on february 7, 2019, ocasio-cortez wrote her first piece of legislation, the green new deal, and sent it to the senate. senator ed markey of massachusetts supported the deal, laying out the main ideas of a 10-year economic plan that would slowly remove fossil fuel use. the plan would create jobs and boost the economy. the first version of the green new deal wanted the completely stop using fossil fuels. the plan set a goal of having the united states "creating 'net-zero' greenhouse gases in 10 years." ocasio-cortez said that "we set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast."