GOP Lawmaker Tells Ocasio-Cortez Congress Isn’t Just ‘Eating Bonbons’
- Leading House conservative addresses New York Democrat
- Two lawmakers mix it up at first meeting of Oversight panel
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A leading House conservative backer of President Donald Trump decided to let freshman Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know that lawmakers are busy, and “we’re not just sitting around eating bonbons.”
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows spoke up Tuesday during the first meeting of the newly Democratic-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform -- his first joint appearance with Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress’s newest, most liberal members.