Jared Polis

Is it in order for a designee to offer an amendment on behalf of its sponsor on this bill? The Acting CHAIR. Would the gentleman please restate the parliamentary inquiry.

I have a point of parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman may state his parliamentary inquiry.

I would like to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes.

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 Louisiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 36 offered by Mr. Rigell The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I rise to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman. It is just simple business sense. It doesn't save money to preorder something that you don't know works. You don't do that in business. We as a country shouldn't do it. This is not a theoretical discussion about…

To be clear, Mr. Chairman, this amendment saves taxpayer money and actually reduces the deficit by over $100 million. I will be happy to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 29, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $107,000,000)''. Page 157, line 2, after…

If Ms. Turner is concerned about the 'confusion,' that businesses and individuals have about Obamacare, don't you feel that this Republican strategy of repeatedly repealing all our parts of Obamacare in the House actually contributes to…

It would seem to me that it is reasonable to believe that 42 percent of the American public believe Obamacare is not in force.

It would seem to me that it is confusing for businesses that after the President administratively delayed the employer mandate, Congress is taking up legislation that authorizes the President to do what he already did.

I certainly enjoy talking about charter startup funds and chart school programs on the floor of the House at every opportunity to educate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle with what Ranking Member Miller and Chairman Kline already…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment, even though I'm not opposed. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I would like to inquire of the gentlelady if she has any remaining speakers.

What I was going to discuss with the gentlelady is that the CutGo issue was resolved, as she mentioned, and waivers that are routinely granted on a broad variety of amendments simply could have been approved by the Rules Committee, as is…

The gentlelady said the U.S. ranks 18th on the quality and quantity of high school diplomas. This bill is a recipe to do even worse--worse on the quality by allowing States to define success and their standards down and worse in the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 29, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $13,072,000)''. Page 60, line 12, 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. Amendment Offered by Mr. Schiff

We're not aware of any at this time. There might be one more coming, but if they're not here, I'm prepared to close.

I was going to comment to the gentleman that the committee work product, the bill before us, is a highly flawed bill. I certainly hope that the open process and the will of the House will significantly alter and improve upon this bill. We…

I would like to highlight the successes of Boulder Valley School District under our director of food services, Anne Cooper, who added cooking and salad bars in schools across Boulder Valley School Districts.

So in Colorado, 100 percent of the districts participate in the National School Lunch Program are certified for the $0.06 reimbursement, so again, this is--shows that there needs to be a better implementation in Pennsylvania is what it…

Pizza is fine. We all probably eat it and it has its place in school meals, but it is not broccoli, it is not a carrot, it is not celery.

That is why this morning I introduced, reintroduced the SLICE Act along with Congresswoman DeLauro, Congressman McGovern, and Congressman Rangel.

Unfortunately, the previous Congress short-circuited these efforts when it blocked the USDA proposed rules to put the new standards into effect.