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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
I'd also like to apologize to you both for the behavior of some of the members of this committee where they are speaking in profoundly dehumanizing terms to you, and you don't deserve that.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez apologizes to witnesses for dehumanizing treatment by committee members.

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