mrs. capps: i mrs. capps: this issue is of particular importance to me and my constituents. two weeks ago, more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled just north of santa barbara in my district. the oil flowed on to the beach and into the ocean where the oil slick spread south for miles affecting environmental habitats, recreational interests. while the exact cause of this spill are still being investigated, it is clear that inadequate pipeline standards played a significant role. it didn't have to be this way. in 2011, the house passed the pipeline safety regulatory certainty. this law which passed the house directed the pipeline administration to update and safety standards. the law required shutoff valves on new pipelines and to strengthen requirements for the inclusion of leak detection technologies on pipelines. the law required these laws to be finalized. yet here today, we are still waiting. it has not even issued a proposed rule on these commonsense regulations. it continues to drag i

mrs. capps: i mrs. capps: this issue is of particular importance to me and my constituents. two weeks ago, more than 100,000

mrs. capps: mr. chairman, capps amendment number 34. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. capps of california. page 21, line 3, after each of the first and second dollar amounts insert reduced by $5434,000. page 64, line 21, after the dollar amount insert increased by $5,434,000. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 333, the gentlewoman from california and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. mrs. capps: thank you, mr. chairman. drilling for and transporting oil and gas is a dirty and dangerous business. there is no disputing that. no matter what assurances are given by the oil industry, spills do happen and they will continue to happen as long as we depend on fossil fuels for our energy needs. sadly, my constituents in sbashsbash -- santa barbara california, are familiar with this. over 1 hubbed,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from the -- 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled. the oil spilled down a hill through a culver

an amendment by mrs. capps of california. an amendment by ms. lee of california. an amendment by mr. stivers of ohio. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after this first vote series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, mr. mcclick to be, on which further pro-- mcclintock, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. mcclintock of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commerci

the chair: the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 2042. the so-called ratepayer protection act does nothing to protect any of us. in fact, it does just the opposite. this bill would simply continue this majority's policy of sticking their head in the sand and doing nothing to address the serious problems of climate change. as of pope has said climate change is reality. it's impacting our lives every day. it's impacting our economy. and it's only going to get worse. we are confronted almost daily with new evidence that climate change is leading to increased health risks, threatening our environment, costing our economy billions of dollars. studies have shown that climate change can lead and does lead to higher rates of asthma, reduces crop yield, acid phiing our oceans, increasing the risk for harmful ageal blooms. it's threatening drinking and agriculture water supplies in so many locations, while warmer climates are increasing the severity of s

not been able to absorb all of the oil production today in the united states, so -- >> recognize mr. capps for five minutes. >> thank you for holding the hearing and thank you, mr. secretary, for your testimony. the discussion of our nation's energy infrastructure is very important and the as is the administration's work on the quadrennial review. i am particularly interested in the pipeline safety aspect of it. over my years on this committee, i have referenced very many times this santa barbara oil spill of 1969. that had tremendous national and local ramifications, giving rise to the environmental movement and changing how the nation views the environment and oil development. sadly, santa barbara community was recently hit with another terrible oil spill along the coast. on may 19th more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from ruptured plains all american pipeline on the treasured coast. north of santa barbara. the oil quickly flowed under the highway, onto the beach, and into the ocean where the oil slick spread south for miles along the coastline. while the exact cause of the s

upton, mrs. capps, dr. burgess, i mean, there are lots -- myself, you know, we have lots of people on both sides of the aisle that want to protect it and do something about it. mr. engel of new york. but you've got to -- i can go back to basics. if we start from the premise that the information is mine, is yours and we're going to give the individual the right of who has access to it, you know then worrying about what happens when somebody breaches it is not quite as complicated. if you put it in the public domain but then try to protect who has access to it as opposed to not even making it available then you have less to protect and less to worry about who's going to, you know, breakthrough a firewall and breach it. but it does happen, and we ought to we ought to take every legislative step that we can take to protect it and to penalize those that do it so that the incentive is for better protection and, in that way, not have as many people attempting to do the hacking. >> on the newer and kind of broader p

mrs. capps: mr. speaker, we all know that our chemical regulatory system is badly broken, and it's been broken for a very long time. when it comes to chemicals weak statutory authority and limited resources, we have prevented e.p.a. from fulfilling its mission to protect public health and the environment. . current law is so weak that e.p.a. could not use it to ban the use of asbestos, despite overwhelming evidence that asbestos poses risk to human health. even when the e.p.a. can regulate a technical, they must do so using a flawed cost-benefit analysis that prioritizes profits over health and safety. and these are just a few of the many serious flaws that the current system -- with the current system. what the tsca modernization act does not address all of these problems, it takes several important steps forward that will help improve the health and safety of consumers and their families. it finally ensures that health not cost, is the standard by which the safety of chemicals is evaluated. it main

mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding and, mr. speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 1335, which would undermine the proven and effective management of our nation's fisheries. for nearly 40 years the fishery conservation and management act m.s.a., has worked to protect america's fisheries and coastal committees -- economies. in more recent years it has established programs to protect and restore defleeted fish stocks ensuring these resources will be around for years to come. and these programs are working. in fact, last year marked the lowest number of fishery stocks overfished. ensuring these stocks are healthy is essential to the long-term success of the fishing industry and to food and job security. but protecting and restoring these stockses require that we both acknowledge the need to manage our fisheries and fund the science necessary to properly assess their health. unfortunately h.r. 1335 does just the opposite. instead of working in a bipartisan manner to improve and modernize m.s.a. h.r. 1335 would dismiss a

mr. speaker, you said that the capps have held well and that the president -- [inaudible] -- there was a deal between patty murray and paul ryan to lift the capps the last two days -- caps the last two days. and the president has asked for higher caps on both domestic and defense. so what he wants is for to you sit down with him and start negotiations again. will you do that? speaker boehner: he hasn't asked. he hasn't asked. it's as simple as that. we've got a plan. we've got a plan because everybody wants for defense and keeps the caps in place. he wants to have a budget negotiation, all he has to do is ask. i'm a pretty reasonable guy. questioner: do you believe you have enough votes from both democrats and republicans to pass both t.p.a. and t.a.a.? and can you describe, i guess, how you feel about the votes on t.p.a.? do you believe you're in striking distance, do you believe you have -- [inaudible] speaker boehner: i'm not the whip so i don't do vote counts but we're workinging -- working toward the passage of both of these. questioner: where would you identify the outstanding issu