Co-sponsoring a bill is fairly easy, like a group project which you work on with others. Jared Polis Read Quote
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. Jared Polis Read Quote
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing. Jared Polis Read Quote
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. Jared Polis Read Quote
I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes. Jared Polis Read Quote
We need to prove to American voters, particularly independent voters who gave us this opportunity to lead, that this is not your grandfather’s tax-and-spend Democratic Party. Jared Polis Read Quote
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. Jared Polis Read Quote
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. Jared Polis Read Quote
Creating a sustainable, economic, social, and ecological environment that provides everyone the opportunity to succeed is my mission in Congress. Jared Polis Read Quote
The life of a congressional spouse is harder than the life of the member. They do all the work and get none of the recognition. Jared Polis Read Quote
