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Polis, Delaney Introduce Bipartisan Partnership to Build America Act
May 22, 2013
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Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) joined a bipartisan group of 13 Republican and 13 Democratic members of Congress as co-sponsors of Congressman John Delaney's (D-MD) H.R. 2084, the Partnership to Build America Act. This legislation upgrades America’s aging infrastructure with no additional burden to t...
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Reps. Jared Polis, Zoe Lofgren, Thomas Massie & Anna Eshoo Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enable Cell Phone & Wireless Device Unlocking
May 9, 2013
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Reps. Jared Polis (D-CO), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced they have introduced H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013. The bipartisan bill would permanently guarantee consumers can unlock their cell phones, tablets, and other mobile communications de...
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Polis Startup Act 2.0 Will Reboot Colorado Job Creation
Jun 6, 2012
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With job creation and helping small businesses grow his top priorities, Congressman Jared Polis today joined with a bipartisan House coalition to introduce the Startup Act 2.0 – a bill targeted at encouraging startup companies to grow and succeed. "Colorado needs more jobs now, which means we should...
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Delay of SOPA, PIPA Welcome News for Internet Freedom
Jan 20, 2012
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Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement on news that the markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s consideration of the Protect IP Act (PIPA) will be delayed. “This is welcome news for Americans who care about job creation and preserving free speech on the ...
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Statement on Wikipedia, Google’s SOPA Protest
Jan 18, 2012
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Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement on Wikipedia and Google’s blackout today in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which threatens to undermine innovation and job creation on the Internet while failing to effectively combat piracy of intellectual property. Poli...
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An Interview With Rep. Jared Polis: Why We Need To Stop SOPA
Jan 18, 2012
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/18/an-interview-with-rep-jared-polis-why-we-need-to-stop-sopa/ All across the internet today, websites have gone dark to protest two bills in congress that aim at cracking down on online piracy. However, these bills – SOPA in the House and PIPA in the Sen...
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Protect Internet Freedom
Jan 18, 2012
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Mr. Speaker, today many Web sites across the Internet, from Reddit to Wikipedia, have blacked out their sites in protest of a bill before this body, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and its accompanying bill in the Senate, the PIPA Act. These bills threaten free discourse, free speech, and the very infra...
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Polis Fights to Protect CU, CSU from Costs of Policing the Internet
Dec 15, 2011
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Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) today offered an amendment during the House Judiciary Committee’s consideration of an Internet piracy bill that would have protected colleges, universities and non-profit research institutions from compliance costs related to policing copyright protect content. The leg...
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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week
Dec 6, 2011
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of Computer Science Education Week, which started this past Sunday, December 4, 2011, and runs through Saturday, December 10. This week-long celebration of the teaching and learning of computer science is a call to share information and host activities...
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Polis Statement on Bipartisan, Bicameral SOPA Alternative
Dec 2, 2011
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Today Reps. Jared Polis (D-CO), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statements regarding the legislative framework they developed with House and Senate colleagues to address the problem of copyright and trademark infringement perpetrated by websites operating outside t...
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