Lois Capps

Yes, I am opposed to this bill in its current form. 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. 4628 to the Committee on Education and the…

We all know if Congress doesn't come together soon, interest rates on student loans will double on July 1. Rates will go from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Right now in our country, student loan debt is higher than credit card debt. This is…

If this legislation passes, its liability shield will halt those lawsuits, and leave these communities... with MTBE-contaminated water supply stranded with billions of dollars in cleanup costs.

It is very expensive to clean up. According to drinking water utilities, the total cost to clean up MTBE contamination of public water systems in this country could be as high at $85 billion.

In my congressional district and across the country, the effects of MTBE contamination have been significant.

I thank my colleague from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the majority's misguided budget. Forty-seven years ago when seniors were the most uninsured group in our Nation, we made a promise that…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. Loebsack The Acting CHAIR…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): TITLE VII--REPORT ON IPOS AND…

Clean energy solutions make our military more effective. They save war fighter lives, and the DoD procurement drives the American clean energy economy.

I mistakenly voted ``no'' on rollcall 94 when I intended to vote ``yes.'' personal explanation

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was 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 was taken by…

There are many times when we come to this floor and engage in heated debate, and we've heard some heated debate on this bill. But my final amendment offers us the opportunity to come together and to do something extraordinarily important…