Press Releases
Sep 14, 2011
Karen Bass Stands with Democratic Caucus at Rally In Strong Support of President Obama Jobs Agenda
Issues: Jobs & Economy
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass stood alongside members of the Democratic Caucus in strong support of the American Jobs Act proposed by President Obama at a Capitol Hill press conference today.
Sep 14, 2011
Karen Bass’ Legislation On Increasing Recruitment, Retention of Foster Parents Included in Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act
Legislative language introduced by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) in May calling for meaningful efforts to examine how best to increase recruitment and retention of foster parents was included in the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act.
Sep 9, 2011
Statement of Rep. Karen Bass in Commemoration of the Ten Year Anniversary of 9/11
Issues: Foreign Policy
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass released the following statement in advance of the ten year anniversary of September 11th taking place this Sunday.
Aug 31, 2011
Statement of U.S. Rep. Karen Bass on President Obama’s Rose Garden Speech in Support of Jobs and Infrastructure Agenda
Issues: Jobs & Economy
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass released the following statement following President Obama’s Rose Garden Speech this morning in support of the Administration’s jobs and infrastructure agenda.
Aug 26, 2011
Statement of Rep. Karen Bass on Women’s Equality Day
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass released the following statement in honor of Women’s Equality Day occurring today on August 26.
Aug 15, 2011
Statement of Rep. Karen Bass on Republic of Korea’s Independence Day
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass released the following statement congratulating the Republic of Korea and the Korean-American community on Korean Independence Day.
Aug 13, 2011
Rep. Bass Teams Up with LA-based Children Uniting Nations to Combat Youth Trafficking
Issues: Foreign Policy
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) teamed up with Children Uniting Nations (CUN), a leading organization dedicated to the well-being of at-risk youth, to host a day-long conference in Washington, D.C. focused on combating global child trafficking and youth exploitation.
Aug 9, 2011
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass Introduces Bills to Strengthen Child Welfare Agencies Responses to Trafficking, Establishes Task Force to Combat Cyber Human Trafficking
Issues: Local Issues
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) introduced two separate pieces of bipartisan legislation tackling human trafficking especially targeting youth and minors.
Aug 5, 2011
Legislation On Increasing Recruitment, Retention of Foster Parents Included in the Child and Family Services Extension and Enhancement Act
Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) in May calling for a study on increased recruitment and retention of foster parents was included in the Child and Family Services Extension and Enhancement Act recently introduced in Congress.
Aug 3, 2011
U.S. Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE) Introduce Legislation to Extend Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments to Physician Assistants
Issues: Health Care
U.S. Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to extend EHR Medicaid incentive payments to all Physician Assistants (PAs) whose patient volume includes at least 30 percent Medicaid recipients.
