I just want to commend her and to commend our chairman for having the foresight.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I just want to commend her and to commend our chairman for having the foresight.”
On the recordJuly 10, 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez praises Ayanna Pressley and the chairman for addressing childhood trauma.
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