Lois Capps: “This restrictive process is not how these issues should be resolved.”

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

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…

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

Unfortunately, the draft language as currently written is inadequate in providing the much-needed updates to pipeline safety legislation.