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Jared Polis

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Jared Schutz Polis is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado, a position he has held since January 8, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Polis previously represented Colorado's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. As governor, he has focused on various issues including education reform, healthcare access, and environmental sustainability, emphasizing the importance of bipartisan cooperation in addressing the challenges facing the state and the nation.

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Feb 25, 2014

I don't believe there is a rule for this bill. Is there a rule for this bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is referring to a standing rule of the House.

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Feb 11, 2014

Today, unfortunately, we commemorate the 2 millionth deportation under President Obama. President Obama continues to tear families apart by deporting noncriminal immigrants to our country who want nothing more than to make our country…

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Feb 11, 2014

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, H.R. 3193. This package of bills was brought…

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Feb 11, 2014

I would like to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), my colleague on the Rules Committee.

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Feb 11, 2014

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, noes 193, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 14, as follows…

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Feb 11, 2014

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think it has been clear--and we actually have some bipartisan agreement here--about what this bill lacks. This bill does not do anything about hundreds of people sneaking across our…

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Feb 11, 2014

It is my honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the Democratic whip.

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Feb 11, 2014

Before I further yield, I want to clarify: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is already prohibited from collecting personally identifiable information in the course of its market- monitoring responsibilities to make sure that…

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Feb 11, 2014

Mr. Duffy is correct that immigration reform is not in the bill or the rule. It should be, but it is not. We have another motion for something that should be in the bill, but is not. Mr. Speaker, last week we provided the House two…

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Feb 11, 2014

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so we can deal with one of these pressing issues that my colleagues from Florida and other States have made a compelling case for here on the floor of the House today in…

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Feb 11, 2014

I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

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Feb 11, 2014

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel).

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Feb 4, 2014

As the designee of Mr. Kildee, 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 the bill, add the following: TITLE IX--SENSE OF CONGRESS…

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Feb 4, 2014

I will be happy to say on the record that the better team on that particular day won. There is still some doubt about whether that was, in fact, the Denver Broncos that took the field.

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Feb 4, 2014

In 1972, President Nixon signed Executive Order 11644, which required that the U.S. Forest Service create travel management plans for the operation of off-road vehicles in our national forests, including snowmobiles. These travel…

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Feb 4, 2014

I thank the gentleman from Washington for his remarks. You know that when the defense of one team scores more points than the offense of the other team, your team is not in good shape. But I congratulate the gentleman on the 12-second…

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Feb 4, 2014

I thank the chair. I yield to the ranking member, Mr. DeFazio. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I congratulate Mr. Polis and Congressman Kildee, who is detained at the White House, for offering this amendment…

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Jan 9, 2014

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption. The vote…

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Jan 9, 2014

On this 50th anniversary of the war on poverty, 1.4 million Americans have lost emergency unemployment insurance and thousands more stand to lose it each day, each week, that Congress fails to act. If we defeat the previous question, I…

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Jan 9, 2014

I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

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Jan 9, 2014

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman, Mr. Burgess, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule today under which three bills are being brought to the floor: H.R. 3811…

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Jan 9, 2014

I would remind the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) that this particular rule has two closed rules on two of the three bills. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

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Jan 9, 2014

Again the gentleman said there is a risk of information being taken from the healthcare.gov site. There is potential risk from any site. But every day, there are tens of thousands of American identities being stolen because of this body's…

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Jan 9, 2014

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. The Senate has passed a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill, and the Senate is debating unemployment insurance. Meanwhile, the House hasn't dedicated a single…

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Jan 9, 2014

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, noes 186, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 6] AYES--223…

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