Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 12:54
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement following the kidnapping on April 15 of more than 200 female students by Boko Haram from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:15
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement after the killing 22 people in the town of Nanga in the Central African Republic.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:22
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement condemning the attacks yesterday on UN peackeepers in South Sudan:
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 13:09
I welcome the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan. The people of South Sudan worked too long and fought too hard to have this young nation fall back into violence, and I hope that this agreement will be a critical first step to building a lasting peace.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 14:22
"I remain deeply alarmed about the escalating violence in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). In the last year, citizens of the C.A.R. have been the victims of an ever increasing level of ethno-religious violence, which started with armed groups attacking civilians, but has worsened as civilians have increasingly taken up arms against each other. Bangui—C.A.R’s capital--has fallen into a state of turmoil with half of the city’s inhabitants, some 513,000 people, being driven from their homes.
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 08:33
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement on the violence in South Sudan:
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 08:33
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement calling on Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to veto the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill:
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 12:05
United States Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) introduces the House of Representative's resolution honoring the life of Nelson Mandela.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 07:00
Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement on the passing of former South African President and global leader, Nelson Mandela.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 10:39
U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, and Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish a U.S. strategy to support affordable, reliable electricity in sub-Saharan Africa in order to improve economic growth, health and education in Africa, while helping job creation in the United States through greater exports.