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• 12/08/12: CU Federal Funding Unaffected by Amendment 64

• 12/07/12: Statement on Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Cases

• 12/06/12: Polis Advocacy Helps Deliver $30 Million Early Learning Grant

• 11/30/12: Members of CO Delegation Urge President, Congressional Leaders to Support Emergency Disaster Relief after Wildfires

• 11/16/12: Polis, Colleagues Urge Feds to Respect State Marijuana Laws

• The University of Colorado is not in jeopardy of losing a single dime of federal funding due to Amendment 64. President Benson has allowed his personal opposition to Amendment 64 to compromise his responsibility to the university by spreading an alarmist claim that has no basis in fact.
  
  
  CU Federal Funding Unaffected by Amendment 64 - U.S. Representative Jared Polis
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  Congressman Jared Polis issued the following statement in reaction to University of Colorado President Bruce Benson???s claim in an email sent on Friday night that Amendment 64 would impact federal funding.
• Equality before the law is the foundation of any just society and the fundamental issue at hand in the Perry and Windsor cases. The Court can put to rest the notion that second-class citizenry is acceptable in America by striking down DOMA and ensuring that discrimination is removed from California???s state constitution. That is the only just result of these two cases.
  
  
  Statement on Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Cases - U.S. Representative Jared Polis
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  Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement on the announcement that the Supreme Court will hear two cases related to same-sex marriage. Hollingsworth v. Perry challenges California???s Proposition 8, which reversed a California Supreme Court decision allowing same same-sex marriag...
• I thank President Obama and Secretary Napolitano for this step towards addressing the sexual assault crisis in our detention facilities, particularly the inclusion of an external audit requirement in the draft rule. I look forward to closely reviewing the new rule and will closely monitor its implementation and enforcement so that people in U.S. custody are protected against such heinous acts.
  
  
  Polis, Quigley Welcome New DHS Detention Guidelines to Prevent Abuse - U.S. Representative Jared Pol
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  Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) released the following statements in reaction to the release of new regulations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intended to prevent sexual abuse in detention facilities. In January 2012, Polis and Quigley were joine...
• Colorado leads the nation in education reform efforts that foster innovative solutions aimed ensuring that every child can achieve, graduate, and go on to success in life. I am thrilled that our hard work has paid off with this $30 million investment in closing achievement gaps and improving student outcomes. This is just another step toward making Colorado???s schools second-to-none so that all children have the opportunity to go as far their talents will take them.
  
  
  Polis Advocacy Helps Deliver $30 Million Early Learning Grant - U.S. Representative Jared Polis
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  Colorado today won a $30 million early childhood education grant that will help prepare all young people for kindergarten and for future success in school, thanks in part to the leadership and advocacy of Congressman Jared Polis. Over the next four years, funding from the U.S. Department of Educatio...
• While we recognize that other states have chosen a different path, and further understand that the federal government has an important role to play in protecting against interstate shipments of marijuana leaving Colorado or Washington, we ask that your Departments take no enforcement action against anyone who acts in compliance with the laws of Colorado, Washington and any other states that choose to regulate access to marijuana for medicinal or personal use.
  
  
  Polis, Colleagues Urge Feds to Respect State Marijuana Laws - U.S. Representative Jared Polis
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  Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) today in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart urged that federal law enforcement take no action against anyone who acts in compliance with the laws of Colorado, Washington and any other states that ...