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  • Polis Issues Statement on Student Interest Rate Vote
    May 23, 2013  - Today, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) voted in favor of H.R. 1911, the Smarter Solutions for Students Act, which passed with a vote of 221 to 198. “Students in Colorado and across the nation cannot afford to see their student loan interest rates double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent,” said Rep. Polis. “Th... More
  • Polis Becomes Lead Democrat on Email Privacy Act
    May 23, 2013  - Congressman Jared Polis (CO-02) joined Congressmen Kevin Yoder (KS-03) and Tom Graves (GA-14) as the lead Democrat sponsor on H.R. 1852, the Email Privacy Act. Since introducing the legislation last week, Rep. Polis has worked with Reps. Yoder and Graves to gather a total of 77 co-sponsors for the b... More
  • Polis, Delaney Introduce Bipartisan Partnership to Build America Act
    May 22, 2013  - 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... More
  • Polis, Chu & Connolly Push for Responsibility in Irresponsible Pipeline Bill
    May 22, 2013  - Today, Representatives Jared Polis (CO-02), Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27), Environment Taskforce Chair for the SEEC, and Gerry Connolly (VA-11), SEEC Co-Chair, joined forces to ensure that the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R.... More
  • Bipartisan Coalition Proposes Fix to AP Phone Hack
    May 16, 2013  - Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), Justin Amash (R-MI), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) today introduced legislation to prevent federal agencies from seizing Americans’ telephone records without a court order. H.R. 2014, the Telephone Records Protection Act, requires court approval when ... More
  • Polis Issues Statement Commending BLM Fracking Rules
    May 16, 2013  - Congressman Jared Polis, Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, commends the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for releasing its updated draft rules for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on public lands. Millions of acres of America’s public lands are used for oil and gas deve... More
  • Polis, Udall, Bennet Introduce Growth to Excellence Act to Ensure Students are College- and Career-Ready the Day They Graduate High School
    May 14, 2013  - Congressman Jared Polis joined with Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet today to introduce the Growth to Excellence Act to ensure that schools have better, more dynamic standards and systems to track student performance from year to year. Colorado's dynamic "growth model" for measuring students' ... More
  • Reps. Jared Polis, Zoe Lofgren, Thomas Massie & Anna Eshoo Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enable Cell Phone & Wireless Device Unlocking
    May 9, 2013  - 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... More
  • Polis, Chu, Udall and Hirono Introduce Bill to Support Pregnant & Parenting Students
    May 7, 2013  - To mark National Teen Pregnancy Month, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) joined U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) to introduce the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act (PPSAE), a bill that would help states and local school districts support pre... More
  • Polis, Petri Introduce Bill to Simplify and Improve Federal Student Loans
    Apr 25, 2013  - Today, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), both members of the Education and Workforce Committee, introduced the Earnings Contingent Education Loans (ExCEL) Act of 2013 to simplify and improve student loan repayment for borrowers and save taxpayer dollars. This innovativ... More
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