Rep. Pettersen brings baby son along as she questions Fed chairman at hearing. She held her 5-month-old in her lap while she spoke to Jerome Powell. By Sarah Beth Hensley. June 24, 2025, 5:31 PM.

That cap, Pettersen said, was instituted in the 1960s. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, almost 12 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries over the age of 18 suffer from SUD .

Pettersen is only the 13th House member to give birth while in Congress. "That's not because moms don't belong -- this place wasn't built for us," she wrote in a post on X.

Pettersen is only the 13th House member to give birth while in Congress. "That's not because moms don't belong -- this place wasn't built for us," she wrote in a post on X. Show comments.