Pelosi elevates AOC to new House committee on tackling economic disparities

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a new House committee she formed to address wealth inequality in America. Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday praised the New York Democrat's commitment to "addressing generational disparities" and "increasing worker power" in naming her to the new Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth.-- More...