Editing Lois Capps (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1938)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Lois Capps
|image        = Lois Capps 2011 official photo.jpg
|office       = Member of the<br />[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[California]]
|term_start   = March 17, 1998
|term_end     = January 3, 2017
|predecessor  = [[Walter Capps]]
|successor    = [[Salud Carbajal]]
|constituency = {{ushr|CA|22|22nd district}} (1998–2003)<br>{{ushr|CA|23|23rd district}} (2003–2013)<br>{{ushr|CA|24|24th district}} (2013–2017)
|birth_name   = Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1938|1|10}}
|birth_place  = [[Ladysmith, Wisconsin]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = {{marriage|[[Walter Capps]]|1960|1997|end=died}}
|children     = 3
|education    = [[Pacific Lutheran University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[Yale University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />[[University of California, Santa Barbara]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
|module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Lois Capps on Stroke Awareness.ogg|title=Lois Capps's voice|type=speech|description=Lois Capps speaks on public awareness of [[stroke]]s<br/>Recorded May 17, 2006}}
}}

'''Lois Ragnhild Capps''' (née '''Grimsrud'''; January 10, 1938) is an American politician who served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|24}} from 1998 to 2017. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. The district, numbered as the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 and the 23rd from 2003 to 2013, includes all of [[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo]] counties and a portion of [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]].

Capps served on the [[U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce]], where she was a member of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health. She was a member of the [[New Democrat Coalition]].