Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Member

“Members of Congress had to surrender their phones before today’s CBP trip.But @JoaquinCastrotx was able to get a device in. This photo is of the women we spoke to. We asked their permission to photograph - they said yes, please share what’s happening.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Twitter, https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145840530624077825 (1 July 2019)
Twitter Quotes (2019), July 2019

Photo , Women

“I see why CBP officers were being so physically and sexually threatening towards me… Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets. This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Twitter Quotes (2019), July 2019

Water , Behavior , Drink , Women

“AOC to: @tedcruz if you’re serious about a clean bill, then I’m down. Let’s make a deal. If we can agree on a bill with no partisan snuck-in clauses, no poison pills, etc - just a straight, clean ban on members of Congress becoming paid lobbyists - then I’ll co-lead the bill with you.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Post https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134199323263209480Twitter, (30 May 2019)
Twitter Quotes (2019), May 2019

Making love

“I was upset that 26 Dems forced the other 200+ to vote for a pro-ICE provision at the last min without warning… We can have ideological differences and that’s fine. But these tactics allow a small group to force the other 200+ members into actions that the majority disagree with. I don’t think that’s right, and said as much in a closed door meeting.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Twitter post, https://twitter.com/AOC (2 March 2019)
Twitter Quotes (2019), March 2019

Thinking

“A lot of people commenting don’t know how Congressional salaries work. Each member is given a set amount that they disburse. GOP has refused to increase budgets in years to give hard-working staff a raise, which means people helping to run the country are getting paid $30k/year.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Twitter post, https://twitter.com/AOC (23 February 2019)
Twitter Quotes (2019), February 2019

Help , People , Country

“The age difference between myself (29) + oldest House members is ~60yrs. For better or worse, young people will live in the world Congress leaves behind. That’s why I focus on our future: addressing climate change & runaway income inequality, ending school-to-prison pipelines, etc.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Twitter post, https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1076894689352142848 (23 December 2018)
Twitter Quotes (2018)

School , Housing , Future , People

“No lawmaker should be cashing in on their public service and selling their contacts and expertise to the highest bidder... don't think it should be legal at ALL to become a corporate lobbyist if you've served in Congress. Keeping it real, the elephant in the room with passing a lobbying ban on members requires a nearly-impossible discussion about congressional pay.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC Calls for Ban on Revolving Door as Study Shows Two-Thirds of Recently Departed Lawmakers Now K Street Lobbyists https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/30/aoc-calls-ban-revolving-door-study-shows-two-thirds-recently-departed-lawmakers-nowCommon Dreams, Eoin Higgins,] (30 May 2019)
2019

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