[ [link removed] ]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress




Four states are still recovering from extreme winds and catastrophic
flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. Here in New York City, the rapid flood
waters trapped many in their homes and resulted in 13 people tragically
losing their lives.

Our campaign immediately mobilized into action to provide support and
connect our community members to resources they need to recover.
Alexandria visited with impacted families over the weekend and our
volunteers called and texted 100,000 people to check in on storm victims.

[ [link removed] ]Pictured: Alexandria with New York Governor Hochul and State Senator
Caramos visiting flooded homes in East Elmhurst, Queens

While we’re continuing to provide direct support on the ground to those
directly impacted, we must also do everything we can right now to prevent
future disasters like this. The damage we’re seeing from Hurricane Ida is
just the most recent example of how vulnerable our country’s
infrastructure is to extreme weather.

These disasters are going to become more frequent, and we must prepare by
immediately transitioning away from fossil fuels and making investments to
infrastructure to be more resilient to extreme weather.

Right now we have a historic opportunity to make those necessary
investments by passing the budget reconciliation package in Congress. This
package would include funding for programs like a Civilian Climate Corps:
a jobs program dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, enabling a
transition to renewable energy, and helping communities recover from
climate disasters. Alexandria has been fighting against attempts from both
sides of the aisle to water down our infrastructure spending, because she
knows that this is the issue of our lifetime and she is not going to back
down.

[ [link removed] ]If you agree we must take this opportunity to make a historic
investment in climate-resilient infrastructure to save lives, will you
make a $3 contribution to keep up our fight in Congress and
ensure that our climate and infrastructure priorities are passed?



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Year after year, it’s been politically acceptable to raise the defense
budget without a question. Our government needs to treat our climate and
infrastructure spending with the same degree of urgency.

But the politicians who are holding up that spending — who say it’s too
expensive and too unrealistic — are the same ones who have weekly meetings
with Exxon lobbyists to influence this debate.

There’s really no way to sugarcoat it: Doing nothing will cost so much
more than investing in renewable energy and upgrading our infrastructure —
in disaster costs, in healthcare costs, in lives lost.

And we can’t forget:
The climate crisis is an inequality crisis that disproportionately affects
low-income communities and communities of color. And it will continue to
threaten the most vulnerable.

Many deaths in New York during the flooding last week occurred in basement
dwellings, many of which are illegal and growing in number due to the
unaffordable housing crisis and do not meet safety standards required to
keep people safe in incidents like flash floods.

We can’t wait for the next hurricane, wildfire, or winter storm to act.
There’s no more time to waste.

Right now we have a crucial moment to pass urgent climate action and
strong investments in our infrastructure. [ [link removed] ]If you can, please chip in
$3 or anything you can today to help Alexandria continue
this fight and pass historic climate action for working families.

Thank you,

Team AOC


 

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