VIDEO: Pressley Slams CFPB Director Vought for Gutting Consumer Protections for Families with Medical Debt
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Pressley, Simon, and Kamlager-Dove Introduce Resolution to Advance Reproductive Justice and Support Families
future can and should look like for women and families. The reproductive justice movement was started by Black … women in the 1990s, and I am honored to join my colleagues and reproductive justice leaders Congresswomen Pressley
WATCH: Pressley Urges Federal Reserve Chair Warsh to Address Black Workers’ Unemployment Crisis, Uphold Maximum Employment Mandate
Economists estimate that 2% of Black women being fired has led to $37 billion being lost … this magnitude—there are 700,000 unemployed Black women right now. If a problem of that magnitude
Moulton Cosponsors Voter Choice Act to Modernize Elections, Increase Voter Participation
Voters Matter Fund, and the National Organization for Women. Read the full bill here
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milestone achievement for Cambridge and a signal to women everywhere that we can and will keep making progress
Pressley Urges Trump Admin to Protect LGBTQIA+ Citizens Abroad, Denounces Global Human Rights Violations Targeting LGTBQIA+ Community
passage of their amendment to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that would establish the first-ever grant … dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking—including trans women of color . The amendment was included in the Violence
VIDEO: Pressley Commands Moment of Silence on House Floor to Honor Those Who Died Because They Were Denied Abortion Care
rise with a heavy heart to remember the women who have died because they were denied essential abortion … rise with a heavy heart to remember the women who have died because they were denied essential abortion
WATCH: Pressley Makes Plain the Traumatic, Generational Harm of Republicans’ Denying Abortion Care, Offers Vision for True Reproductive Justice
fatal, and nothing Christian about it, denying women the right to essential abortion care.” “I come before … abortion care has stolen the lives of many women and left their families traumatized. A transcript
Pressley Issues Call to Action on Fourth Anniversary of Devasting Supreme Court Dobbs Decision, Engages & Uplifts Families Harmed by Republicans Denial of Life-Saving Abortion Care
attempt by a man to deny Black women and low-income women their fundamental right to care … Pressley is a lead co-sponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), bicameral federal legislation
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fourth anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization : “Four years ago, Donald Trump’s right-wing … Supreme Court stripped women of the fundamental right to make their own healthcare decisions. “Right now, nearly
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Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overturned the constitutional right … every zip code. “We’re fighting for women like Chelsea Stovall. Chelsea’s from Fayetteville, Arkansas. She grew
WATCH: In First Joint Interview, Rep. Pressley and her Father Mr. Martin Terrell Share Stunning Personal Story of Forgiveness, Growth, & Love
bold red lip? When it comes to women of color candidates, folks don’t just talk about
Pressley Commends Senate Partners for Introducing Bill to Designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status Following House Passage
prospect of forcing over 300,000 men, women, and children to return to Haiti at this time, while … Refugee Studies (CGRS), Arab American Institute (AAI), Haitian Women’s Collective, G92, Summits Education, Communities United for Status
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reopening of this center is a signal to women across the Commonwealth and through the country
Pressley Unveils Essential Legislation to Streamline Wheelchair Repair Services
Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act , legislation to help women with disabilities—who face discrimination and extra barriers when
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celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated Women’s Health Clinic at VA Bedford. The renovations include … services. Bedford VA currently serves nearly 1,500 women patients. “For 250 years, American women have donned
VIDEO: Ahead of America’s 250th, Pressley, Advocates Call On Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda
rights, healthcare, education, and the safety of Black women. For more than three decades, Rev. Al Sharpton
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what we give the Office on Violence Against Women. Or, put another way, you could feed 30 million
Moulton Votes No on NDAA Passage in House Armed Services Committee, Citing Bloated Budget and Refusal to Enable Donald Trump and Reckless Pentagon Leadership
personnel, and time by keeping our men and women in uniform on aging, obsolete platforms—like battleships—that
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dollars and carelessly put our brave men and women in uniform into harm’s way while causing
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Trump has forced America and our men and women in uniform into a reckless and costly
VIDEO: Pressley, Color of Change, Advocates Slam Trump’s Attacks on the Black Economy, Impacts on Black Employment, Affordability Crisis
Federal Reserve to take action, and convened impacted women and economists to renew those calls. Rep. Pressley … skill to our workforce. I met with Black women in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh, who have been
NEWS: Pressley, Murray, Duckworth Introduce Bicameral Bill to Help Women with Disabilities Access Reproductive Health Care
Pressley, Murray, Duckworth Introduce Bicameral Bill to Help Women with Disabilities Access Reproductive Health Care Pressley: “With … Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act, legislation to help women with disabilities—who face discrimination and extra barriers when
WATCH: In Palm Beach Hearing, Pressley Highlights Economic & Emotional Harms Borne by Epstein Survivors
center the courageous. Survivors who are grown women before you but who were children. Children whose innocence … that traffickers deliberately use that notion, that the women and girls will be arrested for prostitution
Following Emergency Stay, Clark Leads 250+ Democrats in Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access, Women’s Health Care, and FDA Authority
imminent harm facing members of the public. Women deserve access to mifepristone for reproductive health care