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After a bipartisan group of senators announced that they’ve reached a consensus on a framework for a gun reform bill on Sunday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) voiced her concern over proposals in the bill to increase gun-related criminalization.
The Bronx, NY - Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled the winner of the Congressional Art Competition from New York's 14th Congressional District: Sally Almaklani. Sally’s work, titled “My Hijab Makes Me Powerful,” can be viewed here.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus’ Abortion Rights and Access Taskforce, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Congressman Ami Bera, M.D.
The mood in U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s virtual town hall was somber as the weight of the country’s ceaseless mass shooting epidemic weighed heavy on the minds of both the two-term congressmember and her Bronx and Queens constituents. Parkchester native Lisa Hamilton, who watched the Thursday evening town hall with her six-year-old daughter, told the Bronx Times they felt compelled to, largely, because they said Ocasio-Cortez wants to fix this country’s issue with gun violence.
QUEENS, NY — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced today that she is requesting federal funding for 15 community projects that would serve New York's 14th Congressional District. The proposed projects include workforce training in green jobs, a supportive housing development, community violence interventions, pre-K programming, youth mental healthcare services, public transportation safety and accessibility improvements, and funding for literacy services. The Appropriations Committee solicited these requests from all Members as part of their annual spending process.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held her monthly town hall at P.S. 70 in Astoria on Wednesday night to speak about progress made with the Green New Deal ahead of Earth Day this weekend.
The congresswoman opened the meeting with data showing that greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise, which will inevitably lead to half the world’s landmass becoming inhabitable.
“What we have to do right now, and our responsibility is to dramatically alter the way our economy is dependent on fossil fuels,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) pushed back on a Supreme Court decision that limits Puerto Ricans’ access to government benefits on Thursday, condemning the decision for advancing the U.S.’s colonialist grip over the territory.
From her office in the Bronx, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” for an exclusive interview that aired Thursday on the situation at the city’s troubled jail complex, Rikers Island.
“This is simply not a place that is structurally safe, whether it’s the CO’s, whether it’s the people that are being kept there,” said Ocasio-Cortez, who toured the facility in October 2021. “No human being is safe on Rikers Island, and it should be closed.”
QUEENS, NY - In May 2021, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally requested nearly $7 million in funding for 10 community projects that would serve New York's 14th Congressional District. Late Wednesday night, that funding passed the House as part of an omnibus bill to keep the federal government funded and open. The community projects include youth violence interventions, educational supports, workforce training in green jobs and home healthcare, and support for Plaza Del Sol Health Center and Elmhurst Hospital. The full list of projects can be found below.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, as part of the America COMPETES Act, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez passed a bill through the House to support debt relief for developing countries.