sometimes congressional oversight has led to executive branch reforms. other times inquiries into alleged administration corruption resulted in resignations referrals, house or senate resolutions memorializing disapproval of presidential or other administration misconduct or impeachment proceedings. congressional oversight history is replete with investigations into alleged white house misconduct that you can did not involve impeachment. many involved testimony from top white house aides including white house counsels, chiefs of staff to the president, national security advisers and top advisers to the vice president and first lady. impeachment proceedings have begun without any formal vote of the house. in addition for presidential impeachments the jshry committee has conducted hearings to determine whether or not to recommend articles to the full house. in the impeachment of president nixon, the house judiciary committee had been considering articles of impeachment for close to a year before there was a full house vote in february, 1974. with respect t

a study by the congressional management term and thrm found 72% of congressional employees reported benefits influence their decision to stay in their current positions. in today's labor market benefits offerings set organizations apart when recruiting and retaining top talent. benefit offerings with important to congressional staff, they have not kept up with the pace of private sector benefits. moreover, they have not met the needs of our diverse and modern workforce. research shows improvements in the economic landscape and increasing diversity are driving organizations to refine their benefits programs. for example, there are currently five generations in the workforce with increasing racial and ethnic diversity across the country. this diversity shapes perspectives as far as workplace benefits, leading hr professionals to restructure benefit offerings to appeal to a more diverse workforce. congress should examine hill staff used on work and benefits as a result. in a tight labor market workforce development has become a big driver in supporting employees who want to upskill and employer

i am honored to be a representative from nevada's 4th congressional district.now my district is not the same, but i have rural parts and ban covering 5 2,000 square miles. there are struggling people. and so when i vote this week in vote of giving workers a raise, i will be voting to give a raise to every every worker. i thank my colleague, the co-anchor, stacy plaskett and mr. scott of the house education and labor committee and each and every one of my colleagues who have spoken here tonight. thank you for giving us this hour to bring about the issues that are important. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-arch of rule 1, the chair declares the house in resees measure that re-authorizes policy for 2020. also measure holding bar and ross in contempt of congress on the citizenship question on the 2020 senses. members return at

. >>> a hearing on how to recruit and retape a diverse congressional staff. an author of three books testified and answered questions from the house modwerization of congress committee. a >>> the committee will come to order. without objection, the chair authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. in is cultivating diversity, improving retention with congressional staff. i recognize myself for five minutes for opening statement. one of the main ways in which we retain staff is by having it be 90 degrees in here. my apologies to each of you. we'll be distributing fans to the entire audience. today we're going to talk about what's the backbone of this institution, the congressional staff that work here. i think i speak for all of us and those yet to come when i say we couldn't do our jobs without teams of people that work for us. anytime i get a compliment where someone says nice job on this or that, my response is always i have a good team and i feel lucky for that. they're dedicated public servants that are here because they want to do meaningf

and president trump has bowed to fight any future congressional subpoenas. what we have seen from president trump is a pattern of repeated and baseless denial, baseless defiance of the houses constitutional authority to investigate, especially subpoenas seeking evidence that the president obstructed justice and abused his power. the president has engaged in stonewalling that shows an unprecedented disregard and contempt for a coequal branch of government under our constitution. this regard in contempt would make richard nixon blush with envy. taken together special counsel robert mueller's testimony and the presidents obstruction of the congressional investigation compel us to immediately begin a formal impeachment inquiry. i do not come to this decision lightly. and impeachment proceeding against the president of the united states is a matter of the highest constitutional magnitude. but when the evidence demonstrates that the president of the united states obstructed the special counsel's investigation and when the facts and the evidence demonstrate that th

the congressional union. >> that could work. we could do it.n 1913.as in 1916, the congressional union changed to the women's party. in 1970, the national americans association and the women's party joined together to form the national women's party. there were many marches to get the 19th amendment passed. they held up signs and had peaceful protests. group7, the first protested and pressured woodrow wilson to support the amendment. roughly 500 out of 2000 suffrage activists were taken to jail and some were force-fed because of hunger strikes. that didn't go so well with the public. listen to the reports in the newspaper. >> lucy, would you look at this one? 1917, she was the former chief of neurochemistry and the commissioner called which ms.demands for paul was striking. miss paul in other suffrage acts were given food in prison. >> this is amazing. >> your sister said -- cannot believe the president who deliberately risked her life. she is talking about you. with all the attention and support, it wasn't long until the 19th amendment was rat

this is about congressional power, madam speaker. and that's something that should unify every member of this body and institution. we must stand together. the supreme court has said repeatedly, the federal court said repeatedly our fact-finding power is inextrickable and indispensable to our legislative power. we have the power from the people, the sovereign political power of the people given us to legislate. we can't legislate if we can't get the information we need. sometimes we disagree with the majority with the stuff they want. i'm sure i wasn't here then then, but i would have disagreed maybe with. so fast and furious stuff or the millions of documents they got in the benghazi investigation. makes no difference. the majority has the right to get what it wants. we have a right to get what we want. if you act with contempt for the congress of the united states of america and the people of the united states, we will hold you in contempt of the congress of the united states of america. i support these contempt resolutions. the sp

testifying or simply don't have to comply with congressional subpoenas. president trump has opposed testimony from two of the special counsel's top deputies and restricted the scope of the mueller testimonies. and president trump has bowed to fight any future congressional subpoenas. what we have seen from president trump is a pattern of repeated and baseless denial, baseless defiance of the houses constitutional authority to investigate, especially subpoenas seeking evidence that the president obstructed justice and abused his power. the president has engaged in stonewalling that shows an unprecedented disregard and contempt for a coequal branch of government under our constitution. this regard in contempt would

congressional incumbents have a 98% reelection rate. that probably explains why congress looks more like a country club than a melting pot. it is predominately made of lawyers and politicians and disproportionately old, white, rich, male. term limits would give us diversity of our society. the message incumbents send young people like me seems to be, we want you close enough to the political process to help us win but don't get too close and take our jobs. the american people have lost confidence in the congress. we see abuses of power routinely. 18 months ago, members of congress were secretly using taxpayer money to settle lawsuits , some for sexual harassment. they still haven't disclosed how our money was spent. and on whose behalf. term limits is a check on arrogance and power. it's a way to restore political courage while bringing fresh faces and ideas to washington. ben franklin said, for the rulers to return among the people was not to degrade them but to promote them. as kanye west said, no one man should have all that power. h

of maryland 's congressional districting. in the end the case maintains the supreme court, the partisan gerrymandering claims have a 35-year history. starting with a case in the mid-1980's. windemere resulted in a split opinion. the court said these cases were due suitable, but there is not a majority for any particular test so they sent it back down to the lower court and there is a lot of maneuvering in the lower court and got back up to the supreme court again. pennsylvania which was a challenge to pennsylvania's congressional districts. they were split 4-4-1. they were split on what the test should become a the formwork conservative justices concluded the political gerrymandering case for non-traditional bull -- judicial in forecourt. -- federal court. and they said i don't see the rate tested, so it was a 4-4-1 split. here is the problem, the challengers and every one of these cases whether being proven wrong with the fact, if you look wendemere, -- vanda the case brought by indiana house democrat, saying it's a insurmou

certainly congressional leaders any sort of deal, the x factor on their mind. the wild card is always what will president trump sign in the end. so certainly congressional leaders tonight who just wrapped up a conference call just in the last hour are excited to see that tweet coming from president trump this evening. now, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, she was actually on a delayed flight returning to d.c. from detroit where she spoke earlier today. she was on that commercial flight and took this conference call. my colleague observed that conference call from the flight. indicating also how at the last minute all of these negotiations, the final deal coming together. although negotiations have been happening for quite some time. this is a $1.4 trillion budget agreement which would include a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling. that's so important because it basically pushes that to the back burner. not in the equation essentially until after the 2020 election. now, the pressure had certainly been on treasury secretary steve mnuchin. he had emphasized

the congressional research service with that chart. you talked about a constitutional amendment to change term limits. what is term limit convention? under article five of the constitution, there are two ways to propose an amendment. you can get a two thirds vote in congress. we call that the turkeys voting for thanksgiving method. you can go back to the state legislatures and get two thirds of the state legislatures to call for a convention to propose an amendment. this was asserted at the constitutional amendment to give states an end run around washington, d.c., around the swamp when congress refused to do what was right because it was not in their own self-interest. there have been three states, florida, missouri, and alabama, that have called for a convention term limit congress. host: if you get a constitutional amendment to do that, does that open up a pandora's box of changing the entire constitution? guest: no. we're not talking about a constitutional convention. we're talking about a single issue convection. the legislation t

it is an extremely important issue for the the congressional black caucus.m hoping that he's going to issue some policy statements that we can all get behind. >> okay. congresswoman karen bass, thank you so much for your time. good luck tomorrow. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> and still ahead, congressional leaders strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid another government shutdown, but not everybody on capitol hill is on board. details next. etary choices are o help manage blood sugar, but it can be difficult to find a balanced solution. try great-tasting boost glucose control. the patented blend of protein, fat, and carbs is part of a balanced formula that's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. in fact, it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake and contains only 1 carb choice. enjoy the balanced nutrition of boost glucose control as part of a healthy diet. hmm. exactly. and doug. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... par

he's used the phrase "crime-infested" to describe the congressional district of civil rights icon john lewis. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney grilled by chris wallace of fox news. >> infested. it sounds sub-human. and these are all six members of congress who are people of color. >> i think you're spending way too much time reading between the lines. does anybody -- >> i'm not reading between the lines. i'm reading the lines. >> reporter: the president doubling down today, as part of a strategy to energize hz base of white, rural voters before the election. he's taking aim at a new target. the reverend al sharpton. the two men have been friendly before. but when sharpton tweeted he was heading to baltimore, the president blasted him as a "con man" who "hates whites and cops." . >> he has a particular venom for blacks and people of color. he doesn't refer to any of his other opponents or critics as infested. he never said that their districts or their states are places that no human being wants to live. >> and kyra phillips with us live from the white house tonight. and kyra, presid

now turning to oversight, the fbi values the important role of congressional oversight. as director ray and attorney general bharat stated, the fbi and department of justice are committed to accommodating the committee's informational needs. in every instance, we strive to provide congress as much information as possible. we must do so because it lets us without comprising our law- enforcement security efforts as well as our investigative and prosecutorial response abilities. we are committed to working in good faith to accommodate the committee's legitimate oversight interests. we hope the committee will in turn continue to engage in good faith with the fbi and recognize the importance of our law enforcement and confidentiality interests. the fbi has found the committee's march 6 letter to present unique challenges given its threat and the multi agency complicity of the headquarters project itself. due to the nature of the search for fbi headquarters and renovation and similar terms, our initial collection re- yielded a exceptionally broad return. we are actively workin

a product of the first congressional district of georgia, ms. johnson used her love of math to break barriers throughout her life. not only in math and science, but also for women and people of color. with a math degree from talladega college, mrs. johnson took a risk and applied to come the first female and/or minority engineers at boeing. she was accepted. by chance it happened to be around the same time that president kennedy announced a national mission of sending a man on the moon. at boeing, she worked on a team of engineers with a specific mission of putting a man on the moon. . she said we worked hard, we worked saturdays, afternoons, evenings until we got it right. the rest is history, and now -- mrs. on is at the johnson's name is now at the smithsonian. she helped contribute to this engineering marvel that changed world history. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize mr. and mrs. robert and sheryl williams who are retiring after nearly 50 years of running the black sheer times in the first -- blackshear times in the first congressiona

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part of his congressional district. trump doesn't quite understand how congressman cup actions' district -- cummings district is redistributed but he represents ellicott city. he was on the scene immediately and helped bring in all the federal partners so that ellicott city could beat the odds. when you have a major flood like that, most businesses don't return. in ellicott city they returned. why? because of the federal partnership in which elijah cummings played a critical role, a well -- and other members of our congressional delegation. affordable housing. congressman cup actions has brought -- congressman cummings has brought affordable housing to baltimore. after freddie gray, i will never forget the scene as i was watching on the television screens as we see the riots or the disruption started in baltimore. there was elijah cummings on the streets calming things down, saving lives. that's what he was doing to represent his community. that's the type of legislator he is. and he's provided support for public safety

i'm representing hawaii's first congressional district. which is the city of honolulu. i served in the house from 2002 to 2007, so i took session when my great predecessor passed away unexpectedly. then i went on to two full turns on the house. i have had that experience and took a 12 year hiatus. then, somehow got lured back to running for congress again. here i am again. this is my third tour of duty in congress because i started, like many members of congress, as a summer intern for the then member from the first congressional district, i worked steps away from where we are shooting this. this is like coming home again. i spent three years with him. then, later on, came back to congress. greta: when you left after serving for the first time in washington, why did you decide to leave? rep. case: i ran for the u.s. senate. like many good u.s. house members, you aspire to the u.s. senate. i ran and was unsuccessful. i was involuntary retired from the u.s. house. i went back to hawaii and went back to my job as a lawyer and hotel executive. i had a productive 12 years. a

that's the question being posed by this new congressional report. and here's abc's mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a new congressional report is raising "serious questions about whether the white house is willing to place the potential profits of the president's friends above the national security of the american people." the report zeros in on a number of trump's close associates, including his long-time friend tom barrack, who ran trump's inaugural committee. they say barrack pushed the white house to sign off on deal with saudi arabia to build dozens of power plants. a deal democrats say could have benefited barrack financially. the deal has not gone through, but barrack was still instrumental in crafting the president's saudi policy. in 2016, right before trump was set to deliver this campaign speech on energy -- >> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy. >> reporter: -- the report says barrack ran the speech by a business associate in the united arab emirates wi

was born and raised in the state and he previously represented its second congressional district from 2002 to 2007. representative case is the cousin of aol cofounder, steve case. >> congressman, you are a freshman of the 116th congress, but you have served before in the house. tell our viewers when and for how long. rep. case: first, aloha. i am ed case, probably representing hawaii's first congressional district, which is the city of honolulu. i served in the house from 2002 2007, so i took one term in the special election when my great predecessor passed away unexpectedly. then i went on to two full terms in the house. i have had that experience and took a 12 year hiatus in hawaii, then somehow got lured back to running for congress again. this is my third tour of duty in congress, because i started, like many members of congress, as a summer intern for the then-member of the first congressional district steps away from where we are shooting this. this is like coming home again. i spent three years with him. then, later on, came back to congress. >> when you left after serving that

crisis averted president trump and congressional leaders announcing an agreement on a two-year budget deal to lift the debt ceiling as well and raise spending levels. a big thing there. >>> kicking it into high gear. earnings season heating up this morning as invests await results from coca-cola, lockheed martin, jetblue and many more. >>> a major mobile deal in the works. apple reportedly in talks to buy intel's smartphone modem chip business it could be a $1 billion transaction. >>> and there's one tech giant that's outspending the pack amid heightened regulatory scrutiny cnbc crunched the numbers. we'll bring you those details ahead on lobbying spending. >>> and changes at the top as the uk looks to choose its kn new prime minister, what does it mean for investors we go live to london it's tuesday, july 23rd. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning i'm dominic chu. this is a live shot of our nation's capitol where just hours ago the white house and congressional leaders averted a potential government shutdown and default on our debt reaching a two-year deal to lif

this is about congressional power, madam speaker. and that's something that should unify every member of this body and institution. we must stand together. the supreme court has said repeatedly, the federal court said repeatedly our fact-finding power is inextrickable and indispensable to our legislative power. we have the power from the people, the sovereign political power of the people given us to legislate. we can't legislate if we can't get the information we need. sometimes we disagree with the majority with the stuff they want. i'm sure i wasn't here then then, but i would have disagreed maybe with. so fast and furious stuff or the millions of documents they got in the benghazi investigation. makes no difference. the majority has the right to get what it wants. we have a right to get what we want. if you act with contempt for the congress of the united states of america and the people of the united states, we will hold you in contempt of the congress of the united states of america. i support these contempt resolutions. the sp

tell us. >> it will launch, congressional black caucus, census 2020. of us have been rightfully focused on the citizen question in terms of the census, but to me, an even bigger question is how the census is going to be administered this time. it's going to be administered online. so can you imagine households in our communities receiving a postcard, telling them to go online and fill out your census form? who's going to do that? we know the census is next spring, but we want to begin the work now, so on tuesday, the congressional black caucus is convening, african-american leaders from around the country, and then we will be launching this new task force. we'll get to work now. >> and people don't understand that because that will lead to an undercount if you don't go to work now. >> and undercount, denial of resources. one of the criminal justice issueles s we need to work on, where you're counted when incarcerated. a rule area, then it actually penalizes our communities where the people come back to. >> all right. congresswoman from california, kare

andrew desiderio congressional reporter for a p olitico. explain what the judiciary committee is going to be covering and why. it will focus on volume two that focuses on the idea that the president was seeking to obstruct the robert mueller investigation. have of democrats so far said essentially that the evidence is clear that the president at least sought to of shut the i

we have codified congressional review process precisely to address such concerns. however, it is my assessment that my democratic colleagues abused this review process, prior to the emergency notification, republican members had supported these sales. but democrat members subjected them to informal holds and in some cases for over a year without any clear path to resolution. now, given the wide range of conflicts and threats in the middle east, i do not understand why my colleagues were surprised when after months and even over a year of delay it was assessed that our partners urgently needed these defense articles and services for their national security

nancy cordes, chief congressional correspondent for cbs news. amna nawaz, national correspondent for the "pbs newshour." >> and susan page, the washington bureau chief for "u.s.a.oday." bob a susan, you've been covering politics for years and have observed thede prey up close. the stock market is up. the economy is str yet the president, he turns to race, turns to these tweets. why doese do this?b: asier to describe the creation of the universe. but we have to try to understan where it's coming from and if you'll give me dispensation here. i go back to watergate, the day that nixon resigned in the famous farewell address. he was sweating and talking out his mother and his father and finally kind of like this is the essene of what i learned. he said, "always remember, others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them and then you destroy yourself." hate was this piston, this poison in theon presidency and i think now 45 years later -- and we've seen it in various incarnations -- but this is about hate. this is about the le

but what they're not doing is what good congressional committees have done throughout congressional history give the questioning to lawyers who know how to ask questions. in the senate watergate committee, the famous sam irving committee. in the iran contra committee. the lawyers did most of the initial questioning. so they could establish a narrative. here you're going to have five minutes of democrats, five minutes of republicans. it's going to be very hard to tell a story that way. but the members of congress don't want to give up their moments in the limelight. that's the real story here. not the fact that they're doing their homework. >> that's a very good point. republicans are going to want to put their own narrative forth, phil mudd. so what are you expecting from them? >> bring me some popcorn and milk duds. i've got to watch my boss on this one. there's two categories you need to look at. i completely agree with jeffrey. i don't think they're going to get this right. there's the factual category. and i think they'll get what they want, which is mueller saying if you want me to cha

and the letter basically says that they'd be willing to meet with me in my congressional district tocuss their philanthropic work. and i'll be honest with you, my constituents, they work hard and they want to be able to make ends meet themselves. they want to be paid a living wage so they can go into the grocery store and take care of their families. they don't want to hear about the corporate philanthropy and handouts that jpmorganchase is trying to get away with to distract from the real problem here which is they're not sharing in the incredible revenue including the windfall from the trump tax plan that the bank is earning. >> i read the lobbyist's letter to mean that he wants to basically sit you down and explain to you how important jpmorganchase is to your congressional district, something that big business has been doing to members of congress for a couple of centuries now. >> yeah, that's going to be a hard pass. i don't need to be condescended to. i want to work on these problems. i'm really serious about the difficulties that families face in make ends meet. it's what i st

scott turner, in bell dfont, pennsylvania, in the 15th congressional district. he shared his insight, his expertise, and i'll say his passion for serving economically distressed communities during this -- regarding the recently designated opportunity zone in bell font with myself and members of the community. it was a productive and engaging discussion hosted by the american philatelic society at their headquarters. joined by officials from the u.s. small business administration, u.s. department of agriculture, u.s. general services administration, and u.s. department of housing and urban development, mr. turner shared a vision behind the white house opportunity and revitalization council where opportunity zones is more broadly known. the council was established to proactively address 52 million americans that live in economically distressed communities nationwide. in urban areas, suburban areas, and quite frankly rural areas. it was inspiring to hear mr. turner's passion when it comes to stimulating economic growth,, spanneding work force development opportunit

a collision course with the political establishments they love to hate in washington congressional hearings have taken place to find out is there enough evidence to prove that u.s. president trump is a criminal and in london the new prime minister boris johnson promising to deliver breaks it and morning of a showdown with the european union and if it ends up being a no deal bragg's it we now know who boris johnson will blame i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. there appears to be. a brute you think up to 3 years of indecision that this country has become it's prisoner in this nation not even the president is above the law of the those critics are wrong but in a total exoneration if you actually totally exonerate the president the doctors the doom stood as the glue stood as our investigation found that the russian government interfered in our election and sweeping and systematic fashion that we prepare for the remote possibility the brussels refuses any of the to negotiate just deserves the attention of every american and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises of tolerance to the

in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a congressional condemnation of the us president it has. been more than a century since the u.s. congress offered a formal rebuke to a sitting president but that is exactly what happened late yesterday in washington the u.s. house of representatives controlled by the democrats passed a resolution to reprimand president donald trump for his racist tweets aimed at 4 congress women on sunday trump took to twitter and told the american lawmakers to go back to the countries where they came from his fellow republicans have remained quiet some siding with trump by claiming that the tweets are not racist a handful of joined the democrats in issuing that review but a congressional rebuke is nothing more than a formal expression that we don't like what you did it is not binding there are no legal no immediate political consequences in fact trumps tweeds could easily be replaced tomorrow by the next white house clap of controversial trump sunder it was a symbolic vote and one easily approved by the democrat held house of re

representatives bobby rush and frederica wilson, two members of the crucial congressional black caucusnnounced support on monday. all as harris received unified support from her democratic challengers on the issue of race. specifically this tweet from donald trump jr., the president's son, that seized on a lie perpetrated on social media that harris is jamaican and indian descent meant she was not black. trump jr. deleted the tweet but not before candidates like bernie sanders leveled this harsh charge. donald trump jr. is a racist, too. shocker. and, jake, the harris campaign has weighed in comparing it to the birtherism attacks from -- against president obama from donald trump. and said it didn't work then and it won't work now. and donald trump jr. didn't know she was of half indian descent and once he realized it was being misconstrued he immediately deleted the tweet, jake. >> phil mattingly, thank you so much. >>> three face-to-face meetings with kim jong-un and repeated presidential promises of denuclearization but will north korea actually get to keep their nuclear weapons? sta

this is with congressional -- in conjunction with congressional internet caucus. the co-chairs of caucus on the senate side are chairman john thune and patrick leahy. on the host side congresswoman anna escru. congressman collins would be co-chair on the caucus and we're thrilled to have him. the reality is that for members participating in briefings and hosting briefings in conjunction with us, without any particular policy approach or advocacy, it's really a brave thing to do. they want more information and education on these really difficult issues. so i really appreciate their help and support on that kind of mission. so my name is tim lordan, congressional director of house academy. a little housekeeping. we'll be live streaming this. it will be on c-span today live, c-span.org, but also tonight on prime time on c-span television. the hashtag today is music moguls. follow along. podcast audio and video of this afterwards. so let me just start off by kind of setting the stage here. this is supposed to be an educational event. we're using title of who is music

he's an experienced congressional witness. this will be his 89th congressional hearing. he's very practiced at avoiding questions he doesn't want to answer. i think what the real potential for fireworks will be if the republicans challenge the integrity of the fbi, challenge robert mueller's integrity, attack the people he worked with. then i think you'll see some passion out of robert mueller, the witness. >> all right. thank you both very much for your reporting. >>> i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor who worked with mueller in the united states attorney's office and nancy cook, white house reporter for political k politico. cynthia, you worked are robert mueller. he's done this a stunning 88 times before congress. the reality is this is a completely different circumstance than he's ever faced. >> stakes are really high. >> what do you expect? >> i think he is not going to answer the questions they want him to answer. i think we're setting up that fight. i hope they start out and do what ken is suggesting they will do and heidi is suggest

my name is katie hill, the congresswoman for california's 25th congressional district. also one of the youngest women in congress, both in this class and in history. because of that i have seen the effects of a low minimum wage and the wage gap on young people, people of color, and women specifically. i have been a server myself working my way through college, and i worked in minimum wage restaurants. not even that long ago n my previous career as the executive director of the largest homeless service organization in the state of california, i saw so many people who worked full-time and still could not afford a place to live. i know if we ever want to deal with issues like the housing crisis, the student loan debt crisis, and all of the other barriers between my generation and the american dream, it all starts with people earning a fair living wage. that's why in our first 200 days the house passed the raise the wage act and the paycheck fairness act. every single day we are fighting for americans like the people in my district, union members, hardworking single moms, s