“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
Our job is ordered by the Constitution of the United States to conduct oversight on these conditions that will kill people.
Said by
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

She asserts the constitutional duty of Congress to oversee life-threatening conditions.

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