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On the recordMarch 13, 2025
There are members of Congress who have won Trump-held districts in some of the most difficult territory in the United States who walked the plank and took innumerable risks in order to defend the American people, in order to defend Social Security and Medicaid and Medicare.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
cnn.com

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the risks taken by House Democrats to protect social programs.

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