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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That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu.
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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.
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Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.
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As we may know, osteoporosis affects around 10 million Americans, most of whom are over 55, and it is the cause of an estimated 1.5 million fractures annually.
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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.
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What we need to do is really improve energy efficiency standards, develop in full scale renewable and alternative energy and use the one resource we have in abundance, our creativity.
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I have been working for years to promote a responsible energy policy that works to increase energy efficiency and invest in alternative and renewable energy sources.
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Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.
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Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance.
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In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.
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Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.