Washington, Oct. 2 -- Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley issued the following press release:

"If I said I'm signing my daughter up for a self-defense class, no one would blink at that. When the larger question is, why do you have to do that? Why have we decided that that is a normalized part of what it is to be a girl, to be a woman?" Pressley Recently Unveiled First-Of-Its-Kind Legislation to Establish Financial Relief for Epstein Survivors and Survivors of Sexual Violence As a Survivor of Sexual Abuse, Pressley Has Led Calls for Accountability, Highlighted Economic & Emotional Harm Borne by Survivors, Including Epstein Survivors Interview Audio (YouTube) | Survivors' Rights Restitution Act BOSTON - During a radio interview on SiriusXM's Morni...