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WASHINGTON – Today, in an op-ed published on CNBC.com, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Author and UCLA Historian David Stein called on the Federal Reserve to take specific steps to address Black unemployment, which has historically exceeded the
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to strip the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of its role as a collector of critical COVID-19 data—such as racial disparities—and direct hospitals to send that information directly to a private database.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement today regarding the federal government’s execution of Daniel Lee, which marked its first use of the death penalty since 2003.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asking for HHS's report on the Administration's efforts to address racial disparities in health care access and outcomes, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement today regarding reported efforts to weaken the qualified immunity provisions in the Massachusetts State Senate bill, the Reform, Shift and Build Act.
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Four freshman progressive House members are throwing a wrench into government funding negotiations, urging their colleagues to reduce spending on the Department of Homeland Security as a bipartisan committee negotiates a way forward for the agency.
BOSTON - Although the government shutdown has ended with a continued resolution for the next three weeks, those furloughed employees here in Massachusetts are still struggling to get by.
After being officially sworn in to the 116th Congress by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington D.C. earlier this month, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley held a local swearing in ceremony Saturday at Roxbury Community College.
From the outside, Room 1108 in the Longworth House Office Building is unremarkable. Inside, it’s even less so. But to Ayanna Pressley — who is the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress — it is everything.
The office symbolizes a kind of spiritual lineage for her: Fifty years ago, the space was occupied by Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first black congresswoman.
For Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), the political in many ways is also deeply personal.
A partial government shutdown, now in its fourth week, has left 800,000 federal workers without a paycheck. Hardest hit are those who can least afford to go without pay: federal contract workers who barely earn above minimum wage and probably won’t be awarded back pay.
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) took aim at President Trump on the House floor Tuesday afternoon as a partial government shutdown continued into its 18th day, accusing the president of bringing "dishonor" to the Oval Office.