Paying ransoms to cyber criminals instead of reporting it out and working with the government does not necessarily guarantee that that data will be decrypted or that their systems will be secure.
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.
I was frankly quite surprised by the conclusion of that case study that ransomware attacks on hospitals are correlated significantly with loss of patient life.
Some of us have to actually live the future that you all are setting on fire for us.
Some of us have to actually live in the future that you all are setting on fire for us.
It is not lost on me that we are having a hearing today surrounding fossil fuel misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
Any member of congress who helped plot a terrorist attack on our Nation`s Capitol must be expelled.
It is very difficult for people to wrap their minds around what these proposals can do. Without housing, economic mobility, and security, opportunity, access to healthcare, a safe living environment, all of these other things are out of…
When we talk about the issue of housing, and particularly public housing, we need to make sure that we are centering on the folks who are impacted most by this issue.
The idea of a current package where we are debating means testing, modest investments, and minimized climate action as socialist is an insult to both socialists, specifically, and the general public's intelligence, generally.
If your life was disrupted by the Facebook outage today and, say, you couldn’t communicate with loved ones because WhatsApp was down, or maybe your career or your small business took a hit because Instagram was down, maybe we should be…
Would the SEC consider rescinding Rule 10b-18 and issuing new guidance which clearly states that corporations may be held liable for stock buybacks that constitute potential market manipulation?
During the pandemic, I and many others on this committee and beyond introduced pieces of legislation either banning the practice of stock buybacks or regulating them.
The risks we are seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation.
I strongly believe that FEMA can play an active role in mitigating an experience like theirs.
Thank you so much to Administrator Criswell for not only joining us today, but even recently coming to visit so many of our communities in New York, as well as across the country, who are so deeply devastated by Hurricane Ida.
We have to stop focusing all of our efforts on historical risk... and look to our future risk.
We need a vote. We need to be real. Are we going to deliver universal Pre-K to this country or not? Are we going to expand health care to our seniors and include vision and dental or not? Are we going to invest in housing so that people…
Can it be real? Are we going to deliver universal pre-K to this country or not? Are we going to expand healthcare to our seniors and include vision and dental or not? Are we going to invest in housing so that people back home in NYCHA can…
We need to vote. We need to be real. Are we going to deliver universal pre-K to this country or not? Are we going to expand health care to our seniors and include vision and dental or not? Are we going to invest in housing, so that people…
Folks in our party have reneged on that agreement. And that`s where I think that we have an issue here of trust.
I do feel optimistic because the Progressive Caucus and not just the Progressive Caucus, but we are now seeing a lot more Democrats, even not part of the Progressive Caucus, join and say, you know what, child care, health care, the climate…
If we vote for this underfunded, too small infrastructure bill alone, instead of voting for it with the rest of the president`s agenda, it could make our climate crisis worse and it risks being the only or the last substantive piece of…
We have two bills at present one which covers -- which underfunds most priorities across the board so there are very few priorities that even get the full funding that they even need.
I`m going to stick to the plan of our party to preserve the agenda of the president and make sure that -- you know, to send the message that we`re clear, we will vote for this if we also get the entire plan voted for.





