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Boulder – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Jared Polis this week sent letters to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William Long and Regional Administrator Lee dePalo, supporting Boulder County’s request for reimbursements for disaster recovery efforts after the 2013 floods. “Local governments should have the flexibility to apply objective criteria to determine if a facility meets safety standards based on the specifics of that facility as well a... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., will introduce several amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization in the Committee on Rules in the House of Representatives today. Polis’s amendment to protect families and children is based on the Lasting Improvements to Family Travel (LIFT) Act, which is sponsored by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., in the Senate. It would allow children under 13 to sit next to a caregiver at no additional cost; add pregnant women to airline nondiscriminatio... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., sent a detailed agriculture and farming plan to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee in the House of Representatives. Polis submitted the letter as the committee is considering reauthorization of the pivotal farming legislation. Polis’s letter reads, in part: “A good farm bill is not only critical to supporting my District and Colorado’s diverse agriculture industry, but it also supports economic development in rural communities and maintains t... Read more

115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 834 Expressing no confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and calling for the immediate resignation of the Administrator. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2018 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Rush, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Welch, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Me... Read more

The House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously approved Rep. Jared Polis’s, D-Colo., ACE Act today. The bipartisan bill facilitates land exchanges between Western state land offices and federal public land agencies, and helps increase education revenue. “By cutting red tape between state land trusts and the federal government, we can protect our most precious wilderness areas, while generating more revenue for local governments and schools that desperately need it,” said Rep. Polis. “I am ... Read more

Philip P. DiStefano Office of the Chancellor University Administrative Center 914 Broadway Boulder, CO 80309 Dear Chancellor DiStefano: The University of Colorado Student Government has a proud history of empowering students. It’s a history that the University of Colorado at Boulder should hold in the highest regard. Many who have participated in student government at the University of Colorado have gone on to contribute to the State of Colorado, nation, and world in meaningful ways. Student gov... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo.; Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.; and Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif. 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. The bill has over 100 cosponsors in total. The Student Non-Discrimination Act is more necessary than ever, as the Departments of Education and Justice - under ... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., is attempting again to get the House of Representatives to debate and vote on the “McClintock-Polis Amendment.” This time he wrote a letter to appropriators for the FY 2019 budget. Previously, he tried to get the amendment on the short-term budget for the current fiscal year. The McClintock-Polis amendment prevents the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from prosecuting anyone for using, selling, or possessing marijuana in compliance with state laws - protecting the... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., is leading over 60 members of Congress in demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) process initial requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that were filed prior to the Sept. 2017 termination - as well as all renewals filed since that date - as expeditiously as possible. Federal courts have recently stated that DHS must continue to process DACA renewal requests, but the timing of... Read more

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., gave the following statement after the U.S. Dept. of Education usurped states by saying that federal student loan servicers do not have to comply with state law to protect students from predatory student loan lenders. “The Trump Administration is more worried about protecting fraudulent student loan companies than students themselves. This is an attempt to take away a state’s right to protect students, giving student loan servicers free reign to scam them,” said Polis... Read more