Meet Yassamin
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari is representing Arizona’s Third Congressional District which is one of the most diverse districts in the country and includes the fifth-largest and fastest growing city. Yassamin is the Democratic Freshman Class President and also the youngest woman serving in the 119th Congress.
The proud daughter of immigrants and graduate of Stanford and Cambridge universities, Yassamin led the charge to pass the city’s landmark Climate Action Plan, has fought for the protection of reproductive rights, and secured millions in free tuition for students pursuing community college and good jobs in the trades.
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AZ Mirror: Campaign launched to enshrine vote-by-mail in state constitution and counter GOP restrictions
AOC, Kris Mayes, Adrian Fontes and Yassamin Ansari joined a livestream to kick off the signature drive
AZPM: Arizona lawmakers call on ICE to release woman with leukemia from Eloy Detention Center
“I saw a woman who was physically weakened, struggling to walk, and visibly unwell,” Ansari said, noting that Marquez had lost 60 pounds in a matter of months.
Notus: Progressive Lawmakers Launch Affordability Listening Tour in Battleground States
“The goal is really to build the progressive affordability agenda,” Ansari said. “Determine what are the bills, and also the big-picture policies that we want, we would potentially want a 2028 presidential contender to run on that we think would be the most impactful to address the affordability crisis.”
Huffpost: Congresswoman Files Articles Of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) filed six articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of repeatedly violating his oath to the Constitution.
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