Jared Polis

Mr. POLIS

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

Mr. POLIS. I ask the gentleman from Alabama: How many of us have to come down requesting this until you grant it? Well, your silence speaks words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hahn) 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. Do we need to make?

Mr. POLIS. Does the gentleman from Alabama have the ability to yield for that purpose?

Mr. POLIS. You are. It is my time. I am yielding for an answer.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wilson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request only that would save lives.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to save lives. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

Mr. POLIS. I will take that as no. And, sadly, we are not about to run out of victims, Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the Democratic leader.

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

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. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Brownley) who has a very important and timely unanimous consent request that would save lives.

Mr. POLIS. Can the gentleman from Alabama accept a unanimous consent request to yield for the purpose of a bill being brought forth?

Mr. POLIS. I would be happy to yield if the gentleman from Alabama would be willing to accept the unanimous consent request from Mrs. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Titus) for a unanimous consent request that would prevent terrorists from assembling arsenals that they would use to cause harm to our fellow Americans.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield the gentleman from Alabama from my time to ask how many more unanimous consent requests we need to have until we can have this vote. Reclaiming my time, his silence continues to speak volumes, as does the silence of the Republican majority and the Speaker in the wake of an unprecedented wave of violence and terrorism in our country. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, so many of us have made unanimous consent requests. I have asked the gentleman from Alabama how many times we have to make this motion until the Republicans end their obstructionism. I have not received an adequate answer. I was hopeful that the gentleman from Alabama would have accepted this unanimous consent request by now. I was hopeful that the Chair would have posed a question to him multiple times, rather than accept his very first answer, now that the Democratic leaders and rank-and-file Members have all come forward in support of bringing forward this bill and breaking through the Republican obstructionism. I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson).

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I want to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama how many people we need to have more come down here until our request is granted? Parliamentary Inquiry

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, again, I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Alabama: When will the Republican obstructionism end? I am happy to yield for an answer.

Mr. POLIS. Reclaiming my time, again, I think no matter how the gentleman from Alabama says it, the simple translation of that is: no, we won't consider that request. So at this point, we have a very important request that would save lives and help prevent terrorist attacks in our country. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, for a unanimous consent request.