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Karen Bass is an American politician currently serving as the Mayor of Los Angeles, a position she has held since December 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as the U.S. Representative for California's 37th congressional district from January 2011 to December 2022. Bass has focused on issues such as public safety, accessibility, and community engagement throughout her political career.
This is a sad day in U.S. history when we have to vote on Articles of Impeachment because Donald Trump has abused the power of the Office of the Presidency in his attempt to cheat his way to reelection. The facts are uncontested. Fact one…
I notice that there are a number of young people who are in the gallery, so I am hoping that they pay close attention to this debate since it is all about you guys. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members to avoid…
I thank the ranking member for his brevity. Mr. Speaker, this bill would help provide support to more than 1 million veterans diagnosed with service-connected disabilities, as well as the thousands who are undiagnosed who have been and…
I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bipartisan legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass) that the House…
As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with my fellow CBC colleagues, I am pleased to join Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressman Bobby Scott, and Congresswoman Alma Adams for this CBC Special Order hour. Tonight, my colleagues…
Someone who has the capacity to bring our country together is what we have lost. But even for this President, this is a new low: using rhetoric against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's race is superior. Since the…
The world is watching, and the world is in shock. Today I rise to speak in support of this resolution condemning the hateful rhetoric of Donald Trump. His comments were beneath the dignity of the Office of President of the United States…
May was National Foster Care Month, a time for our country to come together to acknowledge the half million people in our child welfare system, the hundreds of thousands who work within the system day in and day out, and the millions of…
This bill is about preventing and responding to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. That is why I urge my colleagues to exert courage and stand with victims by supporting this bill.
A number of my colleagues who requested to be added as a cosponsor to H.R. 1585, the ``Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019'' were not listed as cosponsors due to a clerical error. I wish to thank all my colleagues for their…
The Congressional Black Caucus condemns all forms of white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia in the strongest terms possible. This could have been an issue that sowed further division among the country, but, instead, has united…
I support H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 as a commonsense measure to improve the current firearms background check system and to save lives. Twenty-five years ago today, we began implementation of the Brady…
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