Lois Capps: “This keeps our veterans out of the civilian workforce, and it also withholds valuable medical personnel from our…”

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…

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

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to please bring up H.R. 1217. It is a bipartisan bill, the expanded background checks legislation, and I am doing this today in honor of this beautiful young mother of…

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…