Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
To be effective in Congress, you must focus. With so many issues and debates occurring at any given time, it is easy… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Far too many of our elected officials are chained to an ideology that is rooted in the past. They are keepers of… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
My favorite part of the experience of serving in Congress is knowing that my time and effort are spent for the greater… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
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… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
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… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
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… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Many rogue sites exist to make a profit and others are enormously expensive to maintain. If they don't have the resources to continue stealing… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Trying to enforce our out-of-touch laws is as foolish and impossible as trying to enforce a law requiring that water flow uphill. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image