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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
So I can be totally funded by oil and gas. I can be totally funded by Big Pharma, come in, write Big Pharma laws, and there's no limits to that whatsoever?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez questions the lack of limits on campaign funding and legislative influence.

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