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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We want a Colorado that works for everybody.
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The need for a national Employment Non-Discrimination Act a critical part of the LGBT community's struggle for equality.
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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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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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You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along.
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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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I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.
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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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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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If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.
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Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
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I am from Colorado. I know Colorado inside and out.
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With the policymaking process, you have an idea, and you try to sell other stakeholders on the idea. That's not much different than in business, where you're trying to find capital to make your idea a reality.
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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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I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.
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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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From our humble beginning as a supply town for miners, to the national leader in smart growth and environmental stewardship we are today, Boulder has always been dedicated to the careful balance of entrepreneurship and wise land use.
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I am a Democrat. But first and foremost, I am a Coloradan and an American who wants government to function and solve the challenges we face as a country, then make way for people to pursue their dreams without interference.
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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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Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.
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Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on.
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I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes.
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The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.