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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.
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…
Let's replace the antiquity that is our broken immigration system with one that reflects our values as a country. The hole in our border security is wider than the Grand Canyon the gentleman from Utah mentions. Let's fix that. The hole in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How does the Speaker know the ``feelings'' of the gentleman from Utah? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman stated that he will not yield to any more unanimous consent requests of this type.
Point of parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.
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