Karen Bass actually said...

"I was there as an observer."

"I really appreciated Secretary Tillerson's statement--and I appreciate the timing that he made the statement as well--the State Department's commitment to diversity."

"I wanted to specifically ask if that is going to be the case, if the Special Envoy will be eliminated for Sudan and, in particular, South Sudan, considering the instability in that nation?"

"I remember when President Johnson Sirleaf came to the United States and to the House many times when Power Africa was established."