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.

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…

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…

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…

No Child Left Behind's metrics are outdated and rigid.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…

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.

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

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…

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

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

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…