I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 203. Strike title III. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 347, the gentleman…

My amendment would strike a harmful and politically driven provision on the underlying bill that has the effect of limiting stakeholder input and curbing equal access to justice, a core constitutional principle in our Republic, and…

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. 2 Offered by Mr. Tipton The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would like to inquire as to how much time remains on both sides. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Utah has 3\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I have many of my constituents who are living in holdings on Federal lands. What happens if Federal land management policy changes their rights-of-way and makes it harder to access where they live? Where are they supposed to come up with…

The gentlewoman from Utah talked about decisions and implementation at the local level. On that, we agree. What this amendment is about is accountability metrics under whether we look at those decisions that are made locally and driven…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 112 and insert the following: SEC. 112. STATE PLANS. Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is…

There is a great potential for cooperation between Democrats and Republicans, as has historically been, with regard to education; and that lies in, of course, enhancing flexibility in freeing teachers and principals and districts from some…

No Child Left Behind's metrics are outdated and rigid. On that we agree. But H.R. 5 in its current form abandons provisions that are crucial to ensuring equal educational opportunities for all of our Nation's students. My amendment…

Of course you can look at a bill during its period of initial authorization. There are routinely cleanup bills that move through this body. And I wish--I wish--the No Child Left Behind had a cleanup bill in 2002 or in 2003 or in 2004, all…

I would like to inquire as to how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Minnesota has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I had the opportunity to serve on our State Board of Education in Colorado from 2001 to 2007, so this was during the implementation phase of No Child Left Behind. Now, we knew at the time many of the flaws we are hoping to address through…

And I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, this morning, I got to meet with one of the superintendents from my district, Bruce Messinger, superintendent of the Boulder Valley School…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 242, nays 185, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 392] YEAS--242 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amash Amodei Babin…

To be clear, the gentleman was not yielded time from the gentleman from Virginia. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is correct.

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

A point of parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Chairman, one parent recently wrote me that she prefers that students with special needs be required to take tests. In her words, ``The tests gave us the data we needed to see where my son needed additional…

I would like to inquire how much time remains on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Allen). The gentleman from Colorado has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 8 minutes remaining.

The gentleman was granted his own time, which erroneously he had yielded back to the Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is correct. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina

My amendment, which I offer along with Mr. Lowenthal and Mr. Peters, would simply remove one of the so-called policy riders from this bill. It is a particularly dangerous policy rider. What my amendment would do is it would strip the bill…

What this amendment addresses is not simply the creation of some commission or a nuanced look into how cost-benefit analyses are done. It actually would ensure that the costs of climate change are able to be considered in decisionmaking…

With this amendment, this body has the opportunity to say loudly and clearly: Let's keep our public lands public. Public lands are a massive economic generator and are important to our health and welfare as Americans. They are beautiful…

I have an amendment at the desk to strike section 437. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike section 437. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 333, the gentleman from Colorado…

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. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: limitation on…