A record-breaking number of women and people of color are officially part of the new class.
It’s official: A record-breaking number of women have been sworn into the 116th Congress, which also boasts one of the most diverse classes ever.
It’s a class filled with firsts — from the youngest women to ever serve in Congress to the first Muslim-American women (who are also the first Palestinian-American and Somali-American, respectively) to the first Native American women.
