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U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-CA, who is on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, told theGrio, “Africa always seems like an afterthought.”

“What’s happening in the Sudan [and] Congo is tragic,” she said.

“Sudan is involved in ethnic cleansing. We are doing all that we can really to work with allies [and] other democratic countries in Africa to try to cut into some of that,” she added. “But, we are challenged because our State Department is under-resourced.”

As Congress heads home for the holidays, the House and Senate leave a lengthy to-do list to kick off the new year. But for anyone who inhabits the halls of the Capitol will tell you, the break is welcome — especially considering the marathon 14 weeks lawmakers spent in session following the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the election of new Speaker Mike Johnson.