Karen Bass

The money we give him.

The court case on the attempted assassination of Nyamwasa... was settled in court.

So what you are saying is that he does not have the support at home?

So tell me what that means. Give me an example.

I hope that today's discussion will help to illuminate the challenges in Rwanda and also perhaps provide a pathway forward for where U.S. foreign policy should go.

While Rwanda is geographically a small nation, its condition and role in the stability of the Great Lakes region is critical.

I am always concerned that focusing on those challenges while very important it is also important to talk about where there have been some developments.

No, no. That is what I was asking.

Is that accepted in Rwanda?

The plan is to resume those this year.

And then I am also interested in to what extent we fund Rwandans versus fund U.S. contractors to do work in Rwanda.

63 percent of its Parliament is female, thus Rwanda boasts the highest number of women lawmakers anywhere in the world.

The allegations... they think they are entitled... to their own facts.

What is Kagame's motivation? I mean I am assuming that you are saying he is going to run again for a third term.

Rwanda has made incredible strides in empowering women to occupy seats in government.

He is having a rally of Rwandans in Texas and he is flying them from all over the world to be there?

Well, with that maybe you could talk about kind of where we are in our relationship with Rwanda.

Congresswoman Bass, as I said to Chairman Smith, I want to assure you that we believe VOA's broadcast in Kinyarwanda and Kirundi provide an enormous service.

Thank you, Chairman Smith, for your leadership and for holding today's hearing on Developments in Rwanda.

I mean it is just hard to believe that there is just allegations and nothing has ever been proven.

Yes. It is just that it seems like some of the time it doesn't turn out that way, right?

It is always very frustrating to hear this raised, because it is as though people are not working on a daily basis.

Thank you, Chairman Smith, for your leadership and for calling today's hearing on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

I am proud to support the Girls Count Act, which will help improve birth registration around the world...

The Honorable Karen Bass, a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Prepared statement.