Karen Bass

Remarkably, crime has not increased as a result of any of these reforms.

It shows how important this issue is.

So we need to be voting also. Everybody in here needs to be registered to vote and exercising their right to vote.

What we have voted for in the past has been measures that bestow upon the private, for-profit prison industry that is housing people down on the border...

The difference is that since there was a change in Congress, we are now here.

California, however, has made strides.

And the building trades is one of the few areas that actually welcome people who are formerly incarcerated.

I think this is tragic.

The media and journalists across the world must have the ability to communicate what they see and hear to citizens across the world.

The situation in Cameroon continues to decline.

It is important that we continue to play a mediation role, a leadership role, across the world to further democratic values in all continents.

This is troubling that a nation like Saudi Arabia will engage in this kind of action, and that MBS's leader may have played a pivotal role in the disappearance of Khashoggi.

I think that we must continue to try to find out what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.

What we here in Congress want to do is to encourage dialog in order to make sure that Cameroon is not the site of a civil war.

We have also been conveying very strong messages to the TMC that they must allow peaceful protests.

I take them at their word that instability cannot be addressed if you do not have a government that the people fundamentally will accept.

We think it is critical to get this update on events in the country, how the U.S. is responding...

They have said that repeatedly. They support that. They have made it very clear that they do not support the TMC.

We want to lock in what they have already agreed to and keep building on that and pressing the TMC to come to the table.

we might not be interested in engaging aggressively because our allies do not want us to.

I hope that we are trying to find a balance and trying to be consistent with our values as we engage diplomatically in this particular issue.

Instability in the region is something that is going to affect all the neighbors and they have a stake in making sure that instability does not spill over.

I urge those behind this to unblock internet access immediately.

If there is any repeat of the violence that we saw on June 3rd that there will be consequences.

Today, we are here to further explore the fluid situation in Sudan, the potential for a successful transition to a civilian-led government, and the policy options available to the United States.