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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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Jun 19, 2026

Congress has a moral obligation to stand with the American people and stop the expansion of these data centers until we have a framework to adequately address the existential harm AI poses to our society.

foxnews.com
Jun 11, 2026

People should not have their health compromised because of AI data center construction, and this idea that this industry should have absolutely no oversight, and then just cite China as the reason for that, I don’t think holds water.

rollcall.com
Jun 10, 2026

The Democratic Party was blessed to be part of a really robust progressive movement.

washingtonexaminer.com
Jun 6, 2026

Presidents come and go; Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever.

foxnews.com
Jun 6, 2026

There’s a world where in order to do that, I shouldn’t have that job.

foxnews.com
Jun 6, 2026

What matters more is that we guarantee healthcare in this country.

foxnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

This all kind of just came out. I've been doing legislative business on the floor, so I need to dig into everything further before commenting on it.

foxnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

I don't want to speak before I've dug into a lot of, you know, to before I've dug into what's out there. So, I just want to be respectful of that man.

foxnews.com
Jun 4, 2026

When something is burning in this state, Sam runs towards the fire. That's the kind of person he is, and that's the kind of person we have the opportunity to send to Congress.

cbsnews.com
May 31, 2026

This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia, right after a data center was constructed, the Meta data center was constructed.

utahnewsdispatch.com
May 29, 2026

What a lot of these folks that are dumping in tons of money in congressional races like these, what they don’t understand, what they don’t want us to see, is that the same forces that pushed my family out in New York City are the same…

dailymontanan.com
May 29, 2026

Because what the folks and the big money don’t want us to realize is that … our struggles are far more common than our landscapes are different.

dailymontanan.com
May 28, 2026

You can get market power, you can break rules, you can abuse labor laws, you can pay people less than what they’re worth, but you can’t earn that.

washingtonexaminer.com
May 28, 2026

The influence of big money in politics is a major reason why everyday Americans struggle to trust our institutions and our work in Congress. That is why I am proud to co-chair the End Corruption Caucus, alongside Congressmen Jason Crow and…

levin.house.gov
May 26, 2026

I think it’s pretty unbelievable that Gaza would not be mentioned once in the autopsy report. I think it was very clearly a major dynamic and a major thread that was happening in 2024.

huffpost.com
Apr 16, 2026

in February, the Trump administration, in conjunction with the Israeli Government, launched an illegal and disastrous war in Iran. They provided no rationale to the American people. They sought no legal authority from Congress, and they…

govinfo.gov
Jan 2, 2026

Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city. He will be our first immigrant mayor in over a century, and he will be the youngest mayor of New York City in generations. But most importantly, Zohran will be a mayor for…

abcnews.go.com
Jan 1, 2026

We have chosen that over the distractions of bigotry and the barbarism of extreme income inequality.

usatoday.com
Dec 16, 2025

President Trump ran on a promise to the American people that ICE would go after the worst of the worst. Well, we are now coming up on a year of this Presidency, and I want to talk to the folks at home who feel disillusioned by what ICE is…

govinfo.gov
Nov 22, 2025

She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in

theguardian.com
Nov 21, 2025

When you’re in a position of power like she is, you can’t just talk the talk, but you also have to walk the walk.

usatoday.com
Nov 16, 2025

It is Senate Democrats that select their leadership.

nbcnews.com
Nov 12, 2025

We have federal workers across the country that have been missing paychecks.

nytimes.com
Nov 12, 2025

We cannot enable this kind of cruelty with our cowardice.

nytimes.com
Nov 12, 2025

It is great that Democrats have a line of people who are willing to fight for working-class Americans from coast to coast in this country. Mr. Speaker, God forbid that we have a Member of the Republican caucus who stands up and actually…

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