Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I blame this body because every single developed country in the world guarantees health care as a right except us...

This isn't about you, and I am not here to vilify the work that you have done.

We the public, we the people developed this drug, we paid for this drug, we led and developed all of the grounding patents to create PrEP, and then that patent has been privatized.

Why is it $8 in Australia?

The existence of these programs happen because of the public, and also we pay when the HIV epidemic gets spread as well.

So the public invested to develop the drug. The public invested and funded the trials for FDA approval.

It shows that everyday people, no matter your age or your identity, can make changes.

I also have to give credit to the countless advocates and activists that have been uplifting the issue of the price of Truvada and PrEP.

I want to thank you for your leadership.

All right. Well, that is concerning.

Let's just say, hypothetically, I get a slew of hired-gun lobbyists to buy up Members of Congress to secure the largest tax cut in the history of the United States.

I can make a huge killing making sure that we don't pay for anybody's healthcare.

It generally can create a situation where it prioritizes the interest of the shareholders more than the actual consumers of the product, or even the employees of the company.

What can we do to break this cycle?

The incidence of diabetes, according to the CDC, is about seven people in 1,000, which means I could've covered the insulin costs of a community of 21,400 people for the cost of your price-gouging of the public on a non-vehicular clutch…

What I would ask of the FBI is: Why? What is your reason for what has been termed a lackadaisical attitude?

And I don't want people to walk away thinking I'm saying all immigration policy is meant to implement a White supremacist agenda.

I just want to commend you for being willing to relive this moment in order to enact change in our country in recognizing the danger of White supremacy.

It is possible that our GDP numbers are going up without any actual value added to our economy, is that correct?

And I think that has an additional expense, because when you look at, for example, the GOP tax scam, about 60 percent of all of those proceeds went to stock buybacks.

So my question is, how is this different from a pyramid scheme?

So I need to find a way to build this margin. So let's say I take away healthcare from my workers.

And it generally can create a situation where it prioritizes the interest of the shareholders more than the actual consumers of the product, or even the employees of the company.

So it is exceedingly common for CEOs of these major corporations to have their pay tied to the stock price.

It just bugs me that we have to do this, right? And what it does is it's additional bureaucracy within my system to account for these bad situations.