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On the recordOctober 22, 2019
Ms. Gunasekara, you're here advocating--I mentioned--I heard you mention the CO2 Coalition a few times.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez addresses Gunasekara about her advocacy related to the CO2 Coalition.

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