Karen Bass

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…

I was inspired by Elijah Cummings' leadership in this area.

There is nothing like putting a face and a story to policy that we attempt to develop and implement here.

I, too, am heartbroken at the death of Chair, Elijah Cummings.

One of the things First Step Act is going to help us with is it will incentivize inmates to take the programs.

What we do know is if we could create a bureau and centralize the educational programming, best practices...

Thirteen Ukrainian Soldiers Died During Trump-Ordered Freeze on Military Aid.

I think it was very eye-opening.

We must acknowledge and examine the loopholes in the law that allow tens of thousands of guns to enter the illegal market.

This is about justice for the victims of these crimes, whether they are a child gunned down while playing outside or a single mother murdered by a domestic abuser.

I am discouraged by the continuing violence between rival armed groups in the Central African Republic.

the President would be the most popular guy in the country if he delivered that message.

I'm glad that this misconduct can finally be brought to public attention so that the President can be held accountable.

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…

So, I am glad to see that there is interest and support on the issue from both sides of the aisle.

I think this was a very, very powerful hearing. One of the things that I am so encouraged by from this hearing is this was a very bipartisan hearing.

As a result of Subcommittee Chair Bass' leadership, Congress finally passed legislation implementing reforms at the Federal level, that ban shackling during pregnancy and require the provision of feminine hygiene products in Federal prison.

What has been missing from the discussion of criminal justice reform is the special and specific impact the tough-on-crime era has had on women and children.

I think it is clear, and statistics would back up, that women are arrested, not 100 percent, but a high percentage of women are arrested and incarcerated because of their relationships with men.

I hope Congress will give them a second chance.

Much more must be done to improve the conditions for women in Federal and State prisons and jails, and I hope this will also be a bipartisan priority.