the clerk: mrs. capps of california moves to recommit the bill, h.r. 45, to the committee on energy and commerce, ways and means and education and work force with instructions to report the same back to the house forth well with the following amendment -- forthwith with the following amendment, add the following section, provide certain protections for women and their families as guaranteed under current a, general, section 1 shall not apply with respect to the a.c.a., women and patients benefit protection provisions described in subsection b until such date that all group health plans and health insurance issuers provide equivalent protections for women and their families as provided under all such provisions. b, a.c.a., women and families patient protection provisions, for subsection a, a.c.a., women, families shall patient protection provisions described in the subsection is as follows, it would be in effect before application of section 1. one, preventative health services coverage without sharing. sec

mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, whether it's drilled on land, offshore or transported via after pipeline, oil spills are inevitable. spills happen. and they will continue to happen regardless of what we have been told by the oil companies building and maintaining the pipeline. transcanada says it will implement lots of safety measures, but accidents happen. in fact, accidents have already happened 14 times on the existing transcanada keystone pipeline and they would will almost certainly happen on the proposed keystone pipeline, too. our amendment ensures that those responsible for the spill pay to clean it up. in 1969, my home district was victim to one of the worst oil spills in u.s. history. i know firsthand the devastating damage to human health, to property, to natural resources that are caused by oil spills. i know there have been numerous assurances that keystone x.l. will be safer and risks will be minimal, but safer simply does not equal safe, especially when transport tar sands crude. tar sands cr

with that i'll give two minutes to the gentlelady from california, mrs. capps. mrs. capps: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague from colorado for yielding time. i rise in opposition to h.r. 1406. this isn't the first time we've seen anti-worker legislation created as a pro-family solution. but it's embarrassing, that here in 2013 we are considering a bill that would reverse over 70 years of worker protection. the so-called working families flexibility act is out of touch with what real, american working families need. real working families need protection against egregiously long hours and unreasonable management demands. real working families need fair wages paid to them in a timely manner. real working families need predictable schedules with time to care for their families and themselves. and real working families need the ability to take earned eave when they have earned it. and when they need it. this bill does nothing to address those needs. instead it sets up a false choice between time and pay. it incentivizes extensive overtime scheduling yet reducing

mrs. capps: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 3. the keystone proposal itself is a bad idea. this bill simply makes it worse. it's no secret that we are dependent on oil and other fossil fuels for our energy needs. but it's also no secret that this dependence is polluting our planet. it's harming public health. and it's threatening our national security. but rather than reduce this dependence, h.r. 3 and the keystone pipeline just make this problem worse. we have the greatest innovators and entrepreneurs in the world. and they're eager to mr. a sustainable energy future -- to build a sustainable energy future. instead of doubling down on fossil fuels, we should be encouraging development of clean, renewable energy resources and technologies. these investments protect our planet for future generations and they improve the health of our friends and our families. and they create permanent local jobs that can't be shipped overseas. finally, there's no denying that construction of this pipeline would create jobs. but they're mostly tempo

mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today yet again in opposition to the patient's rights repeal act. three years, 37 repeal attempts later, the majority is still playing politics with the health care of real people. thanks to obamacare, 27 million american women now have access to preventtive health screenings and health care without cost sharing. they can receive cancer screenings, annual wellness physicals and contraceptions without extra cost. seniors in my district saved an average of $600 last year on prescriptions, as we closed the doughnut hole. the savings will be even greater. and families to long -- no longer have to worry that their children will be denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. repeal would take these benefits and protections, raising costs for families, it would return us to a broken system. all the while increasing the deficit. it's time to move on. let's spend our time working on new solutions instead of repeatedly placing partisanship over politics, over progress

mrs. capps: mr.speaker, i rise today to call attention to the growing threats that climate change poses to public health. increasingly severe and frequent weather events and heat waves not only threaten people's health and safety, but jeopardize our food crop production and the availability of clean drinking water. food-borne illnesses, asthma, and others are expected to worsen in the changing climate. despite these impacts, most american health professionals do not have the tools they need to prepare for the changing needs of their patients. and climate change is a threat to human health only escalating with every day we fail to take action. that's why i reintroduced climate change health protection and promotion act which will help health professionals prepare for and respond to the public health impact of climate change. mr. speaker, we cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the impacts of climate change, especially when it comes to the health of our friends, our neighbors, and our families. i hop

mitts kapp: thank you. -- mrs. capps: thank you. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record opposing the g.o.p.'s appalling mother's day gift. happy mother's day, by giving more work and less pay to working moms. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman's time will be charged. the gentleman from account account is recognized. mr. courtney: i yield to ms. speier for the purpose of a unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. speier: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record opposing the g.o.p.'s shame on you mother's day gift. more work and less pay for working moms. is this really want we want to give mother's on mother's day? the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the the gentleman's time will be charged. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: i yield to ms. matsui for the purpose of a unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. matsui: thank you

ellison, mrs. capps, mr. johnson, mrs. christensen, mr. grijalva, mr. honda, mr. israel, mrs. maloney, and ms. mccollum, and ms. schakowsky and ms. speier. these are the names that are the original co-sponsors and this resolution catches my attention, mr. speaker. it says this, recognizing the disparity impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change. now, that was news to me. i hadn't considered the idea that if the climate is changing they think they know why but they dare not have that debate any longer because the data was fraudulent. but now they're suggesting that the earth is getting warmer, that it's man's fault and it's women that are disparately impacted by it. i hadn't seen such a theory, mr. speaker. it goes on to say whereas, it has a whole series of whereases, whereas women in the united states are the lynch pin of families. i agree. women are the lynch pin ofs of families and it would be better if we had more men who were playing a more significant role. i don't think that's the position of the authors of this resolu