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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Listen, things do happen. People get into medical incidents. If you're in the hospital, you're in the hospital. But I do…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2026
Listen, things do happen. People get into medical incidents. If you're in the hospital, you're in the hospital. But I do think that there should be some sort of... there's a line here. And I think almost everyone can agree that it's been crossed.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Discussing regulations on absences for lawmakers.

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