Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

That is the work of elections. That is the work of legislation. That is -- that`s the work of theory of concepts, you know, and that is what it means to be in the arena.

Co-Sponsors of the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act

With the Environmental Justice For All Act it will not.

It is more than our bodies can handle. It is too much for our children.

Enough is enough. We need to stop polluting and harming frontline communities.

Communities like mine need the Environmental Justice For All Act to become law.

Ms. Cortez. Yes, I think remediation of brownfields, as I was mentioning earlier, is super important because these areas are toxic.

What is important to know is that we need investments now to transition to alternative jobs, to alternative energy sources...

They are publicly saying that they believe in the Paris Agreement, but all of their actions pretty much indicate that is a lie.

But virtually every credible scientific study we have has found ... that all four companies' pledges fall terribly short of this goal.

Well, I mean, I can really tell you for sure how many of those Republicans fly into my airport and my district in New York City in LaGuardia Airport, to come in and beg New Yorkers for money and to come into my state, come into my district…

The issue that we have is that every day, Joe Manchin, Senator Manchin wakes up, he has a different demand.

There’s just, you know, when you don’t change people’s lives, people get upset, and we can improve people’s lives.

I can’t really point unfortunately, I can’t point to any major move that President Biden --

I believe that the Biden administration is well within their right to counter Russia’s aggression diplomatically. But there is not a military solution to this problem.

She has proven herself in obstacle to the right to vote to the united -- in the United States. She is not an ally on civil rights. It is becoming a precipice and rather contributing to the threat that we have in stabilizing our democracy.

I believe that dragging, you know, dragging one’s feet on this, and this idea that, you know, I believe that the President was genuine and authentic in his assessment and believing that his decades in the United States Senate, and his…

The country is very clearly on a precipice of fascism, and a return to Jim Crow, the sweeping attack on voting rights in this country and the very real threat that we have of seeing what happened for example, with Ruth -- the consequences…

So, about $7,495 for a part that cost about $135.

And even while the government paid TransDigm $1.5 billion in cash as part of a pandemic debt buyback program to prevent precisely those layoffs from occurring, you took home a total of $90 million in compensation during that time, more…

The U.S. Government hid the real price tag of our war in Afghanistan and contracts with private companies like yours.

According to The Wall Street Journal, since 2001, military outsourcing has pushed Pentagon spending to about $14 trillion.

Sixty-three percent of borrowers who made payments with Navient during the COVID forbearance still owe more now than they originally borrowed. We, as a country, are profiting off of insurmountable and crushing educational debt. And it is…

When a handful of us in the House warned this would happen, the Dem leaders gave Manchin everything he wanted, first by moving BIF BBB, instead of passing together.

I think what Senator Manchin did yesterday represents such an egregious breach of the trust of the president.