Member of Congress

Jared Polis

Role
Former Representative
State
CO
Party
Democrat

Speeches

PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5, STUDENT SUCCESS ACT2015-02-26

Mr. POLIS

Mr. POLIS. The records of the House that I have indicate that there are 192 Members of the House that are cosponsors of funding the Department of Homeland Security, and my records further indicate that zero are Republican. Point of parliamentary inquiry, do your records agree with mine?

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, upon further parliamentary inquiry, how many of H.R. 861's cosponsors are Republican?

Mr. POLIS. How many cosponsors does H.R. 861, the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, currently have?

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, a lot of my colleagues have made unanimous consent requests. I, too, would like to make a unanimous consent request, and I yield to myself for that purpose. I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 861, the clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would ensure that Border Patrol agents, TSA screeners, Coast Guard members, and Secret Service agents would continue to be paid for protecting the American people.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, with barely more than 24 hours remaining before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, my colleague has an idea that he would like to propose to address that. I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardenas) 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 unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, in just over 24 hours the Department of Homeland Security will run out of funding. Fortunately, I have a colleague who has a solution to this impasse. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, the territories are also affected by a lapse in Homeland Security. Fortunately, Ms. Plaskett is here with a solution. I yield to the gentlewoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, with just over 24 hours remaining before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Clarke) for a unanimous consent request to address this funding impasse.

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

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, with just over 24 hours remaining before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), who has a solution to this impasse.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Ted Lieu), who has a solution to the funding impasse at the Department of Homeland Security, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, with barely more than 24 hours left before the closure of the Department of Homeland Security, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Bonamici) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty), who has a solution to the funding impasse at DHS, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), who is an appropriator herself, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Dingell) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, my colleague from California (Ms. Judy Chu) has a solution to the funding impasse at DHS, and I yield to her for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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

Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, with barely more than 24 hours remaining before the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, I yield to my colleague from New York (Mr. Tonko) for the purpose of a very important unanimous consent request.

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