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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.
I will be happy to talk about TPP for a moment. I have some time coming up on a different topic. But one of the issues around it has been the secrecy under which it has been negotiated. I actually, some months ago--to show that these are…
And I certainly wish that we had acted on immigration reform. We did pass under Democratic control a DREAM Act, if the gentleman will recall, in the waning days of the 111th Congress, and did take at least one constructive step with an…
I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Chu), a member of the Judiciary Committee, one of the key architects and somebody who worked very hard on this bill.
It seems more like we have been in a timeout for 3 months since these bills have passed committee.
Reclaiming my time, 68 Members of the Senate, including many Republicans, including former Presidential Republican nominee John McCain, supported the Senate immigration reform bill. I certainly understand the desire to get it right, but…
One of the ways that H.R. 15 was actually brought to the floor of the House and introduced was by the chief sponsor of the bill. The gentleman from Florida, in his short time in the House, has made an enormous impression, and particularly…
Will the Speaker understand that the Speaker is obstructing H.R. 15 from coming to the floor? Will the Speaker understand that? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend.
Will the Speaker understand that? Will the Speaker understand that? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed.
Will the Speaker understand that the Speaker is preventing H.R. 15 from coming to the floor, and that is why there are men and women in the gallery that potentially face deportation and their families are being torn apart. It is very…
The gentle people in the gallery, the men and women who are spending their time here, would not have to be in those galleries advocating if this House simply took up the bill. Do you think they want to be spending their time here, Madam…
I am here today, unfortunately, to talk about the continuing inaction of this body on immigration reform. It has been 159 days since the Senate passed a commonsense immigration reform bill securing our borders, creating jobs for Americans…
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 229, noes 185, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 619] AYES--229…
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