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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Housing costs rising so high here, right here in Missoula…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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FULL REMARKS: AOC in Missoula for Sam Forstag | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 18:41

It should not depend on whether a hedge fund thinks your town or your life is worth saving. Every Montanan, every American, deserves the dignity of health care as a right. Montana, your fight also looks like Housing costs rising so high here, right here in Missoula, in Bozeman and in the Flathead Valley that teachers and nurses can't even afford to live in the communities that they teach, teach and serve. It looks like workers putting in overtime while the wealth they create leaves town on a private jet. That's the fight. And Sam Forstag has spent his whole life on the right side of it. (18:41–18:51)

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Asserts that rising housing costs in Missoula, Bozeman, and Flathead Valley make it unaffordable for teachers and nurses.

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