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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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Feb 8, 2023

I thank the ranking member and my colleague from Maryland for yielding. It is so rich to hear the other side discuss the sacred right of voting, discuss what our veterans and our servicemembers fought for, and the sacred right of voting…

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Feb 7, 2023

They want to hoard more of our public lands, despite the fact that fossil fuel industry already has thousands of approved permits across 26 million acres that they aren't even using.

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Feb 7, 2023

This is an embarrassment, but I will go into it.

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Feb 7, 2023

They want the ability to inject this again. So, they have dragged a social media platform here in Congress.

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Feb 7, 2023

I want to clarify for the record what is the Committee's policy around threatening a witness?

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Feb 7, 2023

They want to fast-track drilling and mining projects--I'm on my time right now, sir--so they can make more money more easily, despite the fact that they are already raking in trillions by taking 'corporate handouts and ripping off the…

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Feb 7, 2023

A day or two after that, Donald Trump publicly incited, you know, violence at a rally, targeting four Congresswomen, including myself, saying go back to where you came from.

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Feb 7, 2023

When we talk about arresting a witness or when we talk about, insinuating that a witness is lying without documentation, I fear that this constitutes threatening a witness and that will broach the rules of decorum of this Committee, and I…

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Feb 7, 2023

But no matter what happens, no matter what Republicans want, the American people have a different vision for the future, and that involves dealing with the climate crisis.

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Feb 7, 2023

Why is this Committee devoting a day-long hearing to a political conspiracy theory that was planted in the media by Rudy Giuliani to support Donald Trump's reelection campaign?

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Feb 7, 2023

God bless the guy who is allowing Nazis and anti-Semitism to perpetrate Twitter.

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Feb 7, 2023

And something interesting happened after she overrode your assessment. A day or two later Twitter seem to have changed their policies, didn't they?

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