Karen Bass

Our nation's transportation system is in desperate need of investment--and especially, equitable investment that elevates communities of color and minority- and women-owned businesses.

Our Nation's transportation system, we all know, is in desperate need of investment, and especially equitable investment that elevates different communities.

Now, more than ever, on the tail end of a pandemic that has devastated communities but especially those of African-Americans and Latinos, who make up the heart of essential workers, we need to take bold action to equitably rebuild our…

Local hire policy will help uplift our District's long-term economic trajectory.

The 'Build Local, Hire Local Act,' is designed to create opportunities for all Americans--veterans, the formerly incarcerated, and the disabled--so we reinvest in our nation equitably.

Equally important, the legislation strengthens local hire policy.

I urge the committee to keep this provision in its entirety in the final infrastructure package.

I believe that our Witness Hathaway said that we need to have systemic reforms to the War Powers Resolution.

It would be a disaster if there were no qualified, serious, and noncorrupt Haitians capable of leading our country.

if our investment results in shooting innocent people and colluding with the existing government that does not sound like a good return on investment to me

The United States needs to stop talking about squabbling between politicians and listen to human rights, business, labor, legal, and other civil society groups.

We cannot continue with an illegal electoral council.

The Justice in Policing Act reinvests in our communities. If this legislation had been the law of the land several years ago, Eric Garner and George Floyd would be alive today, because the bill bans choke holds. If the bill had been law…

30 years ago today, Rodney King was viciously beaten by police officers in Los Angeles. It would be the first time the world would witness what African Americans had been organizing, marching, and trying to change for over 100 years…

No, $10 and $12 an hour are not livable wages. We need to have the $15 minimum wage, and that is a minimum wage.

I have never met anybody that said that. And he is speaking those words just like a wealthy elite. I don’t think he would know a working-class person if he was sitting next to one.

I will tell you that I am very optimistic about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

How you could make a comparison to rioting to the attempted overthrow of the government is just absolutely no comparison.

When domestic terrorists stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, they were not just protecting to take back the people's house...

because, in the last four years, white supremacist organizations have mushroomed.

one of the goals is, is to begin to entertain legislation to address domestic terrorism.

It`s another sad day in U.S. history that we would actually need to take a vote to remove someone off of a committee.

What happened January 6 was a profound movement in our country, and there are elements that are out there that are trying to rewrite history...

Absolutely, it`s the advocacy of political violence.

I think that the Republican Party needs to tell us that they`re not, because how is it that you can`t denounce that?