Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she gained national attention for her progressive policies and advocacy on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and economic inequality. Ocasio-Cortez is known for her grassroots campaigning and her ability to mobilize young voters, making her a prominent figure in the progressive wing of the party.
Mr. O'Day, you have given the American people a very bad deal for our money.
we the public, we the people developed this drug, we paid for this drug, we led and developed all of the grounding patents to create PrEP, and then that patent has been privatized.
So the public invested to develop the drug. The public invested and funded the trials for FDA approval.
Let's just say, hypothetically, I get a slew of hired-gun lobbyists to buy up Members of Congress to secure the largest tax cut in the history of the United States.
Today is my lucky day. Because for ages we're consistently told that single-payer healthcare is too expensive.
It generally can create a situation where it prioritizes the interest of the shareholders more than the actual consumers of the product, or even the employees of the company.
It was labeled as an incident of domestic terrorism but it was not labeled as such?
It's a captive market. It's one where we're forced to choose between two to three people.
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.





