Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

This is weighing really heavy on my heart. And I think we know that her death is just not the result of one person, but the entire system and structure and departments that failed her, that failed their entire community.

I am deeply angry. I stand with those who are fighting for Breonna Taylor and her legacy today.

The problems that we're facing today require strong, progressive leaders. And Ed Markey is that champion.

Now, Mr. DeJoy, you received about $1.86 million in rental payments from your former company, XPO, correct?

Mr. DeJoy, when your announcement in your new position as Postmaster General was announced, you know, there were some folks that were flagging concerns that you would be the first Postmaster General in two decades without previous…

I would recommend consideration of a subpoena for these details.

Have you taken any meetings with XPO Logistics since becoming Postmaster General?

When people try to suppress your vote, and there are those who are trying to prevent you from being counted, there is no choice but to get in good trouble and get in the way.

A movement striving to recognize and repair the wounds of racial injustice, colonization, misogyny and homophobia, and to propose and build reimagined systems of immigration and foreign policy that turn away from the violence and…

A mass people's movement working to establish 21st century social, economic, and human rights, including guaranteed health care, higher education, living wages, and labor rights for all people in the United States; a movement striving to…

A Green New Deal is all about preserving our planet.

I called for closing Indian Point nuclear plant.

I want to leave the door open on nuclear.

The plan is to transition off of nuclear.

I thank so many Members who have shown up today in support. Although not everyone has been able to speak, Representatives Castro, DeLauro, and Barragan have also risen, along with many, many others, and I appreciate everyone's presence…

I thank Representative Lee not just for her comments but for her leadership. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Omar), who is another incredible, resilient, and passionate leader.

Once again, I am so thankful to all of our colleagues who are coming and standing up today, again, not just for one incident, but for all of us in this country. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).

I thank Representative Green for his comments. His words brought tears to my eyes. I think that the relationship particularly between fathers and daughters is a very sacred one, and it is a very special one. But I also know, if my father…

I thank my colleague from Michigan (Representative Lawrence) for her comments. As I had indicated earlier, having a daughter does not make a decent man, having a wife does not make a decent man, but treating people with dignity and respect…

I would take a moment to thank Representative Velazquez for her precedent and her leadership as well. Before I was a young Puerto Rican woman upending an incumbent, Velazquez was as well. Every single one of us, as women, have to stand on…

I thank Representative Jayapal for giving context of how these words and this language have always been levied towards the ascent of women and women who are ascending in power. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms…

And so in your assessment, hazard pay is not the norm?

Your testimony and insight is deeply appreciated. I think, especially as we are discussing capital markets and worker protections during this pandemic, it is an especially important topic.

I want to ask anyone on the panel, what is the likelihood that these jobs have been lost for the foreseeable future?

So really, when we talk about compensation for risk, it is not that all people in our economy are compensated for risk, just that a certain narrow class is compensated for risk of capital, but not necessarily risk of life.