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On the recordOctober 28, 2019
I represent a community--I represent the Bronx, and we have some of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the country.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the health impacts of pollution in her district.

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