Lois Capps

Under current law, TSCA has used an 'unreasonable risk' standard to evaluate the safety of a chemical.

I hope you will work with this committee because we intend to, I hope, move forward to ensure the language gives effect to that kind of intent.

It probably does need to be changed along the way.

I applaud the efforts that we have made so far but we have a ways to go to make sure that we move chemical regulation forward.

So since 2009, there has been widespread agreement that this cost-benefit standard does need to be abandoned.

I thank my colleague for yielding, and I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 681, the clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would keep the Department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the…

Yes, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to commit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Capps moves to commit the bill S. 1 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to commit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the…

As I said in my opening remarks, I would not, but as we know, the bill would still pass.

I have a motion to commit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?

I thank my colleague for yielding. It is not a joke. It is disheartening that here we are for the 56th time again considering a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This time it is different. This time repeal will do more than simply…

I am pleased to, again, be working with Representative Kinzinger to introduce the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act.