She's still a house representative, being known at all is a massive first step in such a large body. She's also just survived her first election as an incumben

She's still a house representative, being known at all is a massive first step in such a large body. She's also just survived her first election as an incumbent. Two years in the house as a freshman with a Senate and president that would block everything anyway is not a time scale where you can reasonably expect to have massive legislation passed.