House Proceeding 03-19-10 on Mar 19th, 2010 :: 0:08:55 to 0:10:40
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Lois Capps: include the impacts of oil seep on our beaches and marine environment. i urge my coeagues to vote in favor of this motion to recommit. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? mrs. capps: mr. speaker, i rise to claim time in opposition to this motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the ge five minutes.

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Speech By: Lois Capps

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Lois Capps: mrs. capps: mr. speake and my colleagues, may i go back to the underlying legislation which is h.r. 3644, the ocean, coastal and watershed education act. this is an education program for children. they are not qualified to do national resource surveys or address the impacts of oil

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Lois Capps: seep. noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, does not have jurisdiction over air quality and the mitigation of impacts. that would fall jurisdiction of the environmental protection agency . the proposal to level fund the program was rejected in the natural resources committee and by the rules committee. the modest increases in this

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Lois Capps: bill were negotiated with the -- my colleague, mr. cassidy, in the natural resources committee, a very bipartisan discussion. with negotiations we made between the two sides. and i urge members to oppose the motion and support the jupped lying bill. an remind my colleagues --

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Lois Capps: underlying bill. and i remind my colleagues that these are grant-making programs under noaa for several years. in all the places they are currently being enacted, they are very popular. and at a time schools are being unindated with funding decreases and cuts, this is a very hands on

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Lois Capps: opportunity for children in our