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On the recordApril 8, 2019
In American history, when we have been presented with a threat on this scale, have we met that threat, the threat on the scale of climate change, have we met that within economic and mobilization on the scale of a war-time level mobilization?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez questions if climate change has been addressed with sufficient urgency.

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