>> this is congresswoman jan schakowsky. >> this is lois capps, and i want to underscore that as the speaker boehner decides to bring legislation to the floor, which is very well his prerogative, bawl but all of the time that we are spending with that topic on the floor of the house of representatives we are not dealing with the issues that people are concerned about which is unemployment and jobs and job security, and so as he does this, i will underscore what my colleague jan schakowsky just said, to give more women an opportunity to say, wait a minute, you are talking about my right, my freedom and my desire to exercise and we will begin to see more of a backlash and speaking out to women. women are puce busy trying to f jobs now, but this is to the peril of the number one issues. >> that is from lois capps, and jan sha now ski as they weighed in on the issue of contraceptives and health care and the religion exemption debate which is likely to continue in the weeks ahead. >>> mr. speaker, i will be brief, because my message is clear and concise. mr. speaker, i rise today out of g

thank you, and i yield to the gentlelady from california, congresswoman lois capps. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague, barbara lee, for yielding time and i want to thank our colleague from new york, nita lowey, for her work in organizing this opportunity for us to speak, to speak with one voice, we who are members of congress, women members of congress and speaking for myself, some of us are mothers, are grandmothers, and my career in public health greatly informs what i'm about to say. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the obama administration's decision to include contraception in their list, their very important list of preventive services which will make women's health care more affordable. let us be clear. this was not a political decision on the part of the administration, on the part of our president. no one intended to attack any religious institution. it was a decision based on extensive science. and the expert recommendation made by these scientists with the goal in mind of keeping women and their children healthy. however, a great deal of misinformation ha