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Sep 29, 2016
Capps Announces More Than $100,000 in Federal Grants to Help Latino Youth
Issues: Healthcare
Rep. Capps announced that NIH has awarded Proyecto HEROES in Santa Barbara $108,170 in funding for their work to address health disparities related to trauma exposure and violence prevention among Latino youth.
Sep 22, 2016
Capps Introduces Bill to Ensure Safe Drinking Water
Issues: Energy & Environment
Rep. Capps introduced the Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act, which would amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to help community water systems be better prepared to protect drinking water from the effects of climate change.
Sep 21, 2016
Capps Applauds Committee Passage of Title VIII Reauthorization Bill
Issues: Healthcare
Rep. Capps celebrates the passage of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce full committee.
Sep 9, 2016
Boxer, Capps, Eshoo and Huffman Announce Public Meeting To Discuss California Coastal National Monument Expansion
Issues: Energy & Environment
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Reps. Capps, Anna Eshoo and Jared Huffman announced that Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze will join Capps in her congressional district to visit proposed additions to the California Coastal National Monument on September 16 near Cambria, California.
Sep 9, 2016
Capps Statement on Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11
Issues: Veterans
Today, Rep. Capps attended a bipartisan House of Representatives Remembrance Ceremony for the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Capps released the following statement regarding the anniversary.
Sep 8, 2016
Capps Delivers Opening Statement at Energy Legislation Conference Committee with Senate
Issues: Energy & Environment
Rep. Capps delivered opening remarks at the first convening of the bipartisan, bicameral Conference Committee designated to reconcile the Senate and House versions of S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016. It is the country’s first attempt to pass a comprehensive energy bill in nine years.
Aug 30, 2016
Capps Announces Federal Grant for Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
Rep. Capps announced that the San Luis Obispo County Food Bank Coalition will receive a $399,815 grant to foster community partnerships that help increase the of fresh produce for low-income residents while supporting local farmers who contribute jobs and healthy food to our local community.
Aug 26, 2016
Capps Hosts Annual Appreciation Breakfast For San Luis Obispo Veterans
Issues: Veterans
On Wednesday, August 24, Rep. Capps hosted her 5th annual and final Veteran’s Appreciation breakfast at the SLO Memorial Building in San Luis Obispo.
Aug 25, 2016
Capps Statement on the 100th Anniversary of the National Parks Service
Issues: Energy & Environment
Rep. Capps released a statement on the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Aug 11, 2016
Capps Speaks at Island Fox Delisting Event
Issues: Energy & Environment
Today, Rep. Capps gave remarks at an event celebrating the delisting of three Channel Island fox subspecies from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species.
