Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticised Mitch McConnell for granting a Senate recess without reaching an agreement on the coronavirus relief bill.
Democratic Representative Ocasio-Cortez said on Friday during a House hearing that Mr McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, was “abandoning our people”.
"Just a day or two ago, the Senate majority leader, Senator McConnell, decided to break the Senate," Ms Ocasio-Cortez said.
"And he broke the Senate as there are thousands of people in Texas lined up for food lines.
He broke the Senate while hospitals no longer have beds to house the sick.
He broke the Senate, and dismissed the Senate, while 30 million Americans are on the brink of eviction.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have so far failed to agree terms on further legislative relief aimed at helping Americans struggling through the pandemic. »