Nancy Pelosi taps AOC, Himes for new House inequality committee

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has selected which Democratic members she will appoint to a new select committee focused on addressing wealth inequality — with a former Wall Street financier-turned-nonprofit chief leading the team that includes AOC being in charge of “generational disparities and increasing worker power.”

Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled her picks to serve on the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth in a “Dear Colleague” letter to lawmakers on Tuesday, with Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) serving as chairman and notable progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) making the cut. Himes’ Connecticut district includes some of the most expensive zip codes in the nation such as Greenwich, as well as lower-income areas like Bridgeport.