INTRO: The newest members of Congress were on Capitol Hill Sunday for orientation. New York Congresswoman-elect Claire Valdez – a Democrat – tells reporters she and her colleagues have a “mandate” to turn Congress into “the house of the working class.”
ACK: Rep.-elect Claire Valdez (D-NY) at the Capitol
TAG: Valdez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed her earlier this year.
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