Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

"We must refuse to harm Central America, indigenous and many other communities around the world who live at or near sites of extraction, and we must update and enforce mining laws to ensure development..."

"Our need to develop domestic supply of these materials, it will only increase in urgency as the demand continues to increase."

"We cannot continue to import critical minerals from places like Guatemala in order to make clean energy possible here at the expense of lives and livelihoods of vulnerable groups elsewhere."

"We will work with the Biden-Harris Administration to rapidly transition to a renewable energy economy."