Karen Bass actually said...

"I have grown deeply concerned with contracts from multinational companies, particularly those from more developed nations where resource extraction doesn't necessarily do much for the majority of the ..."

"I visited several African nations over the last year that share with us their strong desire not to engage our Government in more of the same forms of aid but to shift our discussion to topics of trade..."

"I think it is important that we look at what is happening in Equatorial Guinea and look at ways that we might be able to be supportive."

"Because they were listed on the stock exchange?"