Jared Polis

That is why Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, provided better funding and healthier standards for school lunches.

In addition, Colorado did legalize recreational use of marijuana. It also separately has legalized industrial hemp. There are more States that have legalized industrial hemp than have done anything with regard to recreational use of…

This is, of course, germane. It was ruled in order by the Rules Committee. There's no issue with the committee of jurisdiction. I yield 1 minute to the cosponsor of the amendment, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie).

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. 39 Offered by Mr. Van Hollen The Acting CHAIR. It…

I'd like to inquire of the Chair how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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. 23 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

Before further yielding, I yield myself 15 seconds just to say I think we're seeing a double standard here where, if it's a person of particular faith, as perhaps the gentleman approves of, then you say, oh, you go see a chaplain for your…

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 subtitle A of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 502. EXPANSION OF CHAPLAIN CORPS…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 17, under ``Departmental Management and Operations_Departmental Operations_Office of the Secretary and…

We are also doing outreach to English and non-English speakers in the Latino community through media personalities, nurses, doctors, friends and family, and running TV, radio, and print ads in Spanish.

A lot of Coloradans in my district and across my state still don't know how Obamacare can help them.

In addition to expanding access to high quality early education programs, it is crucial that early education programs such as Head Start work with elementary schools to ensure a strong transition.

I applaud you for those efforts.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question, and I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule and the underlying bill. This rule doesn't even allow for 10 minutes of debate or 5 minutes of debate or 1 minute of debate on the…

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to one of our leaders on energy policy, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee). (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

The gentleman cited studies that apparently addressed his concerns about environmental impact. I would draw his attention to the fact that there were three draft studies--one that was actually finalized. All of them were on the old…

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), whose amendment under this rule was also shut out from even a debate here on the floor of the House.

Of course quantity affects price--Economics 101. The disconnect here and the failure in the argument from the other side is this quantity is a rounding error in the global supply and the global demand. This has no impact on price. We're…

Seldom do we see as good an investment in our future.

We appreciate that in the failure of this Congress to reauthorize, you used the process that was contemplated in No Child Left Behind.

I thank the gentleman from California for his leadership on this issue. I agree that for Congress to ever be a trusted institution, it needs to solve problems. It needs to come up with practical, commonsense solutions. It's clear what that…

This comprehensive immigration reform helps two ways. One, there's more people paying in, young people. The second way is more economic growth, which means Social Security is funded through a payroll tax. So when you have more people…

The gentleman from California has also been a leader in opposing the chained CPI adjustment to Social Security. Don't you think that this immigration reform concept is a better way to shore up Social Security than trying to change the…

I trust the American people will respond to these questions. ____________________

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so we can bring up the Paycheck Fairness Act. I urge a ``no'' vote on this restrictive rule and the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.