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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
Enterprise zones have succeeded in attracting needed capital to our urban poverty centers. Businesses and investors that wouldn't otherwise give these blighted areas a second glance react to the incentives and invest.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
The role of the speaker of the House is to deliver enough votes by understanding and accommodating the individual bottom lines of enough members to pass the bill.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 Democratic Party.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology improves our lives in so many ways - from our toasters, ovens, and refrigerators at home to our computers, fax machines, and BlackBerrys at work. Technology makes once-burdensome tasks easy and fun.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to make a difference.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's critical to show that we can meet our commitment to students with disabilities without raising taxes and without increasing the deficit. In the past, there's been strong support for full funding and I'm still hearing that from many of my colleagues.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 intellectual property, they'll wither away.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.
- Geek
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 always on purpose, though.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.
- Priorities
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- Nov 07, 2020
But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If my son had a baseless accusation made against him at a university, and it was making his life there miserable, I would suggest he transfer or take courses online.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
It can be a living hell to go through endless campus investigations. I've seen this go down, and there really is no winning once the accusation is made, even if the process provides formal vindication.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on.
- Horrible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a horrible sense of direction.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't particularly care what people think of me as long as I know what I'm doing is right.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can be happy in the private sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along.
- Feathers
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to follow my moral compass.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am from Colorado. I know Colorado inside and out.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many public and private entities simply don't take advantage of tools already at their disposal to protect themselves from hackers. No amount of information sharing will help solve that problem.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new powers in 2008.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's insulting when somebody who is not a member of our community feels like they have a great understanding of what it's like to grow up gay in this country.
- Talk
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to treat my orientation the same way I would if I was straight, which is to talk about it when it's relevant.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democratic, Republican members of Congress get along fine. But what you have is this institutional Hatfield and McCoy sentiment coming from our constituents, where the base of both sides doesn't want people to get along. But the majority of Americans, I feel, the majority, they are in the middle. They actually do want both sides to get together.
- Nov 07, 2020
Senators, representatives too often, we hear from our base, don't talk to the other side, don't with work with them.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a Democrat. But first and foremost, I am a Coloradan and an American who wants government to function and solve the challenges we face as a country, then make way for people to pursue their dreams without interference.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before running for Congress, I was an innovator and entrepreneur who founded several high-tech businesses that created hundreds of jobs and schools that found ways to serve those children that traditional schools couldn't.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have taken my outside-the-box, innovative, and sometimes unorthodox approach to Congress.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to find a way that every Coloradan can participate in our economic growth and feel that all the changes that are occurring are working to their benefit rather than their detriment.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
The need for a national Employment Non-Discrimination Act a critical part of the LGBT community's struggle for equality.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
No American should have to live in constant fear that their employer can fire them just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Members of the LGBT community should feel welcome and know their rights are protected regardless of what state they reside in.
- Freedom Of Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having to censor yourself - whether it's lying at the water cooler about how you spent your weekend, scrubbing your Facebook page of any revealing facts, or pretending to be with someone you aren't - is the antithesis of our foundation as a nation based on freedom of expression and association.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too often, our most vulnerable students - English-language learners, immigrants, poor kids, teenage parents, students with behavioral problems and learning disabilities - fall through the cracks.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our students are the best investment we can make for our country and our future economic prosperity. It's in our best interest to ensure they're receiving the best education possible and maximizing their potential.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why I created the New America School - to fill the cracks in our public education system.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, blogging is just like talking.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My constituents want me to be outspoken - it's part of the reason they elected me - and the inevitable side effect of being outspoken is that, occasionally, you put your foot in your mouth.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember well my first 300 baud modem, which dialed up and scrolled text at an agonizingly slow speed.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
While still in college, I started my first Internet company - American Information Systems - a dial-up Internet provider in the Internet's formative years.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Members of Congress wear two hats: one as Washington legislator, the other as listener and community leader back home.
- Centered
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- Nov 07, 2020
My district is centered around the progressive college town of Boulder, Colorado, and the high-tech U.S. 36 corridor. It goes from the well-established suburbs of northwest Denver in Adams County to the beautiful mountain towns of Vail and Breckenridge and the majestic Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains.
- Constituents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've started several small businesses myself and know that it is tough out there for the little guy in the global economy. I came to the conclusion that, oftentimes, the best thing the government can do for small business is to stay out of the way.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have hundreds of people from every political and demographic group you can imagine coming out day after day to take part in the national health care debate is fantastic.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion, real reform, which lowers costs and ensures all Americans get the quality, affordable health care that they deserve, cannot be accomplished without a robust public option.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people trust an insurance company over the government, while others trust the government over insurance companies.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I support offering the public option to members of Congress, and as soon as I'm given the chance, I intend to go on it.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Businesses have no place being 'too big to fail.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can no more condone the wastefulness of self-serving company executives than we can the sacrifice of the lives of our citizens in a senseless war.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August recess,' but don't let the name fool you - it's not even close to a vacation.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite part of the experience of serving in Congress is knowing that my time and effort are spent for the greater good and for the betterment of our nation.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020