I think thats the direction that we absolutely need to go in, i think one of the things that were hearing right here in our, that were really discovering in our hearings is that we -- the real issue with our health care system is that were trying to have it both ways. Were trying to have half a free market system, half a more public system. And it is in the half-commitments that our systems are breaking down.

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Im looking forward to seeing where and how far theyd be willing to move on that, but Im encouraged, i think theres some wiggle room here.Its super-bizarre,really weird. Never thought in my life that one of my first pushes would be alongside Ted Cruz.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I would like to see in a presidential candidate is one that has a coherent worldview and logic from which all these policy proposals are coming forward, i think Sen. Sanders has that. I also think Sen. Warren has that. I also want to see us centering( on) working people in the United States to stem income inequality( and) tackle climate change.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I didn't have health care. I wasn't being paid a living wage, and I didn't think that I deserved any of those things.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The only reason that I had any hope in launching a long-shot campaign for Congress is because Bernie Sanders proved that you can run a grassroots campaign and win in an America where we almost thought it was impossible.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

It wasn't until I heard of a man by the name of Bernie Sanders that I began to question and assert and recognize my inherent value as a human being that deserves health care, housing, education and a living wage.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

We are talking about the president using the full power of the United States government in order to pursue and manufacture a politically-motivated investigation against a political opponent, i think its an allegation that, frankly, has united more members of the party on impeachment than any other, and so for that, I think its an understandable decision that we make.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

With the Ocasio2020 campaign beginning to ramp up, I've asked Corbin to transition to the campaign full-time and he has agreed to do so, i'm looking forward to growing the movement with him in Queens and the Bronx and across the country.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I think overall it's to have a more open-ended conversation and see what we can do to come together on strategy. Certainly immigration is a part of that conversation.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I'll be very honest, I got heat from my own party for that -- for making that point. But if we really want to pass a humanitarian bill then let's make a humanitarian bill and if it's not a humanitarian bill then don't call it a humanitarian bill. It's a border militarization bill.

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Ilhan Omar kind of presided over the situation, Ilhan Omar relish... by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Ilhan Omar kind of presided over the situation, Ilhan Omar relished it, Ilhan Omar took it in.

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Combined, that means over 300,000 children have entered our custo... by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Combined, that means over 300,000 children have entered our custody since October 1st.

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Weak minds and leaders challenge loyalty to our country in order to avoid challenging and debating the policy.

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This has to also be about saying, Hey, time to turnthe page and write the new chapter, and what does that look like?

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Hannity added. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has recently been clashing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and has suggested that Nancy Pelosi has been singling out Nancy Pelosi and three fellow freshman congresswomen because of race. But the persistent singling out... It got to a point where it was just outright disrespectful. ... The explicit singling out of newly elected women of color.

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The Senate bill is not a humanitarian bill by any stretch of the... by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Senate bill is not a humanitarian bill by any stretch of the imagination.

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For 40 years before Auschwitz, we had concentration camps -- things that were called Concentration Camps -- what we're doing now fits very cleanly inside that tradition.

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It may be politically convenient, and it may make you look good in the short term for saying, Oh were not voting for pay increases, but we should be fighting for pay increases for every American worker, we should be fighting for a $ 15 minimum wage pegged to inflation so that everybody in the United States with a salary with a wage gets a cost of living increase.Members of Congress, retail workers, everybody should get cost of living increases to accommodate for the changes in our economy. And then when we dont do that, it only increases the pressure on members to exploit loopholes like insider-trading loopholes, to make it on the back end.

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Its not even like a raise. by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Its not even like a raise.

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Any job that pays $2.13 per hour is not a job, it is indentured s... by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Any job that pays $2.13 per hour is not a job, it is indentured servitude.

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On the 28th or 29th of the month, you will let that person touch you because of economic desperation.

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