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My district is centered around the progressive college town of Boulder, Colorado, and the high-tech U.S. 36 corridor. It goes from the well-established suburbs of northwest Denver in Adams County to the beautiful mountain towns of Vail and Breckenridge and the majestic Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains.
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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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The most important thing to keep in mind in being effective is focus.
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I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.
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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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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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Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.
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When I was first elected to the Colorado State Board of Education in 2000, we had to carry a big binder filled with hundreds of pages to every meeting. By 2004, the State Board had gone paperless. We even persuaded the less-tech-savvy members to use laptops to pull up their information during meetings.
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In the business world, if you're not looking ahead, you're missing something.
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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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The role of the speaker of the House is to deliver enough votes by understanding and accommodating the individual bottom lines of enough members to pass the bill.
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I have a horrible sense of direction.
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I support offering the public option to members of Congress, and as soon as I'm given the chance, I intend to go on it.
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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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In 1821, Major Stephen H. Long made an expedition to the area now known as Weld County and declared the land was not fit for human prosperity. Almost two centuries later it is without question that Major Long did not have the vision or the admiration for this great place as those of Weld County have today.
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We can pass practical, comprehensive immigration reform.
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We want a Colorado that works for everybody.
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Humans and nations are imperfect, and through our collective efforts, we hope to improve our nation and bring hope and opportunity to millions who lack it.
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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 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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Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.
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Technology improves our lives in so many ways - from our toasters, ovens, and refrigerators at home to our computers, fax machines, and BlackBerrys at work. Technology makes once-burdensome tasks easy and fun.
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Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.
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But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.
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