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“Arms are still flowing into the country, which means people are still being killed, and that’s a problem,” U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who led the lawmakers’ letter, told Devex. “Both the RSF and the SAF are compromising the delivery of aid, and that’s a problem. Not pushing for different delivery mechanisms to circumvent their bad behavior is also a problem.

“It’s impacting neighborhoods, it’s impacting jobs, it’s impacting employers, it’s impacting businesses, and it’s impacting the psychology of this country,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) said. 

U.S. Representatives Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), Erin Houchin (R-IN-09), Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-05), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) signed on as original sponsors of the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act.

Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California one-upped Casten’s reliance on professionals, singing backup vocals for Wiley Brown — the son of famed go-go guitarist Chuck Brown — who performed an extended version of “Bustin’ Loose” that, 90 minutes into the show, finally drew the audience to their feet. 

“IP is the number-one asset in the Black community,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove told me. “And we don't recognize that like we should.” 

US Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove is leading 50 members of Congress who are urging the Biden administration to scale up humanitarian aid in Sudan following the famine declaration at Zamzam internal displaced persons camp in Darfur.