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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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Mar 1, 2021

We should override the parliamentarian. I think that this is a matter of course. And that our constituents and people across this country put Democrats in power to among other things establish the $15 minimum wage. We have a responsibility…

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Mar 1, 2021

Weakens tax enforcement actually rigs this economy against workers.

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Mar 1, 2021

We currently have an enormous tax gap in the United States.

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Mar 1, 2021

It seems like companies like Facebook have kept billions of dollars in tax breaks through tactics like offshore tax evasion.

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Mar 1, 2021

If I was the CEO presently of a large international corporation that was founded here in the United States and wanted to manipulate my taxes and park the profits somewhere else, do you think I would be able to get away with that in our…

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Feb 28, 2021

If these investigations bear out, it really starts to I think, call into question. The leadership that we currently have.

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Feb 28, 2021

I do believe that we should override the parliamentarian. I think this is a matter of course and that our constituents and people across this country put Democrats in power to, among many other things, establish a $15 minimum wage. We have…

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Feb 25, 2021

This is not OK, never has been OK, never will be OK, no matter the administration or party.

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Feb 25, 2021

It is sad but this is part of our new normal as a country. And we`re going to have to really get really good at responding to these disasters swiftly and effectively, and also making the infrastructure investments necessary to prevent…

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Feb 24, 2021

Reclaman priorizar la energia renovable en Puerto Rico

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Feb 23, 2021

As he flew back on Thursday, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez launched a fundraising drive for Texas.

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Feb 19, 2021

You can now add Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the list of people calling for a full investigation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo his handling of coronavirus in the state`s nursing homes.

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Feb 19, 2021

I like to tell people, you know, this debate about climate change, it`s not about climate change in the future, it`s climate change with a D. It`s already changed.

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Feb 17, 2021

Robinhood has engaged in a track record of outages, design failures, and most recently what appears to be a failure to properly account for your own internal risk.

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Feb 17, 2021

I believe that the decisions made by you and this company have harmed your customers.

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Feb 8, 2021

The federal government can do to bring a small amount of relief to grieving families, something the government wasn`t doing due to the cruelty of the people running it.

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Feb 8, 2021

I lost my dad when I was about 18 years old. And the funeral expenses haunted and followed my family along with many other families in a similar position for years. When you suddenly lose a loved one, you`re talking about an expensive…

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Feb 5, 2021

With little to no accountability for the bloodshed and trauma of the 6th, some are already demanding that we move on, or worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors.

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Feb 4, 2021

So that every time a Republican says we need to move on and forget about it, they are reminded about what they`re trying to absolve and excuse.

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Feb 4, 2021

To every single staff member of the United States Congress, we thank you. To our food service workers, we thank you. To our custodial workers sweeping up the glass on the floor shattered by white supremacists, cleaning up after their mess…

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Feb 3, 2021

Then I hear these huge violent bangs on my door and then every door going into my office. There were no yells, no one saying who they were, nobody identifying themselves and just boom, boom, boom. I hide back in the bathroom behind the…

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Feb 3, 2021

I think that really gets to the heart of this matter, which is that this was a deliberate choice.

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Feb 3, 2021

I couldn't help but notice how time and again concerns about the child separation policy were raised by government officials during the time, only to be dismissed by Attorney General Sessions and his top DOJ advisors.

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Feb 2, 2021

I thought I was going to die.

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Feb 2, 2021

We cannot move on without accountability. We cannot heal without accountability.

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