Lois Capps: “Today is April 15th, tax day. It's a good day to take a thoughtful look at our tax policy.”

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…

Despite technological improvements, we know that extracting, transporting, and burning oil and gas is a dirty and dangerous business. There is simply no disputing that. Our reliance on these outdated fuel sources is placing people and our…

the truth is that far too many of us have had direct experience with a devastating pipeline or storage facility incident

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