List of Lois Capps Quotes

Mr. Speaker, Less Than 10 Percent Of Our Nation's Children Walk Or Ride Their Bicycles To School, And Too Many Schools Continue To Invite Fast-food Vendors Into Their Cafeterias.

With 3 Percent Of The Worlds Resources And 25 Percent Of The Worlds Demand, It Is Pretty Obvious This Country Cannot Drill Its Way To Energy Security.

I Want To Thank The Efforts Of The American Public Health Association And Its 200-plus Partners Who Have Organized Events Around The Nation That Serve To Raise Everyone's Awareness Of The Need To Improve Public Health.

In Addition, For Almost A Year Now I Have Been Urging The President, The Department Of Justice, And The Federal Trade Commission To Investigate Suspicious Gas Price Spikes.

I Will Continue To Work In Washington To Oppose Any Efforts To Expand Drilling Off Our Coasts And To Challenge My Colleagues To Adopt Responsible Energy Policies.

Drilling In The Refuge Will Not Solve America's Energy Problem. The Energy Department's Own Figures Show That Drilling Would Not Change Gas Prices By More Than A Penny A Gallon, And This Would Be 20 Years From Now.

Each Year Thousands Of Embryos, No Bigger Than The Head Of A Pin, Are Created In The Process Of In Vitro Fertilization, With The Support Of Congress, By The Way.

Pregnant Women Are More Likely To Die From Homicide By Domestic Violence Than Any Other Cause Of Death.

That Makes Climate Change A Bigger Public Health Problem Than Aids, Than Malaria, Than Pandemic Flu.

The Refusal To Acknowledge The Scientific Value Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is One More Tragic Misstep.

I Simply Cannot See How Denying Chemotherapy Treatment For Palestinian Children Increases Israel's Security Or Advances U.s. National Interests.

In America Today, The Percentage Of Children And Adolescents Who Are Defined As Overweight Is More Than Double What It Was In The Early 1970s.