Sara Jacobs: “For me, it’s literally going to decide if or when I can start my own family, and I know that’s true for many others.”

Children will live with the consequences of today’s decisions longer than the rest of us, and yet they’re usually left out of the rooms where these decisions are made," said Congresswoman Jacobs.

In many cases, if you’re just supporting the military without doing the rest of the governance approach, you’re actually setting the conditions that make a coup more likely, not the opposite.

Look, House Democrats are united behind Hakeem Jeffries. We've got 212 votes for him and we have been having both public and private conversations with Republicans about our willingness and openness for a bipartisan way forward.

That's why I'm glad the subcommittee is devoting a hearing to discuss how to address the challenges facing Nigeria.