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StateMassachusetts
DistrictMA-7
ChamberHouse
CommitteesFinancial Services Committee, Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
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Ayanna Pressley represents Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, a position she has held since January 2019. She serves on the House Financial Services Committee, including its subcommittees on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Housing and Insurance. She also serves on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee. Prior to her election to Congress, she served on the Boston City Council from 2010 to 2019, becoming the first woman of color elected to that body.

Name
Ayanna Pressley
Party
Democratic
State
Massachusetts
District
MA-7
Committees
Financial Services Committee, Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Key Fact 1
Ayanna Pressley was elected to Congress in 2018, becoming the first Black woman elected to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Key Fact 2
She served on the Boston City Council from 2010 to 2019, where she was the first woman of color elected to that body.
Key Fact 3
She serves on the House Financial Services Committee and its subcommittees focused on digital assets, financial technology, artificial intelligence, housing, and insurance.
Key Fact 4
She is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and serves on its Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee.
Key Fact 5
Before her election to the Boston City Council, she worked as a senior aide in the offices of U.S. Senator John Kerry and U.S. Representative Joseph Kennedy II.
Key Fact 6
She has focused legislative attention on issues including criminal justice reform, health equity, and housing policy.
Key Fact 7
She represents Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of Boston and surrounding communities.
Key Fact 8
She was part of a group of four first-term Democratic congresswomen elected in 2018 often referred to collectively in media coverage.

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Name
Ayanna Pressley
Party
Democratic
State
Massachusetts
District
MA-7
Chamber
House
Committees
Financial Services Committee, Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Key Votes
50

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Kept 0 of 1 promises this session

0 Kept1 Broken
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 60) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 78) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 87) providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 88) providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 89) providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The 'Omnibus' Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision"; and for other purposes.

Co-sponsored · Voted NAY · Apr 29, 2025

PROMISE BROKEN

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