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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.

Sep 22, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer amendment 40, to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10 percent. During a time when our country is withdrawing from foreign wars, when COVID-19 and its fallout is one of the greatest threats that we face, when…

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Sep 13, 2021

The medium is the message. The time is now for child care, health care and climate action for all. Tax the rich.

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Sep 9, 2021

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.

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Sep 9, 2021

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…

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Sep 9, 2021

It seems as though we have a very urgent issue, and I am so thankful to see Chairwoman Waters address these issues.

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Sep 9, 2021

We just experienced devastating floods for which my district was ground zero, in New York City, for the floods from Hurricane Ida.

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Sep 9, 2021

Many low-income renters struggled to make ends meet even before the pandemic.

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Sep 6, 2021

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.

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Sep 6, 2021

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.

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Sep 6, 2021

This is about making sure that someone like me, as a woman, or any menstruating person in this country cannot make decisions over their own body.

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Sep 6, 2021

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…

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