Does Congress represents us?

Apparently the Congress does not seem to accurately represent us. The socio demographics of the House of the representatives are not even close to reflecting our country's demographics. According to the demographics, there are no representations in the House other than White, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Pacific Islander or American Indians. This is the mainly why most citizens say in polls that they don't have much say-so. 

A study of the 113th Congress by Mel Watt shows that the members of congress make six times more than the typical American does: "Median annual earnings, the typical wages and salaries of American workers ages 16 and older, are $29,000. Median earnings for members of Congress are $174,000. All Representatives and Senators earn this amount except for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and majority/minority leaders of the House and Senate. These figures include only salaries, not outside income, assets, allowances or benefits.” So I don't believe the fact when they claim to understand average Americans struggles and their pain.

I think the solution to this problem is that we should expand the House of Representatives. The more representatives in the office, the more different kind of people will be represented; since, America is a very diverse country. Diverse ethnicity and minorities other than White American, African Americans, Asians or Hispanics, would have some fair chance to gain some representation because of this change.

Some people might disagree with the idea of expanding the size of House of representative; that we will have to pay more people. However, this will be worth it and it'll eventually pay off with the positive outcomes. In Expand the House of Representatives Larry Sabato discusses the solution to this very same problem and says, “ Staff resources could be held constant, more or less, with costs divided by 1,000 instead of 435.” He includes that the governmental Operations can accommodate a small amount of the national budget. In conclusion, I think increasing the size of House of Representatives would be a great change. This change is going to take time but it will surely happen.