelessness/children-and-families/ https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/FINAL%20Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Shelter%20Act%20.pdf https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-report-legacy/ https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-report-legacy/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30053-0/fulltext https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/who-experiences-homelessness/children-and-families/ https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/who-experiences-homelessness/children-and-families/ ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Support%20Through%20Loss%20Act%20Bill%20Text.pdf...G:\M\17\PRESMA\PRESMA_049.XML g:\VHLD\071921\D071921.171.xml (810275|4) 5 (III) an employing office, as defined 1 in section 101 of the Congressional Ac-2 countability Act of 1995; 3 (IV) an employing office, as defined in 4 section 411(c) of title 3, United States 5 Code; or 6 (V) an employing agency covered 7 under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 8 5, United States Code; and 9 (ii) engaged in commerce (including 10 government), or an industry or activity af-11 fecting commerce (including government), 12 as defined in subparagraph (B)(iii). 13 (B) COVERED EMPLOYER.— 14 (i) IN GENERAL....
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/The%20Peoples%20Justice%20Guarantee%20One%20Pager.pdfThe People’s Justice Guarantee Background: The US criminal legal system is racist, xenophobic and fundamentally flawed. The mass incarceration crisis has destabilized millions of Americans, caused intergenerational harm and trauma to families, decimated entire communities, and dispr......
- https://waters.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/waters.house.gov/files/THUD%20Highway%20-%20Compton%20-%20Cert.pdfMicrosoft Word - THUD - Highway projects - Cert & Sub (2) March 24, 2023 The Honorable Kay Granger The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chairwoman Ranking Member Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 ......