She said raising wages is crucial for retaining diverse staff members.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading calls to raise wages for congressional staffers, a crucial step, she said, to retaining the “talented and diverse workforce” the House needs to serve the public.
At the same time, the cost of living here in our nation’s capital has risen substantially, placing opportunities such as homeownership, rental housing, and childcare out of reach for many.” Ocasio-Cortez has attempted to address this problem in her own office: At the beginning of her first term, she announced a
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