Jared Polis: Boulder

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“I rise today to commemorate one of the most fateful days in the history of the State of Colorado, the day the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant outside of Boulder nearly became America's own Chernobyl, some 30 years before that terrible accident in the Ukraine.”

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Jared Polis, "Commemorating the Rocky Flats 1969 Fire", Congressional Record, May 12, 2009.

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“From our humble beginning as a supply town for miners, to the national leader in smart growth and environmental stewardship we are today, Boulder has always been dedicated to the careful balance of entrepreneurship and wise land use.”

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Jared Polis, "Boulder, Colorado's Sesquicentennial", Congressional Record, June 25, 2009.

“Boulder Rep. Jared Polis is something of a hero to the medical marijuana industry, but recently he took on another fight: the battle against the Stop Online Piracy Act.”

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www.csindy.com, Colorado Springs Independent, January 19, 2012, Congressman fights SOPA with porn, Bryce Crawford http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/01/19/congressman-fights-sopa-with-porn,
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“Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.”

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[KXRM, http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=360695#.TzY6WURSRn0, www.coloradoconnection.com, August 10, 2009, Colo. delegation votes party lines on hate crime, Associated Press]
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