Pressley Will Continue Her Impactful Work Advancing Economic Justice and Holding Trump Administration Accountable

Pressley Will Also Remain on the Powerful Democratic Steering and Policy Committee

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has been re-appointed to the House Financial Services Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the 119^th Congress, where she will continue her impactful work advancing economic justice, holding Trump Administration officials and other bad actors accountable, and making sure government works for the people.

Under the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Pressley will serve Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and the Subcommittee on Digital Assets.

“I am deeply honored to continue serving on the House Financial Services and Oversight Committees—two powerful venues for advancing economic relief and making sure government works for the people,” said Congresswoman Pressley. “With the new Trump Administration poised to continue inflicting hurt and harm on our communities, I look forward to leveraging my committee roles and working with Ranking Members Waters and Connolly to center the people, hold bad actors accountable, and stand in the gap on behalf of the Massachusetts 7^th. I thank Leader Jeffries, Congressman Neal, and my colleagues on the Steering and Policy Committee for their support.”

Congresswoman Pressley will also continue as Region 12 representative on the powerful House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which is responsible for appointing members of the House Democratic Caucus to committee seats and shaping caucus priorities.

During her time on the Financial Services Committee during her first three terms, Rep. Pressley has worked consistently to advance policies and investments that affirm housing as a human right, close the racial wealth gap, transform our credit reporting system, protect consumers from predatory debt collection practices, sound the alarm on systemic climate risk, strengthen regulations on artificial intelligence, and more.

Rep. Pressley’s notable accomplishments on the Financial Services Committee include:

• Passing the Grandfamily Housing Act, her legislation with Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) to help grandparents raising children access safe, affordable, age-appropriate housing;
• Advancing and enacting the Emergency Homelessness Assistance Act, which authorized $5 billion to assist those experiencing homelessness and was signed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan;
• Advancing the Downpayment Toward Equity Act, which provides $10 billion to create a new down payment assistance program for first-time, first-generation homebuyers;
• Introducing the Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act to address credit issues and discrimination faced by trans and nonbinary people who legally change their names. This bill passed out of committee in July 2022;
• Passing the Comprehensive CREDIT Act to protect consumers from unfair credit reporting practices and affirm the right of all Americans to an equitable and transparent credit reporting process. This legislation passed the House of Representatives in 2020.
• Introducing the Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program (HELP) Act to provide much-needed assistance to those facing eviction amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• Introducing the Tenant Empowerment Act to strengthen HUD tenant protections and provide them with the tools necessary to improve the quality of their homes.

Rep. Pressley served on the Oversight Committee in the 116^th, 117^th, and 118^th Congresses, where she has participated in historic hearings on issues such as childhood trauma, abortion access, Medicare for All, DC statehood, maternal health justice, and more. Congresswoman Pressley has also leveraged her role on the Oversight Committee to push back against Republicans’ harmful efforts to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, sound the alarm on Project 2025, hold Trump Administration officials accountable, and more. 

In 2019, she worked with then-Chairman Cummings to convene the first-ever Congressional hearings on childhood trauma. 

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