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Jared Polis

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Jared Schutz Polis is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado, a position he has held since January 8, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Polis previously represented Colorado's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. As governor, he has focused on various issues including education reform, healthcare access, and environmental sustainability, emphasizing the importance of bipartisan cooperation in addressing the challenges facing the state and the nation.

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Feb 7, 2023

Making sure that parents are partners, and know what their students are assigned for homework.

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Feb 7, 2023

We appreciate the Federal investment, and helping to forge parent, student teacher partnerships with all learners.

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Feb 7, 2023

What is important is that the teachers, the principals, meet the needs of all learners, all students, no matter who they are, no matter how they identify.

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Feb 7, 2023

I believe we cannot interrupt education. We cannot sacrifice our future, and our children's future just because of the pandemic.

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Feb 7, 2023

Involving parents is absolutely critical to success.

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Nov 26, 2022

What this is, Chuck, is it’s – and a number of states have it – it's a legal way to temporarily remove access to someone's guns while they're experiencing a mental health crisis.

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Nov 26, 2022

It's called an extreme risk protection order. It works.

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Nov 26, 2022

So, yes, it should be looked at federally. But that doesn't mean to the exclusion of mental health issues, of looking at the rhetoric that's used in the political realm and how that can instigate these acts of violence – all of these are…

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Nov 20, 2022

We need to take a solid look at our public safety laws, including Red Flag Laws to make sure that they're brought to bear when they can save lives.

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Nov 20, 2022

This is a way to reduce self-harm and suicide, as well as to reduce violent actions.

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Nov 20, 2022

We need to call it out aggressively and say it's not okay to say that some group of Americans is somehow the enemy just because of who they are or who they love.

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Nov 20, 2022

Colorado Springs is our second largest city in Colorado. Club Q is the main LGBTQ+ venue. It's a respite for people across not just El Paso County, but Southern Colorado, Northern New Mexico, a place that builds community in areas of the…

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Nov 20, 2022

First, thank you to American hero, Richard Fierro and thank you for featuring him on your show. His actions along with the actions of Thomas James, who himself is recovering from bullet wounds helped save the lives of perhaps dozens of…

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Sep 13, 2022

It would all but ban fracking in Colorado.

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Sep 13, 2022

I trust voters to put good policy over partisan ideology.

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Sep 13, 2022

In November, voters rejected Proposition 112 55 percent to 45 percent because it was bad public policy for Colorado.

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Jul 27, 2022

The Cannabis Caucus was formed to promote and protect hemp and marijuana.

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Jul 27, 2022

I am proud to support the hemp industry and its potential for economic growth.

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Jul 7, 2022

Jared Polis signed an executive order to protect reproductive rights in his state.

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May 11, 2022

The Democratic governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, has a pretty good sense of humor. He actually put out a tweet, saying -- talking about the socialist governor of the state of Florida, and saying that, if companies like Disney would like…

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May 11, 2022

who is actually using the power of government to take away private property right now?

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Apr 20, 2022

This is out of the playbook of authoritarianism, of government intervention in private business, saying, you don`t do what I want -- therefore, I will directly penalize your company.

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Apr 20, 2022

Penalizing a company for not bending your political will is wrong. It is Soviet. It is authoritarian.

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Apr 20, 2022

This is a playbook out of Putin. And we saw where this goes. This is co-opting private companies, saying you got to bend to my will, or we`re going to directly penalize you.

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Apr 19, 2022

This is authoritarian and socialist and kind of creepy, you know, going after these companies over, you know, cultural issues.

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