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It isn’t often that you hear someone rave about a great congressional hearing they’ve seen online. Heck, outside of big national events, I’m going to bet you have never willingly watched C-Span.
But less than one year since she entered Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has represented New York’s 14th congressional district since January, has changed that.
'So you won't take down lies?': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenges Facebook CEO – video
Mark Zuckerberg faced a grueling examination from the Democratic lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday, with questions over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Facebook’s reluctance to police political advertising.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York on April 5, 2019. (AP / Seth Wenig)
In a new bill unveiled today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offers a clear answer to the affordable housing crisis: Protect tenants, not big landlords.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman in Congress, gave her colleagues a first-hand look at what many people her age are facing when she made a student loan payment during a Congressional hearing on student debt.
New legislation would raise burden of proof for evicting people from public housing
California Sen. Kamala Harris wants to improve access to housing for previously incarcerated people. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) started a petition Saturday to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal funds for abortions, arguing the restriction overwhelmingly harms low-income Americans and women of color.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Thursday confronted a drug company CEO about the high cost of an HIV-prevention drug.
Speaking to Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day, Ocasio-Cortez asked why the drug Truvada for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), which can help reduce the risk of contracting HIV via sex, cost nearly $2,000 per month in the US, versus $8 in Australia.
O'Day said that the current monthly list price ($1,780) is a product of the drug's "patent protection" in the US, while a generic version of the drug is sold in other countries.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acted like a good prosecutor while questioning Michael Cohen, establishing the factual basis for further committee investigation.Joshua Roberts/Reuters
On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, President Trump’s one-time personal lawyer and “fixer,” testified in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee about what he says are a variety of shady practices he participated in when working for the president. People around the country awaited riveting testimony, some going so far as to join “watch parties” in bars.