Jared Polis Quotes
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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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In my opinion, real reform, which lowers costs and ensures all Americans get the quality, affordable health care that they deserve, cannot be accomplished without a robust public option.
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The Federal Communications Commission needs to listen and serve the American people, not special interests.
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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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Members of the LGBT community should feel welcome and know their rights are protected regardless of what state they reside in.
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If my son had a baseless accusation made against him at a university, and it was making his life there miserable, I would suggest he transfer or take courses online.
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You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along.
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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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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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In order to create real, long-lasting reform, we must create a pathway to legal status for the millions of undocumented immigrants who have made lives for themselves and their families in the United States.
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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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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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Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
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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'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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When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.
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Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.
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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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We want a Colorado that works for everybody.
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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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Trying to enforce our out-of-touch laws is as foolish and impossible as trying to enforce a law requiring that water flow uphill.
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Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.