Jared Polis

I want to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many people we need to have more come down here until our request is granted? Parliamentary Inquiry

I ask the gentleman from Alabama: How many of us have to come down requesting this until you grant it? Well, your silence speaks words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hahn) for the purpose of a unanimous…

We have a lot of speakers, hundreds of them. As much time as you want to give us, we will be happy to use.

I say to my friend from Georgia (Mr. Woodall) that I don't think anybody is saying that this will somehow solve the issue of violence in this country. We all know that is a complicated issue. There are economic factors. There are social…

I want to be clear. We would rather have this debate time under the rule for a bill that allows for the consideration of the no fly, no buy bill; but given that that rule hasn't come up before the Rules Committee yet, this and the 1…

No. I will be happy to enter into a discourse with the gentleman on his time, but I have a number of speakers here. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline), a leader on the issue of fighting…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, our time is spoken for, so I appreciate our being able to ask some questions even if we weren't able to complete them on our time. I think the gentleman from Florida's point was…

Would the BLM's proposed rule take away these special participation opportunities from states and local governments?

How does the agency intend to improve the final regulation to ensure that it achieves congressional mandates in the ESA to protect and recover listed plants and animals?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) The total amount of…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Norton The Acting CHAIR. It is…

For stepping back for too long, workers across our country have simply been putting in more and more hours without receiving the compensation they deserve.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 54, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 56, line 1, after the dollar amount…

I believe that the amendment has been revised, and if I might request that the Clerk report the revised amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Would the gentleman like to withdraw his earlier amendment?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 45, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $645,000,000)''. Page 80, line 12, after the dollar amount…

When would it be in order to present the amendment? The Acting CHAIR. The Chair has ruled on that particular amendment. The gentleman may seek to offer an amendment at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill.

Point of parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I do, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Polis

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 43, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $9,750,000)''. Page 45, line 16, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Mr. Thornberry of Texas

There are a number of programs which Congress has forced spending on the military that even the military has not requested. As an example, we blocked the Navy from making a sound fiscal decision saving $900 million to shutter a carrier air…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the rule with the self-executing language which undoes the committee language, in violation of regular order. Vote ``no'' on the…

It is particularly ironic that the gentleman is touting the bipartisan amendments. It is one of those bipartisan amendments that adds women in the Selective Service that is stripped out of the HASC bill, of the committee's bill right here…

Wildlife migrates and rivers move across political boundaries; so I applaud the BLM on thinking about common-sense ways to plan for use and conservation on our public lands rather than rely on political boundaries.