We will not give up. The American people will not give up. American companies will not give up, whether they are Fortune 400 companies, whether they are tomorrow's start-ups, which contains an entrepreneurship visa bill within immigration…

We have an opportunity, Mr. Speaker, an opportunity in this body to address an issue that is in the hearts and in the minds of people across our country, of businesses across our country, of faith leaders across our country, and that is…

The majority of the American people, regardless of where they stand in the ideological spectrum or their party--Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Greens, Libertarians--all agree that the time is now to pass immigration reform. A recent…

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Utah how many more of my colleagues need to urgently request that this bill come forward before he would kindly consider our unanimous consent request to allow this bill to be debated on, even…

With due respect, our desire that we are placing before you is to have a debate about immigration. Mr. Speaker, not 1 hour, not half an hour, not 10 minutes, not 1 minute of floor time for the last entire year and a half has been scheduled…

I would ask the gentleman from Utah--and I will be happy to yield him a moment for an answer--how many of us need to come forward and ask for a vote on replacing the antiquity that is our broken immigration system until you will accede to…

I come before this body today, Madam Speaker, to address the urgent need for passing immigration reform and finally replacing our broken immigration system with one that secures the rule of law, that secures our Nation's borders, and that…

What we have here and what we are doing under the rules of this body is we are using another method called the previous question where we, in the minority party, can actually get a vote where, if we defeat the previous question, we can…

Is a discharge petition the process provided in the House rules to allow a majority of the House, without the support of the Speaker or the Rules Committee, to bring a measure to the floor that has not been reported by committee? The…

Parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado may state his parliamentary inquiry.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Utah is immersed in the arcane aspects of antiquities law. I certainly understand his passion for that. I truly do. The gentleman from Utah and I have had a many great discussions on…

Well, Mr. Speaker, I think reducing our deficit by $900 billion is a good idea. I really do. I think the American people agree that reducing our deficit by $900 billion is a good idea; and if all that stands in the way of us reducing our…

I would like to ask the gentleman from Utah if he has changed his mind and will yield for that purpose?

The longer we delay in passing immigration reform, the greater costs of inaction. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows that H.R. 15 would reduce our deficit by $900 billion. Imagine including that, $200 billion in the first…

Point of parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

if we are serious about closing the achievement gap, we need to begin by ensuring that the achievement gap doesn't arise in the first place

the best way to reform high schools is to ensure that we have universal access to high-quality, early childhood education

I am prepared to close. I have 6 minutes, and I wanted to yield to the gentleman if he has remaining speakers who wanted to speak before I close.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Chair, I want to make it clear that I was an original sponsor of this bill. Like my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), I wanted to address the 2011 directive as it affected ski resorts…

Just as the storied competition between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox works to improve both teams, so does school choice and empowering families to choose the public school that best fits their kids to improve all of our…

The Republicans are getting worse and worse on these ObamaCare votes. You would think that you would get better with practice, after 52 times they would be better at repealing ObamaCare. That is because this body, the House of…

I would like to inquire of the gentleman if he has any remaining speakers.

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed.

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano), the ranking member of the committee.

My colleague, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), mentioned the National Ski Areas Association, and I include their February 11 letter for the Record. It states here, in part: However, to make it abundantly clear that ski areas have…