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  • Investments turn ideas into new jobs
    Mar 31, 2012  - Across Colorado, entrepreneurs are ready to turn great ideas into great, job-creating small businesses. What's holding them back? Not a lack of ingenuity or hard work. The problem is a shortage of capital. One solution is "crowdfunding," which allows small businesses to accept small investments from... More
  • Correcting the Record
    Jan 23, 2012  - NOTE: On Sunday, the Denver Post published an opinion piece by a conservative author that contains serious factual inaccuracies about Congressman Polis. The Denver Post published this item before offering Congressman Polis an opportunity to address these false claims. The Post made no attempt to ver... More
  • Unfair Tariffs Make Working Families Pay
    Oct 12, 2011  - As Congress prepares to consider the Panama, Colombia and South Korea trade agreements, much of the debate will correctly focus on their substantial ability to create good American jobs. But we should not lose sight of how liberalizing trade and removing tariffs can also substantially lower the pric... More
  • Raise Revenues, Not Taxes
    Jul 13, 2011  - The Wall Street Journal - July 13, 2011 This is a leadership moment for President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. The debt limit -- an issue both leaders agree must be addressed -- is the last best hope for regaining America's fiscal footing before 2012 presidential politics bring an al... More
  • CLEAR Act sensible law to safeguard environment
    Jul 28, 2010  - The media, politicians, and citizens have sought to find what caused the Gulf Oil disaster, who to blame, who did or didn’t do their jobs. Finger pointing has gone back and forth, was the Bush administration too close to the oil industry or was the Obama administration too slow to clean up the faile... More
  • Don't gut education reform
    Jul 8, 2010  - Last week, the U.S. House passed legislation with a provision that threatens the immense progress we have made under this president and Congress toward improving educational outcomes for all children. As every district in Colorado knows well, the next wave of budget cuts will have a deep impact on c... More
  • Ending Childhood Hunger
    Jun 10, 2010  - Hunger affects people of all ages, but it is particularly devastating for children. Even short-term episodes of hunger can cause lasting damage to a child’s development, increasing the risk for cognitive, behavioral, and physical problems throughout life. While nearly one in four U.S. children (16.7... More
  • Solution for illegal immigration must be comprehensive
    May 20, 2010  - In the wake of the recent Arizona law -- a misguided and potentially unconstitutional attempt to deal with immigration at the state level -- it is important to examine the relationship between local law enforcement and federal immigration laws. While we understand the zeal that Arizona showed in add... More
  • Time for immigration reform
    May 13, 2010  - By Rep. Jared Polis, Denver Post I have never seen such a disconnect between the will of the American people and Congress. The American people have had it with our broken immigration system. Across the ideological spectrum, no one is happy with the status quo. In the dozens of community forums and t... More
  • Death of a Middleman: the Single Largest Student Aid Investment in US History
    Mar 26, 2010  - Tea Partiers and health insurance lobbyists were not the only ones who descended “like locusts” on Capitol Hill in recent weeks to kill reform. Much less noticed were opponents of another historic reform taking place while the spotlight was on health care. An army of bank lobbyists were working hard... More
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