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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We need to address our housing crisis, our education crisis…”

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

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Town Hall Meeting in Glens Falls with AOC & Pat Ryan

Published | Video Starts at 59:32

And really what we need to do is have a fair shake in this country. And that really needs to require a concerted investment … We need to address our housing crisis, our education crisis, our job crisis. … way that we're going to achieve things like universal health care, the only way unions ever got us a weekend and higher wages is because we had the audacity to believe in our collective power. (59:32–59:51)

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Asserts the existence of crises in housing, education, and employment that need to be addressed.

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