A lot has happened in the last week.
Here's how it started:
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  @aoc |
 | | Team AOC is launching relief efforts for Texas starting today. Our first effort is a partnership w/ 5 Texas orgs getting on-the-ground relief to Texans ASAP. If you're able, please donate here - it'll split your contribution to all 5. 💯% goes to them. | | |
Within hours, our movement raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | I feel like I should do something if we hit $1M in Texas relief. What should it be? (Don't be weird pls) | | |
Then we hit $2 million, and Alexandria decided to fly to Texas to meet with families directly impacted and support direct relief.
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | We've now raised $2 MILLION in relief for Texans & are adding more orgs. 🙏 I'll be flying to Texas today ✈️ to visit with Houston rep Sylvia Garcia (@LaCongresista) to distribute supplies and help amplify needs & solutions. Let's see how far we can go: | | |
Then we hit $3.2 million as Alexandria packed boxes alongside volunteers at the Houston Food Bank and recruited others to join her.
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | We hit $3.2 MILLION in Texas relief support last night! One of the places it's going is the Houston Food Bank. I'm visiting Reps. @JacksonLeeTX18 & @LaCongresista with volunteers to pack meals. The bank REALLY needs helping hands. Can you join a shift? houstonfoodbank.org/ways-to-give/give-time 
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From the beginning, Alexandria was clear that charity is not a replacement for short-term and long-term policy solutions to prevent a disaster like this from ever happening again.
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | Charity isn't a replacement for good governance, but we won't turn away from helping people in need when things hit the fan. People understand that now is the time for collective action and doing what we can w/ whatever we've got. 🙏 Thank you y Pa'lante! | | |
As the days continued, we raised $4 million…
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | We just hit $4 million! Reps. Sylvia Garcia, Sheila Jackson Lee & Al Green of Houston are doing incredible work w/ local relief organizations to get emergency relief to Texans. Today we went to food distributions, water delivery sites, and home tours of impacted Texans. 
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Then $5 million…
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc |
| | One last update (I think!): We just hit $5 million raised for Texans across the state. Thank you ALL for your collective action when people need it most. Charity can't replace policy, but solidarity is how we'll face climate change and build a better world. 💪🌏 Thank you 🙏 
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Alexandria visited the homes of constituents and saw the damage this storm has done and all the work we have left to do.
| Rep. Sylvia Garcia @RepSylviaGarcia |
 | | As we toured the homes of constituents @koryahaywood & Ms. Hulsey, we saw the damage this storm has done & all the work we have left to do. Good news, @POTUS has authorized federal funds to help us rebuild, please visit ⤵️ to apply for FEMA assistance disasterassistance.gov 
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Not many members of Congress are willing to put their own fundraising aside and take time away from their districts to help those in need.
But it goes beyond that. Alexandria is not just fighting to make sure that families in Texas continue to get the support they need.
She's fighting for long-term structural changes to invest in good paying jobs and rebuilding our infrastructure to withstand extreme weather and prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
If you're with us, can you make a $3 contribution today to help us grow this movement for big, bold change?
Together we can continue to support each other in times of crisis and fight for the future we deserve.
Thanks for being part of this,
Team AOC
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