Just this year, I was elected or I was named and appointed to the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. This is one of the most powerful committees in all of Congress. And for years, Lobbyists worked to keep me off [the Energy and Commerce Committee]. this committee. It oversees two thirds of the of the American economy. Health care, energy, technology, trade. As they say in Congress, if it moves, it's energy. If it doesn't, it's commerce. (12:14–12:17)
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Asserts that lobbyists tried to prevent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from being on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
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