Jared Polis

Why should Members of Congress get special benefits because they're Members of Congress that they vote to deny to their constituents? Thankfully, if we defeat the previous question, Mr. Connolly will bring forward an amendment that will…

My colleague ended his remarks by saying don't raise taxes on people making under $250,000. This bill increases taxes on people making $40,000, $70,000, even as much as $90,000. That's what it is--it's a huge middle class tax increase…

If we defeat the previous question, I'll offer an amendment to the rule to make in order the Connolly amendment, which proposes that Members who repeal Federal benefits for their constituents must forfeit such benefits themselves. Why…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 11, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $501,331,000)''. Page 99, line 17, after the dollar amount…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 30, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $298,221,000)''. Page 56, line 24, after the dollar amount…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for his leadership. At a time when we must seriously consider cuts to our budget and balancing our budget, we should not continue to subsidize the defense of wealthy European nations against a Soviet…

What the gentleman from Arizona failed to acknowledge is that the system simply doesn't work--missing its target more than half the time. You can't solve a problem by throwing more government money after it as the gentleman from Arizona is…

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

A missile defense system that doesn't defend against missiles is no defense at all. With that, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith).

I thank the gentleman from Iowa. Though we disagree on the bill, we can both agree that this is a terrible rule. And I encourage my colleagues to follow the leadership of the gentleman from Iowa in opposing this rule. I'd like to inquire…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt). (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney).

I tend to agree with what Ms. Crump said, if you are talking about somebody's home, somebody's private conversations and where they are, these are very intimate matters and deserve all of our privacy protections.

I plan on doing so after this hearing. It has been very informative and appreciate it.

I thank the gentleman from Iowa. Just for a brief question, the gentleman's home State of Iowa does allow same-sex couples to marry, and I would just like to ask in reference to the first part of your remarks whether your home State of…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania and the gentleman from California for their hard work on this issue, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas…

Reclaiming my time, I would like to yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).

The point being made is that it depends on one's political perspective where one sees a national security threat. Some see it on the left, some see it on the right. I don't trust Big Government decisionmakers to decide who is and isn't a…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the Democratic leader.

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Florida if he has or is expecting any additional speakers.

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters).

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).

It's my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

My constituents have certainly voiced to me a frustration with an open-ended and often interminable NEPA project.

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to ensure that the House votes on H.R. 14, a bill brought forth by Representative Tim Bishop and Representative Corrine Brown containing the text of the Senate…