Jared Polis

Mr. POLIS

Mr. POLIS. I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, again, I know that the previous Speaker pro tempore had posed that question some time ago; but I was hoping, by this point, the gentleman from Alabama would have been moved to change his position. I am not going to ask every single time, but I would appreciate if the Chair would pose that question to the gentleman from Alabama about whether he would be willing to accept the most recent unanimous consent request of the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) to save lives.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Michael F. Doyle) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moulton) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Reclaiming my time, again, the gentleman from Alabama can agree to these unanimous consent requests. The way that the answer has been framed, he has not agreed to them. The gentleman from Alabama and the Republicans are obstructing this body and preventing us from going about our business and getting to these bills, but it is certainly well within the authority under this rule for a unanimous consent request to be accepted. With that, I am actually glad to say we have a unanimous consent. I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Well, Mr. Speaker, they could be entertained, if the gentleman from Alabama would simply agree to them. We actually have a forthcoming unanimous consent request. I would hope, Mr. Speaker, that you are willing to pose it to the gentleman from Alabama to see if he would, in fact, agree to what I think is a very reasonable request, to bring forward a bipartisan bill. I am glad to yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) for the purpose of just such a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, now that, in addition to so many rank-and- file Members having made this request, the Democratic leader and the Democratic whip have joined in this request personally and have come down here, I would like to ask the gentleman from Alabama if he would be willing to consider the unanimous consent request at this point. I am happy to yield for an answer.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, that strikes close to home, I would say to Mrs. Davis. That is the name of my daughter as well, Cora; so that is particularly emotional to me as a father. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) for the purpose of a very important unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, a point of parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. POLIS. Point of parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I wish that we had the time to adequately remember all of these victims like Doris Dooley and so many others, but given the limited time we have, I think our priority at this point is breaking through the Republican obstruction and achieving a simple up- or-down vote on these commonsense, bipartisan bills. To that end, I yield to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Reclaiming my time, the parliamentary inquiry in his asking about the time should not be detracted from my time, so that, as well as this, need to be subtracted. Now, we go back to my time, and I yield to the gentleman to ask him how many people we need to come down here so we can have our vote?

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for a very important unanimous consent request that will save lives.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, in a just-breaking Politico article, it says that House leader infighting has forced GOP leaders to indefinitely postpone a vote on an antiterrorism package. You know, I don't know who is going to tell the terrorists that we are postponing a vote on an antiterrorism package. I would hope that the Republicans would join us Democrats in trying to prevent terrorists from quietly assembling arsenals of explosives and guns and weapons to conduct coordinated attacks on the people of our country--that is what we are hoping to do--and break through this Republican obstructionism on this issue. Hopefully, there will be a new, breaking story based on the acceptance of a unanimous consent request that is forthcoming from my colleague from Ohio. I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, would the Chair be willing to pose the question as to whether that unanimous consent request is accepted to the gentleman controlling the time?

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Maxine Waters) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Reclaiming my time, that is not an answer. It is a simple question with a number. I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Brownley), who has a request that will break through this Republican obstruction and save lives, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.