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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.
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…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244, noes 181, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 12] AYES--244 Abraham…
So here we are, Mr. Speaker. We have two bills that didn't go through any committee and that no Member of this body, Democrat or Republican, had a chance to amend. They went to the Rules Committee. No Members are allowed to amend them on…
Should we reward American companies and entrepreneurs for their hard work and productivity, or should we reward them for having the best lobbyists in Washington? Well, unfortunately today, with our bloated corporate Tax Code full of…
And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rule and both of the underlying bills. Let's talk a little bit about how these bills got before us, what the…
Reclaiming my time, if it exists already, I don't know why you are passing this bill. The truth is it does not exist to move the oil from the tar sands of Canada to our ports for export. That is what we are talking about here. As far as I…
Let's talk a little bit about what that means. The Rules Committee is not the committee of jurisdiction for these bills. Now, that sounds complicated, but what does that mean? We have specialists here in Congress, specialized staff…
I thank Congresswoman Lee for her constant leadership on this issue. When I was born in 1975, the embargo with Cuba was already more than a decade old. I never knew a time when Americans could go to Cuba or legally import goods and…
The motion that the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) will make might be our last opportunity in this Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. We have a bipartisan bill right here in the House of Representatives. It is…
I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act. Last night, we got a notice that the Rules Committee was going to…
So again, I was excited that perhaps the Rules Committee was going to consider emergency legislation on public health or Ebola or the war with ISIS or our budget. How about a deficit of half a trillion dollars, I call that an emergency…
Well, unfortunately, yet again, we have been stymied in our efforts to address a critical issue facing the American people with a bill that would create over 250,000 jobs for American citizens, would secure our border, restore the rule of…
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