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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.

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May 15, 2019

Mr. O'Day, we are suffocating under the weight of your company's pricing.

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May 15, 2019

Her daughter's life was not. People's lives are not commodities.

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May 15, 2019

Mr. O'Day, you have given the American people a very bad deal for our money.

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May 15, 2019

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.

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May 15, 2019

So the public invested to develop the drug. The public invested and funded the trials for FDA approval.

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May 14, 2019

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.

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May 14, 2019

Today is my lucky day. Because for ages we're consistently told that single-payer healthcare is too expensive.

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May 14, 2019

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.

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May 14, 2019

All right. Well, that is concerning.

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May 14, 2019

It was labeled as an incident of domestic terrorism but it was not labeled as such?

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May 14, 2019

It's a captive market. It's one where we're forced to choose between two to three people.

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May 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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