Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) led a letter urging Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to reinstate the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Puerto Rico 100 (PR100) website.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Seth Magaziner (RI-02), leaders in the effort to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks and original co-sponsors of the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act, released the following statement in response to a stock-trading proposal released today and backed by House Republican leadership.
Washington, D.C. - Today, during a hearing in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) highlighted the pattern of corruption behind both Republicans’ efforts to pass a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulation and Trump’s Executive Order to block state-level AI legislation.
In New York City, there are at least five publicly reported cases of K-12 student arrests, deporting children as young as six years old.
Over 70 percent of people currently detained in detention facilities do not have a criminal record.
New GAO Report finds Tax Break Provides Little Evidence of Economic Benefit for Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02) introduced the No Gratuitous Overcharging Ubiquitous Global Exports (No GOUGE) Act, which takes a comprehensive approach to crack down on corporate price gouging tactics made possible by President Trump’s tariffs.
Over 350 community members attended and 1,500 pounds of fresh produce, halal turkeys, and chicken were distributed.
The Bronx, N.Y. - This weekend, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined the Throggs Neck Community Alliance and GrowNYC for a food distribution in Throggs Neck. The fresh produce was purchased directly from regional farmers and distributed from GrowNYC’s Regional Food Hub to community members for free.