Lois Capps

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 21, line 3, after each of the first and second dollar amounts, insert ``(reduced by $5,434,000)''. Page 64, line 21…

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. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Bureau of…

Drilling for and transporting oil and gas is a dirty and dangerous business. There is no disputing that. No matter what assurances are given by the oil industry, spills do happen, and they will continue to happen as we depend on fossil…

I thank all of my colleagues from both sides of the aisle for putting forward these thoughtful and worthy proposals.

The reauthorization bill I have introduced with Representative Guthrie would not only ensure this program is there for the children who need it in the future but it would also strengthen the program based on lessons we have learned over…

I want to especially focus, as I did earlier in my remarks, on a program near and dear to my heart, the Early Detection Hearing and Intervention Act, to reauthorize this important program.

We can prevent more children from suffering in the classroom through better investment in follow-up and intervention.

As a co-author of that bill along with my colleague, Representative Guthrie, I thank you for including this reauthorization in today's hearing.

I am hopeful we continue to work in a bipartisan way to move this and other bills that we are examining today.

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2042. The so-called Ratepayer Protection Act does nothing to protect any of us. In fact, it does just the opposite. This bill would simply continue this…

I am happy we have this opportunity to come together to talk about these important Medicaid waivers.

We all know that our chemical regulatory system is badly broken and that it has been broken for a very long time. When it comes to chemicals, weak statutory authority and limited resources have prevented the EPA from fulfilling its mission…