AOC on The Green New Deal's Anniversary
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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For our climate story of the week, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District) talks about the fifth anniversary of The Green New Deal, its accomplishments so far, and the local and national priorities on climate change ahead of the election. Plus, other national politics, including why, as a progressive, she's supporting President Biden's reelection.
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| 1:30.3 | climate story of the week, which we do every Tuesday on the show, and today we have a special |
| 1:35.0 | guest to mark an anniversary. |
| 1:37.0 | It was five years ago this month, February 7th, 2019, when New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in office barely a month |
| 1:47.1 | introduced the Green New Deal resolution along with Senator Ed Markey in |
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