As newly-elected New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez heads to the U.S. House of Representatives, she is grappling with some common millennial financial problems: She struggled to pay for an apartment in Washington, D.C. and had to dip into her savings to move.

The 29-year-old Democrat, who became the youngest woman elected to Congress in November, has less than $7,000 in savings, CNBC reported Tuesday.

While some people criticized her for having so little in savings, many millennials took to Twitter TWTR, -4.83% to express support for her financial situation, or even shock that her balance was so high.

Experts suggest that by age 35 people should have double their salary in savings. But 43% of millennials have less than $5,000 saved for retirement, according to an October survey from Provision Living.

However, the median millennial household has just $2,430 in savings, according to an August survey from finance site Magnify Money. That is far below the median American household savings of $11,700 and less than half of what Ocasio-Cortez reported.

Individuals should have three to six months of living expenses saved in case of emergency, said Bankrate senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick, meaning Ocasio-Cortez’s savings are below the recommended amount. (The median rent in D.C. is $2,682, according to Zillow.) He added that “nobody should be shamed for working to achieve their financial goals.”

“One can argue that for a 29-year-old, using the $7,000 figure as a starting point, the Congresswoman-elect has made progress toward her goals but needs to keep at it,” he said. “She should be aggressively saving for retirement as many millennials are, in fact, doing.”

Ocasio-Cortez released the number after Fox News criticized her for saying she could not afford an apartment, noting that as of April 30, 2018 she had between $15,000 and $50,000 in her checking account.

Her spokesman told CNBC she has had to dip into her savings while campaigning full time this year after she quit her job as a bartender in February. She has $15,000 to $50,000 in student-loan debt and made $26,600 in 2017, according to federal campaign filings.

Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

On her Twitter account, Ocasio-Cortez has struck back at conservatives criticizing her for speaking candidly about her financial struggles. “The actual fear driving the attacks on my clothes, my checking account, my rent, isn’t that these folks are scared that I shouldn’t represent people in Congress,” she said.