community said collectively that we want a party that will work for the workers, the laborers, a living wage. we want to fight for reproductive justice, and they want to see democrats go to these places and move on the processes that we ve made for them. when we show them that we can unify, we can rule, we can govern earn with functionality, not this functionality as we ve seen some national six republicans. we re going to keep our promises, and we will get new people to continue to come. we have to win the electorate. congresswoman summer lee, thank you for being with us. up next, i have a busy day tomorrow from the mlk breakfast in washington, to the harlem rally. and you should have a busy day to. i will explain, next. lain, next
first african american woman elected to a pennsylvania house seat. outside the greater philadelphia area. let s get to know her. welcome, new member to the house, congresswoman summer lee, a democrat of pennsylvania. congresswoman, congratulations on your victory. you are one of 16 new members of the congressional progressive caucus, his 103 total members now make up nearly half of the 212 member democratic roster. unlike the republican freedom caucus, progressives have been able to work productively with the fellow democrats in recent years. do you expect that trend to continue in the new congress? i certainly hope so, i think that with our new folks coming in, and first of all thank you for having me. i think with the new folks coming in, this is one of the most diverse classes, it trends
After serving nearly three decades in Congress, former U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle will be taking a lobbying job at a multinational law firm based in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP announced last week that Doyle will be joining the firm as a government affairs
On today’s episode of The Confluence: A look at some of the Pittsburgh-area individuals who have been indicted for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol two years ago; and we speak to U.S. Representative Summer Lee, who now represents Beaver and parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties as a member of the 118th Congress. Today’s guests include: Torsten Ove, a reporter for the Pittsburgh Union Progress; and Summer Lee, representative for Congressional District 12.