Karen Bass actually said...

"I really want to acknowledge the role of the Ranking Member, Mr. Chris Smith, who really is the reason why we have the TIP Report to begin with."

"I appreciate that the report documents that backsliding, but I think it also should raise questions about really the strength of Tier 1."

"knowledge makes a person unfit to be a slave."

"I am co-leading along with Representative Smith, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act."