Lois Capps: “Jobs are obviously critical to economic growth, but we must remember that environmental and public health are also…”

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…

I hope it won't be the last one. I hope it is the first of really getting into this issue.

So bold action needs to be taken.

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…