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On the recordMay 14, 2019
It just bugs me that we have to do this, right? And what it does is it's additional bureaucracy within my system to account for these bad situations.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Editor's note · Context

She expresses frustration over bureaucratic processes due to market issues.

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