Jared Polis Quotes
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Members of Congress wear two hats: one as Washington legislator, the other as listener and community leader back home.
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If our country is to advance, let it be upon the legs of lessons well-learned.
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The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new powers in 2008.
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There is a great deal of innovation occurring in Colorado, with some of the most brilliant minds and creative startup companies in the world formulating climate-change solutions right in our backyard.
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I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.
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Co-sponsoring a bill is fairly easy, like a group project which you work on with others.
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I don't particularly care what people think of me as long as I know what I'm doing is right.
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Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.
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Democratic, Republican members of Congress get along fine. But what you have is this institutional Hatfield and McCoy sentiment coming from our constituents, where the base of both sides doesn't want people to get along. But the majority of Americans, I feel, the majority, they are in the middle. They actually do want both sides to get together.
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The so-called Defense of Marriage Act is a valueless tradition that, like laws against interracial marriage that were finally overturned by the Supreme Court in 1967, undermines the spirit of love and commitment that couples share and sends the wrong message to society.
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You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along.
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As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.
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I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem.
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We want a Colorado that works for everybody.
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I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.
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I've started several small businesses myself and know that it is tough out there for the little guy in the global economy. I came to the conclusion that, oftentimes, the best thing the government can do for small business is to stay out of the way.
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If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.
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I try to treat my orientation the same way I would if I was straight, which is to talk about it when it's relevant.
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Our students are the best investment we can make for our country and our future economic prosperity. It's in our best interest to ensure they're receiving the best education possible and maximizing their potential.
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Enterprise zones have succeeded in attracting needed capital to our urban poverty centers. Businesses and investors that wouldn't otherwise give these blighted areas a second glance react to the incentives and invest.
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It is essential for our national security to know who resides within our borders.
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Before running for Congress, I was an innovator and entrepreneur who founded several high-tech businesses that created hundreds of jobs and schools that found ways to serve those children that traditional schools couldn't.
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My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner table and going to different marches for different causes.
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Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.