Lois Capps: “I hope that this issue can be revisited not to take away from the responsibility and authority of the federal agency but…”

And I want to salute my colleague Joe Kennedy, and pledge my support for making sure this topic stays on the table.

I thank my dear colleague, the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1209, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act, which I am proud to have coauthored with…

Today I also rise on behalf of the families who have lost loved ones to gun violence, including in my very own district in Isla Vista, California, on May 23, 2014. That horrific act killed 6 and injured 14--young people full of life and…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217. It is a bipartisan piece of legislation called the expanded background checks bill, and I do so today in honor of a particular…