Lois Capps: “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 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…

It is critical that we take the steps and the lessons from these incidents and use them to strengthen our pipeline safety infrastructure.

This need is twofold. First, we need to rapidly expand on the implementation of existing green technologies.

Today I rise to honor the life of my constituent Ray West, who passed away last week at the age of 89. Ray was a U.S. Navy veteran who served during World War II. He went on to have a successful career in the film industry, earning an…