New York (CNN Business) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for being a billionaire while his company pays its warehouse workers "starvation wages." Amazon says Ocasio-Cortez is "just wrong."

In an interview with ABC News' "This Week," the New York Democrat blasted Amazon, claiming low worker pay contributes to Bezos' status as the world's richest person

Amazon AMZN retorted in a tweet Monday saying the company pays a $15 minimum wage and offers full benefits on employees' first days on the job. The company also noted that it has lobbied to raise the federal minimum wage.

.@AOC is just wrong. Amazon is a leader on pay at $15 min wage + full benefits from day one. We also lobby to raise federal min wage. https://t.co/crWp5fPEzS — Amazon News (@amazonnews) June 17, 2019

In the interview with "This Week," Ocasio-Cortez said she doesn't care if Bezos is a billionaire if Amazon pays workers a "living wage," along with benefits like guaranteed health care.

"If that's the case and Jeff Bezos is still a billionaire, that's one thing," she said. But if Bezos' billionaire status is "predicated on paying people starvation wages and stripping them of the ability to access health care," she said that's a problem.

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