OCASIO-CORTEZ: "IF ANYONE WANTS TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF THESE DATA CENTERS HERE ON THIS COMMITTEE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND"

Washington, July 21 -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued the following press release:

WATCH HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) highlighted the need to address the real harms and public health impacts of data centers during an Energy and Commerce Full Committee Markup. Find Representative Ocasio-Cortez's remarks as delivered below: "Thank you. You know, just as an alternative point of consideration here in terms of New York State's recent moratorium. You know, the kind of thought that, well, you know, if you don't want to build in your backyard, then maybe you shouldn't have access to compute- we can say the same thing about Silicon Valley. We could say the same thing about Silicon Va...