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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.
Isn't that wonderful? Isn't this great that the President has made 19 changes to improve the Affordable Care Act to make it work? You know what? That is what a marriage takes. That is what has helped the Affordable Care Act withstand the…
This bill--this 50th anniversary--golden anniversary of ObamaCare repeals here in the House--50th vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, gutting mental parity, health parity, gutting protection for Americans with preexisting conditions…
I do urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question and to vote ``no'' on the underlying bills. We could be doing a lot of important work here in the House rather than to have, I think, what both sides would agree is a…
We are here today as part of the New Democratic Coalition Immigration Task Force, which I am proud to cochair along with my colleagues, Representative Garcia and Representative Castro. I am here to discuss immigration reform and what the…
I think most Americans, like myself, are somewhat offended that we don't have the rule of law in this country. There are millions--10 million, 12 million. We don't even know how many people that are here illegally. We don't know where they…
I thank the gentleman from Texas. The strength of our Nation, a nation built on immigrants, is that the best, brightest, and hardest working from across the world want to move here. The countries that have a bigger problem today are those…
I thank the gentleman from California, who has been a tremendous leader in the fight to fix our broken immigration system, for his heartfelt comments. I wanted to quote from last week a Wall Street Journal op-ed that criticized the…
Another sector it would be great for is the real estate industry and homes. Many immigrants who don't have their status currently are forced to rent, sometimes under the table. They would be able to finance and buy their own homes, helping…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adopting…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 177, noes 241, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 70] AYES--177 Bass Beatty Becerra Bera (CA) Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY)…
I have an amendment at the desk to correct the name of the bill to the Protect Anonymous Special Interests Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Polis of Colorado moves to amend…
I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am forced to rise again in opposition to the rule and the two underlying bills that are…
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