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Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush cheers in excitement after her Chief of Staff Abbas Alawieh, right, pinned her Congressional pin on her lapel on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Washington D.C. "I’ve survived sexual assault, police abuse, domestic violence, and being unhoused and uninsured. That's not a unique pain I carry. It's one that so many of us live with each day. Today, I take my seat in Congress to fight for a world where nobody has to endure that pain," said Bush, a nurse, single mother, pastor and frontline protester and activist in Ferguson, made history as the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress after beating 20-year incumbent U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay in the Democratic primary in the overwhelmingly blue district.