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Today, Representative Jared Polis (CO-02), the Ranking Member of the House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, issued the following statement after President Obama directed the Department of Labor to move forward with a proposed rulemaking to protect families from bad retirement advice by requiring retirement advisers to abide by a “fiduciary” standard: “As our economy and the middle class continue to recover after the devastating effects of the Great Recession, families are fi... Read more

Dear Friend, As a reminder, I'll be hosting a Telephone Town Hall at 5:30 p.m. today, where I'm eager to hear your thoughts and ideas on the best policies to grow our economy. Unfortunately, Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez is unable to join us due to a conflict, but we'll be joined by Deputy Secretary Christopher Lu as well as Jeff Zients, the director of the National Economic Council. I hope you'll participate to share your thoughts on a range of important issues, including protections again... Read more

Today, Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced two bills that together would legalize and tax marijuana at the federal level. Representative Polis’s legislation, H.R. 1013, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, removes marijuana from the schedule set by the Controlled Substances Act; transitions marijuana oversight from the jurisdiction of the Drug Enforcement Agency to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and regulates marijuana like alcoh... Read more

Hours after a federal judge halted an executive action on immigration – part of which was set to take effect Wednesday – that would have expanded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and created a new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program, Congressman Jared Polis (CO-02) issued the following statement: “DACA’s expansion and the new DAPA program will provide welcome relief for the tens of thousands of hard-working Coloradans who live in constant fear that... Read more

Representative Jared Polis (CO-02) was recommended this week to serve as a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, which would make him the only member of the Democratic Caucus from a western-mountain state on the panel. “As the Representative for a district that is composed of 62% federal lands, I'm always concerned with ensuring there is strong local input into the administration of these lands,” said Representative Polis. “As a member of the Natural Resources Committee, I can bett... Read more

Today, Congressmen Blake Farenthold (TX-27) and Jared Polis (CO-02) reintroduced H.R. 862, the You Own Devices Act (‘YODA’). YODA would ensure that licensing terms for essential software that allows a physical good to operate does not prevent consumers from selling, leasing, or giving away the physical good. Congressman Farenthold and Congressman Polis will announce the bill’s introduction and briefly take questions at the R Street copyright lunch this afternoon. “For too long our antiquated cop... Read more

Representative Jared Polis (CO-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today introduced a pair of education bills that cover some of his top priorities for the 114th Congress. The bills cover a range of education topics including teacher and administration training and funding for innovative teaching methods. These introductions come in advance of the House beginning debate on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. “As the House beg... Read more

Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) today introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), which would help protect public school students from bullying, harassment, and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) will be introducing the companion bill in the Senate today. “Every single child deserves a quality education that is free from discrimination and prepares them for college an... Read more

Today, Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Luke Messer (R-IN) released the following statement regarding their plans to introduce student data privacy legislation in the House of Representatives. Earlier today, the White House posted a statement confirming they have been working with Reps. Polis and Messer on this important topic. “We are excited to be working together to protect student privacy in this age of digital learning. There have been important innovations in classroom instruction ov... Read more

Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators introduced a bill to modernize our nation’s electronic privacy laws and bring protections against warrantless searches into harmony with the technological realities of the 21st century. The “Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015” (ECPA) was submitted in the Senate by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT). Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Kevin Yoder (R-KS) sponsored the House version of the bill. “There is n... Read more