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On the recordNovember 28, 2023
In order to pay for this and offset it, we know exactly what we are going to do. We are going to sell oil and gas leases on the Arctic Refuge.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez criticizes the funding mechanism for tax cuts involving Arctic oil leases.

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