Karen Bass

We now do not have to be embarrassed when we travel overseas, because people have been asking us, don't run around the world spreading democracy until you fix your own.

There is no rescue plan for the American people, for people who lost loved ones and lost jobs, who like me are still fighting to get back to full health, months later.

It is pretty pathetic that a president has no surrogates. The only surrogates he has have the last name of Trump. Has that ever happened before?

I think that people understand the fact that by the time the election happens, over -- over a quarter of a million Americans will have died. And I think folks in our community, at this point, everybody knows someone who has either died…

I think part of the play was black voters really is to dis-encourage people from voting, especially black men, but I think in terms of the Latino community and other communities -- I mean, I think people around the country were absolutely…

I think it's a crime and I think it's something that we have to account for. I'm working on legislation that says that the U.S. government, number one, should be responsible for the reunification because right now we are not.

But I also don't understand the senators that represent the red states because people are hurting there, too.

To date, the United States incarcerates more women than any other country in the world. However, Federal, State, and local facilities have not fully met the needs of pregnant women in their care. I would like to share a few stories with…

I again acknowledge the leadership and commitment of so many of my colleagues who worked in a bipartisan fashion on this important bill. Mr. Speaker, I support S. 2330, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I…

H.R. 7673, Represent America Abroad Act, is a partnership with my friend and colleague, Representative Chabot.

I commend her on her work which reaffirms that partnership, and we should all encourage Africa cooperation.

The use of the words, quote, 'should be an avenue for the Foreign Service to diversify' is no different from current recruitment into Foreign Service.

What we have learned is that traditional recruitment has been unsuccessful in recruiting historically underrepresented groups into the Foreign Service.

I know that we can do better. This is the time to do better.

Diversity is incredibly important to the State Department and this bill offers an important pathway for minorities to join the State Department.

These diplomats are America's face to the world and, as such, its work force must represent the full spectrum of American society.

I have really enjoyed your friendship, your openness and your leadership, and your bipartisan way that you have run this committee.

This bill recognizes the important role of the African Union and expresses bipartisan support for the AU.

A diplomatic corps that reflects the diversity of this country is better placed to represent and espouse our values abroad.

A 1989 GAO report found that minorities and women were under represented at the mid and senior level.

I think that it is sad when we think about people being demoralized when we are talking about diversity.

He's calling vigilantes out to intimidate people.

Now, how can you protect and serve, how can you defend someone's constitutional right to peacefully protest, if that is your opinion of the people you are supposed to be protecting?

Forty-one days, that's my message. We have an election in 41 days. But I think the protests are very, very helpful, as long as they are peaceful, because it was the momentum for those protests that allowed us to develop the George Floyd…

They should be prosecuted for recklessness. But right now, the only way you can prosecute an officer is for willful intent, meaning if they deliberately meant to kill somebody.