Lois Capps
Lois Capps
Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud Cappsis the U.S. Representative for California's 24th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 and the 23rd from 2003 to 2013, includes all of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and a portion of Ventura County...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 January 1938
CountryUnited States of America
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We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.
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Picking up and going on, I believe, is my way of dealing with that enormous shock.
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I am concerned about it with so many endangered species right in the Santa Barbara County area,
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Hurricane Katrina has starkly illustrated what real poverty exists in our country today, ... To cut holes in the health care safety-net for our fellow Americans in need is unconscionable. It is immoral to ask people who have lost everything to pay more for health care.
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Obviously, the real test of these regulations will be their implementation, ... It is absolutely critical that the Air Force leadership ensure that these regulations are well understood and strictly enforced, especially at the Air Force Academy.
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With 3 percent of the world's resources and 25 percent of the world's demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security.
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This just looks like the oil and gas industry are shamelessly using the tragedy of Katrina and Rita to try and push their special-interest agenda through Congress. We need to address our energy needs, but we don't need to jeopardize our environment and economy to do it, and we shouldn't use a national tragedy as cover for bad policy.
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The most effective way to save endangered species is to protect the places they need to live,
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The problem is, the Endangered Species Act does need to be modernized, ... but the people in charge just want to do away with it.
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It would allow them to serve rich communities and ignore the rest.
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I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive,
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California's coastal economy and environment are just as important as Florida's.
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It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.
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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.