Lois Capps

Climate change is already taking a devastating effect on our planet. We're seeing its evidence in everything from Hurricane Sandy to more extreme droughts and wildfires, but we must not forget that we live on a blue planet--so climate…

I thank my colleague from Massachusetts for yielding. I rise in support of the progress this underlying bill makes in combating military sexual assault. Sexual assault in the military continues to be a serious problem. In 2012, an average…

I write in strong opposition to the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act currently being considered by your Committee.

Mandating destructive drilling in communities that do not want it, while cutting-out proper environmental review might be good policy for oil companies, but it is bad policy for my constituents and it is bad energy policy for our Nation.

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, whether it's drilled on land, offshore, or transported via pipeline, oil spills are inevitable. Spills happen, and they will continue to happen, regardless of what we've been told by the oil…

I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3. The Keystone proposal itself is a bad idea. This bill simply makes it worse. It's no secret that we are dependent on oil and other fossil fuels for our energy needs. But it's also no secret that this…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote…

I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Capps moves to recommit the bill H.R. 45 to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, yet again, in opposition to the Patients' Rights Repeal Act as 3 years and 37 repeal attempts later, the majority is still playing politics with the health care of real people…

I appreciate EPA's acknowledgement of the strong link between our energy sources and usage, climate change and clean air and water.

Thank you to my colleague for yielding. I ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the Record opposing the GOP's appalling Mother's Day gift. Happy Mother's Day by giving more work and less pay to working moms. The SPEAKER pro…

I thank my colleague from Colorado for yielding time. I rise in opposition to H.R. 1406. This isn't the first time we've seen anti-worker legislation paraded as a pro-family solution. But it's embarrassing that here in 2013 we are…