Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) read the entire 14-page signature “Green New Deal” on the House floor Wednesday afternoon because she claims that Republicans do not understand it.
The self-described Democratic socialist took to the House floor on Wednesday to talk about climate change and criticize those who are against her big government-oriented solutions.
“I have noticed that there’s been an awful lot of misinformation about what is inside this resolution,” Ocasio-Cortez said from the House floor. “A tremendous amount of wild claims— everything from saying we’re seeking to ban airplanes to ending ice cream.
“As a consequence, I realized that many of my colleagues have never even read the resolution that they’re speaking on. They haven’t opened a single word of it,” Ocasio-Cortez continued.
The 30-year-old Democrat said she decided to enter the measure into the congressional record because she wanted to send a message to her Republican “colleagues across the aisle.”
Ocasio-Cortez gave a dramatic reading of the Green New Deal, otherwise known as House Resolution 109, which calls for drastically reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, creating millions of jobs, and strengthening the U.S. infrastructure by launching a 10-year phase to transition into clean energy.
.@RepAOC @AOC: “So today, what I would like to do is to read the #GreenNewDeal resolution for all those who are interested…”
Full video here: https://t.co/E7Oumv8o5V pic.twitter.com/VR1d11ASrh
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 26, 2020
The bill did not cite how much the program would cost, but one study said the amount of money needed to fund the Green New Deal would be about $93 trillion in the first ten years.
“Why is this so controversial?” Ocasio-Cortez said at the end of her House speech, urging fellow Democrats to join her in supporting the measure.
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AOC wants to abandon 85% of the world’s energy without a single viable alternative. And without the slightest understanding that CO2 does not and cannot drive the climate or that CO2 DOES drive life on this planet. A little more CO2 has done more for the environment than every picket sign ever raised in protest of the best fed, longest-living, most prosperous conditions that human beings have ever enjoyed. It has made earth greener, shrunk deserts, and brought a string of world record crop yields. That is science. Politics cannot change it.
Someone could argue that plant life has been starved for CO2, but is approaching a tipping point toward robust growth. Who’s to say that it isn’t?
What Barry Bateman said time 10. Well stated!
I oppose AOC 100%. She stands for nothing that represents the United States of America or the principles on which this country was founded. What she and those like her seek would lead to the ruin of the greatest country that ever existed. Many of the solutions to the world’s problems will be created in a USA that does NOT follow a socialist agenda.
If I could cast a spell, AO-C would grow a bad beard, smoke fat Havana’s, wave her arms like Bernie and drive a ’53 Chevy.
Do you real’y think that dirty lying Democrat will ever reveal the truth about the costs in Jobs to all Americans and taxes as well Don’t be a Fool
Whenever a salesman attempts to sell something that is really expensive, their sales pitch leaves out the price. They hope to generate a desire and have the price be a detail that has to come up later. The Green New Deal is a terrible idea, but if it was a good idea it is unaffordable.
Now I can say I’ve read The Green New Deal in its entirety.
I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. The proportions of it! It’s all-encompassing!
Its always a good idea to read the fine print before you sign a contract
“I have noticed that there’s been an awful lot of misinformation about what is inside this resolution,”
“I have noticed that there’s been a lot of information about what is inside this awful resolution,”
There, fixed it…..
A half – truth is a lie.