(CNN) New York Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez paid her first visit to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Capitol Hill office on Tuesday -- alongside a group of millennial protesters staging a sit-in over climate change.

"I don't want to see my own district under water and I know that Leader Pelosi doesn't either and I know that what we need to show her is we're here to back her up in pushing for 100% renewable energy," Ocasio-Cortez told CNN. "This is to show that we are here to back up bold action and that, you know she will be supported in that."

Ocasio-Cortez was in Washington for freshman orientation along with other newly elected members of Congress.

Ocasio-Cortez brushed off questions Tuesday when asked about Pelosi's leadership.

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