Lois Capps Quotes
Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.
In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.
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.
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.
Research clearly shows us that the earlier women think about maintaining their bone mass and take the steps to do so, the better their health will be in the long run.
I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests.
Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance.
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.
That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu.
And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.
Unfortunately, we are still in an age where individuals may be discriminated against because of health conditions.
Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.
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.
