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Seat

Representative for Massachusetts District 7

Born

February 3, 1974

Age 52

Phone

(202) 225-5111

Office

402 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Massachusetts District 7

Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district, which was once represented by President John F. Kennedy and House Speaker Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three quarters of Boston, most of Cambridge, parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph, and Somerville.

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Voting Record — 516

Yes39%

No59%

Present0%

Not Voting2%

Party align97%

Cross-party0%

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Congressional District 7

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Ayanna Pressley

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMassachusetts District 7

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Ayanna's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 32 sponsored · 100 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 28(source)

Donald Trump does not care about civilians in the region or the safety of US Troops. He’s illegally bypassing Congress and starting a war with Iran that has already killed dozens of children. This is unacceptable. Congress must take action to rein in Trump and save lives.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 27(source)

I’m proud to introduce the Greater Supervision in Banking Act to support the interests of investors & hold big banks accountable. My GSIB Act would require big banks to disclose diversity metrics, compensation policies, & climate costs and be transparent with their investors.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 27(source)

Black history is American history—my resolution honors & celebrates museums keeping our shared history alive. We refuse to yield to whitewashing of our Black ancestors' labor & joy. Instead, we support & defend the institutions who do the essential truth-telling of our stories.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduces resolution to protect and celebrate Black museums and cultural institutions

Pressley tells theGrio the resolution seeks to counter Trump's attempts to "rewrite and whitewash" Black history through executive action.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 27(source)

Our Black, Latino, & women-owned businesses are pillars of our communities. But they are too often targeted for disinvestment with no meaningful opportunities to build wealth. My SPARK Act with @markey.senate.gov will give them the resources needed to build wealth & grow.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 26(source)

Our children are being traumatized by this Administration, they’re stealing childhoods. Whether you’re talking about hungry children being denied food assistance, medical negligence of cutting Medicaid, or the rogue actions of ICE. That’s why I boycotted #SOTU.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 25(source)

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 25(source)

Without Black history, America has none. This #BlackHistoryMonth, my @baystatebanner.bsky.social op-ed affirms that we're pushing back against attacks on DEI, book bans, & Black history itself. We won't let Trump censor our history, ignore our oppression, or attack our freedoms.

An op-ed written by Rep. Ayanna Pressley titled: Without Black history, America has none.

You can read the op-ed here: https://baystatebanner.com/2026/02/12/without-black-history-america-has-none/.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 25(source)

This #NationalReparationsAwarenessDay, I'm thinking of every reparations partner planting seeds so that we can all thrive. Who are proving that reparations is possible as long as we organize, strategize & fight for it. Because justice delayed is justice denied & our communities can wait no longer.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 25(source)

As someone living with Alopecia, I know what it is to endure a vulnerable transformation not of my choosing. For many impacted by medical hair loss, unaffordable wigs deepen this hardship. Our WIGS bill will expand coverage for wigs, relieving financial barriers & inaccessibility.

Rep. Jim McGovern

@repmcgovern.bsky.social

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Losing your hair to illness is traumatic & patients should be able to wear a wig without breaking the bank. Last week, @pressley.house.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, & I reintroduced the WIGS bill, which requires Medicare to cover medically necessary wigs, making this treatment accessible for all.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 25(source)

I have no regard for a man who rips parents away from children, deports families, & imprisons our babies. That's why I'm boycotting today's #SOTU & instead shedding light on the stories of our children terrorized by ICE. Because our children deserve a childhood free from fear.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley poses for a photo in front of an installation outside of her office uplifting the stories, art, and voices of the children harmed and terrorized by ICE.

An installation uplifting the stories, art, and voices of the children harmed and terrorized by ICE.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley reads some of the letters from kids detained at the Dilley Family Detention Center.

Two letters submitted by kids detained at the Dilley Family Detention Center.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

The State of our Union is traumatizing our children. And that is because of the violent rhetoric & policies enacted by the Occupant of the Oval Office. That’s why I’m boycotting #SOTU tonight & my honorary guests are children who’ve been directly harmed & impacted by ICE.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

Liam, Ailany, & Ashley, three-year-old, six-month-old, & fourteen-year-old siblings from the MA-07 who have been unjustly separated from their father for months, leaving their mother to navigate post-partum alone and struggle to provide for her family and care for her children without her husband.

Liam & Ailany & Ashley – 3-year-old, 6-month-old & 14-year-old from Chelsea, MA

Unjustly separated from their father Sergio

Ailany was only 2 weeks old when her father Sergio was disappeared by ICE. Sergio’s other daughter, 14-year-old Ashley, has autism and requires a high level of adult support and supervision. For months, the family has endured unjust separation. Sergio’s wife has had to navigate postpartum alone and struggled to provide for her family and care for her children without her husband.

Sergio said “I don’t know what’s going to happen with my kids. I’m far away from them, like I miss them every day, every minute. [My wife] is doing really bad – worse and worse. I’m afraid that something can happen to her and the kids because I can hear her like… in depression, it’s the pressure.” he said.

Despite a pending appeal, Sergio was unlawfully deported after a month in ICE detention. He had originally sought asylum in the United States escaping gang violence in his native Guatemala. After the government admitted wrongdoing and brought him back to the U.S., Sergio remains separated from his family and unjustly held in ICE custody.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

Susej, a nine-year-old who has been detained at Dilley for over 60 days and whose pleas for help have travelled the country in her letters, in which she speaks of wanting to return to Venezuela because the United States has only shown her pain.

Susej – 9 years old

Currently imprisoned at Dilley Detention Facility

“Hello, my name is Susej F and I’m 9 years old. I’m from Venezuela. I have been 50 days in Dilley Immigration Processing Center. And I want to go to my country. But I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this place, because I have been here too long. I have been 2 years and 6 months in united states, and I was happy with my friends in the school but now I need to leave. I miss my family in my country so now I want to go to Venezuela. But my mom do not want to leave because she wants a better future for me. Seen how people like me, immigrants are been treated changes my perspective about the U.S. My mom and I came to the U.S looking for a good and safe place to live, and my mom was looking for a good job.”

The conditions at Dilley, and the detainment of children violate multiple laws and basic human rights. Children at Dilley are denied adequate nutrition, clean water, basic healthcare and access to schooling.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

Daphne, a two-year-old from the Massachusetts 7th whose father was picked up as “collateral” during an ICE operation in Chelsea and unjustly disappeared from her life from weeks.

Daphne – 2 years old from Massachusetts

Unjustly separated from her father Fidel. Pictured is their reunion the night Fidel returned home

At the young age of 2 years old, Daphne does not understand why her father suddenly disappeared, and lives with the fear of it happening again.

Daphne’s father, Fidel, has no criminal record and was picked up as a “collateral” during an ICE operation in Chelsea, MA. In other words, Fidel was racially profiled and abducted for being Brown.

He was held in ICE detention for a month and later released on bond. As Fidel’s case proceeds in the courts, his future is unclear, and Daphne and her family live with the uncertainty of what’s to come.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

Juan Nicolás, a two-month-old who was dangerously ill and denied medical care while imprisoned at Dilley before he, his parents, and his 16-month-old sister were forcefully and suddenly deported.

Juan Nicolás – 2 months old

Detained at Dilley Detention Facility for weeks, sick with bronchitis, denied medical care, then abruptly deported along with his parents and 16-month-old sister, Mia

Baby Juan Nicolás was detained at the Dilley Detention Center and denied medical care. When he was finally transported to the hospital and prescribed medications to help fight his bronchitis, Dilley staff denied him access to his medications.

Shortly following their return to Dilley, the family was put into a van, driven across the US Mexico border and abandoned with nothing but their commissary money in hand.

Pediatricians, journalists, and advocates have rallied around the family and are working to secure safe accommodations and a path forward that will keep the family safe and together.

In addition to the unjust cruelty of detaining children, the Dilley Detention Center currently has an active measles outbreak and an active Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak, both diseases can be deadly to young children. The lives of over a hundred children detained at Dilley remain in jeopardy due to unlawful and inhumane detention conditions.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

The State of the Union is traumatizing our children. That's why I’m boycotting today’s #SOTU. Learn the harrowing stories of my honorary guests, children who have been detained and traumatized by ICE.

A poster that reads: The State of our Union is traumatizing our children.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 24(source)

I’m boycotting the #SOTU. Because I refuse to sit and listen to that man spew lies and hate while the State of our Union is traumatizing our children & families. Instead, I’ll be joining @moveon.org for some truth telling. Tune in to their livestream starting at 8PM.

A graphic designed by MoveOn that reads:

People's State of the Union
February 24 at 8PM ET
Join live at MoveOn.org/Live

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 23(source)

Da'Quain Johnson, a beloved father & son, should be alive today. His life was stolen by law enforcement—as far too many Black lives have been. There must be accountability for police abuse. It's what Da'Quain's loved ones & all of us deserve.

After Police Killing of Da’Quain Johnson, Truth, Accountability, and Systemic Change Must Come Next

This killing does not exist in a vacuum. Black communities in the United States have endured generations of discriminatory and violent policing.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.govFeb 23(source)

This is unacceptable–big banks are blatantly eliminating DEI goals for their boards. This will only hurt investors, who want to know that these boards represent their financial interests. We need transparency from big banks–and my Greater Supervision in Banking Act would do just that.

Goldman Sachs scraps DEI criteria for its board as the business case for boardroom diversity only grows more compelling | Fortune

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

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Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialFeb 20(source)

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Sponsored Bills(32)

H.J. Res. 167 (119th)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of t…
H.R. 8588 (119th)
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies that furnish …
H.R. 8235 (119th)
To require certain libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books, and for other purpos…
H.R. 8185 (119th)
To create a database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction preventi…
H.R. 8063 (119th)
To amend the Small Business Act to spur entrepreneurial ecosystems in underserved communitie…

Cosponsored Bills(100)

H. Res. 1277 (119th)
Recognizing, from Chicago to Palestine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Puerto Ric…
Joined: 2026-05-12
H. Res. 1228 (119th)
Directing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives t…
Joined: 2026-04-29
H.R. 8484 (119th)
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for emergency grants to safeguard essentia…
Joined: 2026-04-23
H.R. 8397 (119th)
To protect Moms and babies against climate change, and for other purposes.
Joined: 2026-04-21
H. Res. 1183 (119th)
Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2026, as "Black Materna…
Joined: 2026-04-16

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Voting History

516 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2026-05-12	H.R. 2853 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-05-12	H.R. 2071 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-30	S. 4465 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2026-04-30	H.R. 7567 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-30	S. Con. Res. 33 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-29	S. 1318 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-29	H. Res. 1224 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-29	H. Res. 1224 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-27	H.R. 227 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-27	H.R. 7959 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-23	H.R. 5587 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-22	H.R. 6387 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-22	H.R. 6387 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-22	H.R. 4690 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-22	H.R. 4690 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-22	H. Res. 1182 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-22	H. Res. 1189 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-22	H. Res. 1189 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-21	S. 1020 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-21	H.R. 2493 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-21	H.R. 5201 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-20	H.R. 5200 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-20	H.R. 1681 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-04-17	H. Res. 1175 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H. Res. 1156 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 1689 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H. Res. 965 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6398 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6398 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6409 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-16	H.R. 6409 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-16	H. Con. Res. 40 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 965 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 1174 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-15	H. Res. 1174 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-04-14	H.R. 7613 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-04-14	H.R. 1011 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-03-28	H. Res. 1142 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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