Lois Capps

It is critical that any proposed changes do not undermine the program's important role in our health care safety net.

This would undermine the fundamental principles of the program and I cannot express enough how damaging that would be to patients and my constituents.

Unfortunately, we continue to see plans from some of my colleagues to cap services or to block the program.

This time last year, I attended the State of the Union Address with my guest, Richard Martinez, whose son Christopher was gunned down during a tragic Isla Vista shooting that rocked our local community on the Central Coast of California…

This bill would make this more efficient by allowing these professionals to serve in areas with shortages in maternity care access.

Just last week, another community joined the growing list of those forever scarred by gun violence just as my community of Isla Vista was. It is far past time for Congress to recognize that it has the power to act, and we must. At a…

reauthorizes the current nursing workforce development programs to continue nursing education at all levels

I thank them for championing this important public health initiative on behalf of women in rural and urban areas experiencing shortages of qualified maternity care providers.

H.R. 2713, the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act, sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (CA) reauthorizes the current Nursing Workforce Development programs to continue nursing education at all levels.

On that, I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 7, nays 398, answered ``present'' 4, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No. 678] YEAS--7 DeFazio Farr Harris…

Quality maternal care is vitally important for both the health of women and their future children.

I am particularly pleased that two pieces of legislation I have worked on for a long time are also included in this discussion.