Pettersen’s representative brought a baby boy when he questioned the chairman who was fed when he heard
This is not something you see every day at a congress trial about economy and interest rates.
As a member of the congress, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell on Tuesday-a member of parliament asked questions with her baby with 5 months rolls that stretched on his lap.
Democrat representative Brittany Pettersen brought his son Sam to the trial and somehow could make him silent while he asked Powell about monetary policy.
Pettersen, who has not avoiding from entering his son as part of the official task of Capitol HillAsk Powell about national debt when Sam – wearing a yellow onesie – looks less interested.
At one point, Powell asked Pettersen to repeat one of his questions.
“I will do this as best as possible with Sam here,” Democrat Colorado responded while laughing.
Representative Brittany Pettersen held his son Sam when questioning the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Council Jerome Powell during the DPR Committee Session on Financial Services at Capitol Hill, June 24, 2025, in Washington.
DPR Committee for Financial Services
At the end of the time given by Pettersen for questions, Powell thanked him – and recognized his little tagalong, with, “and thank you, Sam.”
Meanwhile Not the hearing of the first house Sam – It was in April- Babies and young children were almost unusual in capitol.
“Rep. Pettersen is on the waiting list for child care like most Americans. And like all mothers, he found a way to make him work,” said Pettersen’s office spokesman about Sam’s performance at Tuesday’s trial.
Earlier this year, Pettersen held Sam 9 weeks old during a passionate speech on the floor of the house. He returned earlier than the time off to speak to support bipartisan efforts to allow proxy voting for parliamentary members who, like him, are new parents.
“I think we can accommodate the challenges at a new workplace here at the congress to ensure that more women and young families can be represented here now,” he said while speaking and screaming in his arms.
The move failed in the DPR in April, but Pettersen continued to encourage parents’ privileges for members of the congress – say “Congress is not made for women” in A Post on X in April.
Pettersen is only a 13th member of the DPR who gave birth while in the congress.
“That’s not because the mother does not belong to – this place is not built for us,” he wrote in A Post on x.
