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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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Dec 15, 2022

Before I begin today, I would like to express and begin my remarks by expressing solidarity with other U.S. colonies, colonized people, indigenous communities, and descendants of the enslaved. Today represents a historic moment. While…

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Dec 14, 2022

Republicans are in support, Democrats are in support — so what happened? Well, on December 15th, at 4:15 in the morning, Elon Musk began firing off a barrage of social media posts opposing pharmacy benefit manager reform.

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Dec 13, 2022

If enacted, Mr. Johnson's heinous bill would, among other things, prohibit federally funded schools from providing sex education or library books to children under 10 that include LGBTQ topics.

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Nov 14, 2022

Representative Ocasio-Cortez co-leads the Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing Expungement, or HOPE, Act, an important bill for those impacted by prohibition.

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Nov 14, 2022

Well, I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you for convening a hearing on bipartisan consensus on cannabis reform.

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Nov 14, 2022

Now, last year, to the chairman's point, I actually introduced a bipartisan bill with Congressman Joyce of Ohio to help fix this issue for the Federal Government to actually begin creating grants to hand to states and local municipalities…

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Sep 28, 2022

they are not able to access it at the pharmacy.

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Sep 28, 2022

I think this came up earlier around ectopic pregnancies.

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Sep 28, 2022

many of these abortion--these anti-abortion laws, these forced-birth laws, are written by legislators that really have very little clue into the nuances of medical care.

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Sep 28, 2022

The same folks who tell us and told us that COVID's just a flu, that climate change isn't real, that January 6th was nothing, but a tourist visit, are the same--are now trying to tell us that transgender people are not real.

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Sep 28, 2022

Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will, against their consent, against their ability to provide for themselves or a child is a profound economic issue.

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Sep 20, 2022

Do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them?

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