I include in the Record the Republican bill summary from the majority on the Rules Committee for H.R. 4015. Committee on Rules Pete Sessions, Chairman--December 11, 2017 H.R. 4015--Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017…
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.
The reason I do this is, my colleague from Georgia somehow said that it was laughable, this characterization that it is adding paperwork. That is exactly what this bill does. In fact, in this exhibit, this is a Republican summary of their…
There are upwards of 800,000 DREAMers in our country--young, de facto Americans, people who grew up here, are as American as you or I, American in fact, albeit not in law. They are able to work legally under the deferred action, or DACA…
By defeating the previous question today, we can bring forward the Dream Act, which I am confident would pass on the floor of the House probably by a good margin. What the Dream Act does is it allows young people who grew up in our…
I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule. As my colleague noted, Dr. Kirkpatrick was a psychologist at a VA medical center…
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 234, noes 185, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 561] AYES--234…
I thank the gentlewoman. This is about giving both sides--the workers seeking to organize and the employer--the opportunity to make their case to workers fairly and expeditiously. Prior to this case, in every case, employers would have…
Well, if there is no plans to close offices and it would cost more to close them, I would just hope that the Chair would accept this amendment, which merely confirms what he just indicated. Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from…
Well, look, the only argument the chairman has made against this one, like the last one, is that it is not going to happen anyway. So why not give the American people the assurance? Because, frankly, it could happen anyway. There is a real…
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. 77 Offered by Mr. Norman The Acting CHAIR. It is…
This amendment doesn't make sense from an economic perspective or a health perspective. It would block implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's commonsense standards for sources of emissions of methane in the oil and gas…
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. 76 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is…





