Karen Bass

So if you would, I would appreciate you providing a breakdown.

And the question is what is our investment in helping them obtain that capacity?

And so, to me, while we focus on elections, let's focus on building the capacity as well.

the democracy rights and governance funding has been decreased 44 percent, which is huge.

There should be an RFP now for that election.

This is a critical time in our country, and from my perspective we actually have an opportunity to learn from the last drug epidemic.

Today that number has been reduced by over 50 percent.

It is important to recognize that there is a lot of progress being made on the continent and that gives me hope.

We passed laws that eventually led to an 800 percent increase in the incarceration rate for women.

I have been dismayed when I hear of children being used as suicide bombers.

I am considering introducing legislation that might have our Government support some of them returning.

While we welcome the return of Riek Machar to Juba, we recognize that for all parties concerned, including the United States, much hard work must be done to address effectively the current situation on the ground and help move this pivotal…

The difference between this visit and the first visit could not have been more stark.

I saw and met victims of physical attacks and the internally displaced all desperate for access to humanitarian assistance.

I always have difficulty with the idea of the U.S. withholding money, though, because to me it seems like that just increases the resentment of the U.S.

Well, I was in South Sudan just a couple of months ago in November. I went there to see the peacekeeping because I had not seen that before.

There is a real need to reevaluate our engagement with Africa.

I did want to make specific reference to H.R. 1409, the Export Promotion Reform Act, which I look forward to cosponsoring.

It is also important to note that there is still room for growth in areas of agricultural trade but also in one area I'm particularly interested in and that is health care.

I have also always resented the fact that my freedom was denied to travel wherever I choose to travel regardless of what regime might be in power.

I have had problems for many years with the U.S. policy directed to Cuba and our policy with regime change through the embargo, to me, has really hurt U.S. businesses.

The U.S. and Cuba have made historic diplomatic progress following President Obama's announcement to begin normalizing relations with Cuba in December 2014.

I had a townhall meeting in my district on Sunday, and actually a couple hundred people showed up, and it was a general townhall meeting talking about issues that Congress is dealing with.

One of the things that has been just a little frustrating is when we think of Boko Haram and ISIS.

I want to thank Congresswoman Beatty. I want to congratulate her for her leadership that she has displayed since day one of coming to the House of Representatives, and knowing of her leadership in the State of Ohio, serving as the leader…