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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

So people just throw out the term $32 billion. That is what is owed to New York City's Housing Authority alone, $32 billion.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

So there are areas in the country--let's say, Dr. Holder--there are areas in the country that previously may see diseases that they've never seen before.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

Dr. Goldstein, according to your written testimony, the last five years have been the hottest days on record for air and ocean temperatures.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

China is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

We are not debating whether climate change is real and we are not debating any of those attendant effects.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

I would say that we created this problem. And I think that it's on us to fix it, at least in this specific respect, with retiree health benefits.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

I spent a brief amount of time living in West Africa and there I had actually contracted malaria.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

So it was completely unnecessary for these kids to get lead in their blood. It was completely unnecessary for these families to live through winter without heat. It was completely unnecessary for these families and children to breathe in…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

Well, for more than 2 decades, the Federal Government neglected to make the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA's) developments--they failed to invest in them for more than 400,000 New Yorkers.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

Thank you. Mr. Chair, I'd like to submit to the congressional Record two documents...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

A lot of private delivery corporations do not cover healthcare for a lot of their employees. It's extremely stressful work conditions.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

I think it is so important that that gets across, because there is no way that we can develop a plan, there's no way that I think you can develop a plan that is realistic unless we lift this burdensome requirement on you.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

I don't think it's surprising that we've tied your hands. We've made your job impossible, and then we're upset that we've given you an impossible standard that you haven't been able to meet.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

In the aftermath of some of these major natural disasters, the survivors, and particularly young people, tend to see mental health costs.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

There are areas in the country that previously may see diseases that they've never seen before.

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

I look forward to knowing what you are doing to address reports collected by government case managers of the abuse and mistreatment of children in Border Patrol custody, specifically in Yuma, Arizona.

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 2019

It is concerning how this administration has implemented policy after policy that seems singularly focused on reducing the flow of migrants without regard to our country's asylum laws.

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