AOC (D-NY 14th congressional district) since 2019
Here is a little information about this 'dummy' as Coach likes to refer to her.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez serves on The Committee of Oversight and Reform, which is the main investigative committee in the House. In January 2023, she was selected as the Vice Ranking Member — the #2 spot for Democrats on the committee. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has used these committee hearings to pressure big pharma into bringing down the price of prescription drugs. Under the Trump administration, she also led President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to state on the record that President Trump was engaging in tax fraud and to name other potential witnesses. And more famously, it was through an Oversight and Reform Hearing, that Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez pressured Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s failure to fact-check political advertising.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez also serves as a first-time member on The Committee on Natural Resources and as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. This committeeconsiders legislation about American energy production, mineral lands and mining, fisheries and wildlife, public lands, oceans, irrigation and more.Already, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has used her time on the Natural Resources Committee to propose an amendment requiring the collecting of public health data in response to new drilling on federal lands.
* In her first term, she introduced a total of 23 pieces of legislation.
* During her first term, the Congresswoman saw three amendments pass into law, despite Republican control of the Senate and Presidency.
* By the end of 2021, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez had submitted 30 amendments, including one which doubled the funding to replace and update (plumbing) lead water infrastructure in schools and childcare programs. Note: lead in drinking water is a major issue in older buildings including schools nationwide. Lead can cause serious health problems if too much enters your body from drinking water or other sources. It can cause damage to the brain and kidneys, and can interfere with the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen to all parts of your body.