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In order for us to put everyday New Yorkers first, we have to take on the powerful, corrupting influence of corporate money in politics. Alexandria's campaign is 100% people-powered.
As your Representative in Congress, Alexandria has:
This investment will create nearly 9 million new jobs in clean energy, reduce dangerous emissions by 40% by 2030, and lower annual energy bills by $1,000 per household. Working with other House Members, Alexandria also launched the first Green New Deal projects and secured 100 million dollars for more than sixty projects, stretching from Hawai'i to Vermont.
Alexandria expanded Green New Deal support in Congress with 57 new co-sponsors. She also developed a Green New Deal implementation guide to help local governments and nonprofits apply for federal grants that meet Green New Deal goals, and successfully pushed the White House to create the American Climate Corps — a pilot program providing thousands of new jobs to fight climate change.
Alexandria helped pass into law the Inflation Reduction Act — which will provide funding for the IRS to go after wealthy tax evaders, establish a 15% minimum tax on the wealthiest corporations, and set a 1% tax on stock buybacks used to benefit wealthy shareholders.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act expands background check requirements for the sale of firearms to individuals under 21 years of age, prohibits gun ownership to those convicted of abusing a dating partner (closing the "boyfriend loophole"), and increases funding for mental health programs and school security updates.
Medicare will soon have the ability to negotiate some drug prices for the first time. Alexandria also helped cap insulin prices at $35 per month, and out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 per year, for those covered by Medicare.
Including a new labor unit and delivery unit at Elmhurst Hospital to improve care for mothers and babies at our Queens public hospital, and a workforce training program for 300 students at SUNY Maritime to prepare for good, union jobs in green energy.
An unapologetic movement for economic, social, & racial justice in the United States — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
In a modern, moral society, no one should be too poor to get the care they need. With over 30 million unemployed, and in the face of a global pandemic, we must finally separate health insurance from employment and expand Medicare.
MORE ON THIS →We must take action to provide stable, affordable housing to everyone, once and for all.
MORE ON THIS →Instead of investing in mass incarceration, we need to invest in the most vulnerable members of our society.
MORE ON THIS →Undocumented individuals fill many of the essential jobs that kept this country running during COVID-19. It is past time to make them full members of the country they call their home and abolish ICE.
MORE ON THIS →With our country facing the greatest levels of unemployment since the Great Depression, the plan to create millions of quality, high-wage jobs has never been more important. We must take action to stave off another global and national unemployment.
MORE ON THIS →Ms. Ocasio-Cortez hit the political front lines with striking power. But underneath her celebrity, there's a congresswoman with deep roots in her community...
READ MORE →We would invest up to $234 billion over a 10-year period to retrofit our public housing stock, creating safe, comfortable homes while reducing emissions.
READ MORE →Today, the country is halfway towards the Green New Deal goal of bringing net emissions down to zero by 2030. And 40% of energy jobs in the country are in the clean energy sector.
READ MORE →"It solidified my resolve to do something to impact my community," she said, wiping a tear from her eye. "She showed me things are possible."
READ MORE →U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured more than $7.5 million in funds for community projects in the Bronx and Queens. More than $7.5 million will go toward enhancements in the 14th Congressional District of New York.
READ MORE →The legislation amends the Violence Against Women Act so that people can sue those who produce, distribute, or receive the deepfake pornography. If they "knew or recklessly disregarded" that the victim did not consent.
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