The medium is the message. The time is now for child care, health care and climate action for all. Tax the rich.
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.
Many low-income renters struggled to make ends meet even before the pandemic.
We just experienced devastating floods for which my district was ground zero, in New York City, for the floods from Hurricane Ida.
If you are a tenant and you want to make right on your back rent, and you apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, if your landlord has been trying to get you out, they can refuse, in the majority of programs, to accept your…
It seems as though we have a very urgent issue, and I am so thankful to see Chairwoman Waters address these issues.
We have lost 12 people in these floods, and the connection here is that in almost every person lost to the floods, it was related to our housing crisis.
The Build Back Better Act has popular support and even going above and beyond that, the Green New Deal has popular support even among Republicans and Independents.
I certainly don't think it's healthy that ExxonMobil lobbyists are bragging about how many senators, Democrat and Republican that they get to have on speed dial and enjoy exclusive access to shaping the contours of this quote-unquote…
We have the capacity to transition to clean and renewable energy and create millions of good union jobs in order to transition to both our infrastructure and our energy system, as well as our power grid.
Now, when it comes to climate change, we have to do so much more and the President's agenda, yes, is important. We must pass the Build Back Better Act, but it is not done until it is on the President's desk.
I think we are. I think we absolutely are, because the question is not, if our entire world and our entire society is going to shift because of climate change, it's a matter of how it is going to shift.
I think that in the year 2021, if any Member of Congress, whether it's a member of the House, or whether it's a member of the Senate continues to aid the fossil fuel lobbyists in advancing their agenda over the consensus of science, then…





