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Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bera, Senators Murray, Hirono, Cortez Masto, Reintroduce Bill to Expand Coverage of Birth Control in America

Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Ami Bera (CA-06), and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Secures $351 Million for Flood Prevention in The Bronx and Queens

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) announced the House of Representatives’ passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (WRDA), which includes a ...
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Ocasio-Cortez and Velázquez Statement on Puerto Rico Water Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07) released the following statement regarding the ongoing water crisis in Puerto Rico ...
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Ocasio-Cortez: “If Anyone Wants to Live Right Next to One of These Data Centers Here on this Committee, Please Raise Your Hand”

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) highlighted the need to address the real harms and public health impacts of data centers during an Energy and Commerce Full ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of PROMESA

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released the following statement on the ten year anniversary of the passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Introduces House Version of the AI Data Center Moratorium Act

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would create a temporary prohibition ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Proposes Bill to Limit Compensation for Representatives of Medicare Advantage Organizations

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) discussed her new bill to limit the compensation that may be paid to agents and brokers by for-profit health insurers with ...
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New Report Details Ocasio-Cortez’s Two Housing Bills Would Deliver 235,000 Affordable Homes and 31,000 Jobs a Year to New York

Joint research from The Action Lab, NYU Urban Democracy Lab, and the Climate and Community Institute finds that the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and the Homes Act would solve New York's ...
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House Passes Ocasio-Cortez’s Bill to Scale Up Development of Geothermal Energy Projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released the following statement following the House passage of the Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act within the ...
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Ocasio-Cortez, Crow, Levin Launch End Corruption Caucus

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) launched the End Corruption Caucus alongside Representatives Jason Crow (CO-06) and Mike Levin (CA-49). This new caucus will ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Presses EPA Assistant Administrator Kramer on Jeopardizing Clean Water Access by Caving to Major Data Center Construction

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) questioned Environmental Protection Agency’s Assistant Administrator for Water Jessica Kramer on the administration’s failure ...