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  • Polis Amendment Would Save Taxpayers $640 Million
    Jun 7, 2012  - Mr. Chairman, our Nation continues to struggle under an increasing mountain of debt. My constituents sent me to Washington to do something about the budget deficit. That's why I was one of the handful of Members who voted for the Simpson-Bowles budget--the only budget, I might add, of the five budge... More
  • Repeal of Medical Device Tax
    Jun 7, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rule for the underlying bills H.R. 436, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, and H.R. 5882, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Frankly, I'm disappointed that the House Republicans continue to bring bills to the House under a... More
  • Polis Defense Amendment Saves Taxpayer Money By Bringing Home Troops
    May 17, 2012  - Mr. Chairman, maintaining four brigade combat teams in Europe is an example of the kind of wasteful spending that should be cut from the Federal Government. This is the fourth time I've offered an amendment to reduce U.S. troop levels in Europe, and it has received more support on the floor of the H... More
  • Polis Amendment Would Save $400 Million by Reducing Wasteful Missile Defense Spending
    May 17, 2012  - Mr. Chair, my amendment would reduce funding for the failed Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program by $404 million. This missile defense program was designed to intercept limited intermediate and long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles before they reenter the Earth's atmosphere. Now, a... More
  • Remarks on H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Act and H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act
    May 16, 2012  - Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bills: H.R. 4970, the Cantor-Adams bill, and H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act. Before we discuss the unprecedented rule for the Cantor-Adams bill, which has really turned what has traditionally been a bipartisan issu... More
  • Keep Student Loan Interest Rates Low
    Apr 26, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rule and the underlying bills: H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, and H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act. Both bills are being brought to the House under a hyperpartisan, closed process that limits debate and... More
  • House Continues Pork Barrel Spending Despite Earmark Ban
    Apr 18, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, usually when something is killed, it stays dead. But just like a zombie movie, some earmarks refuse to die and return to life as wasteful deficit spending. That's what has happened with this bill and what my simple commonsense amendment corrects. This Congress was supposed to eliminate ... More
  • House Should Pass a Bipartisan Transportation Bill
    Apr 18, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II. Transportation policy has been and should be bipartisan. In fact, it's largely considered nonpartisan across our country, where mayors and county commissioner... More
  • Women Deserve Equal Pay
    Apr 18, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in observation of Equal Pay Day, a day that signifies, to a degree, how far we've come with regard to breaking the glass ceiling and providing opportunities for all Americans, regardless of gender, but it also reminds us how far we have to go, how far we have to go before p... More
  • Remarks on Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, H.R. 3606
    Mar 7, 2012  - I rise in support of this bill, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have worked long and hard on a number of these bills. In my remarks today, Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly: the good that these bills can do to free up ou... More
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