From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

Colorado is a trade-dependent state.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's easier to stop bad things than to pass good things.

Without net neutrality protections, the Internet would no longer be a free and open ecosystem for innovation.

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.

I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.

I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.

Lawmakers who support CISA will tell you the bill includes some privacy protections. They're right. But these 'protections' are superficial and include broad loopholes that are so far-reaching as to render the protections meaningless.

Americans' information independence is under attack, whether it's the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.

We need innovation and creativity.

I can be happy in the private sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector.

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.

While most of my public service work centers on improving our schools and fixing our broken immigration system, I also strongly stand for personal freedom.

One of my heroes growing up was Jackie Robinson. My mom, an ardent baseball fan from whom I got my love of the game, had an old baseball card of his from the 1950s and told us his amazing story of courage in integrating baseball.

In the absence of federal leadership, Coloradans should take our rightful role as leaders seriously and work with other states and countries to reduce carbon emissions.

Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and take bold, decisive action to protect the American people.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

The so-called Defense of Marriage Act is a valueless tradition that, like laws against interracial marriage that were finally overturned by the Supreme Court in 1967, undermines the spirit of love and commitment that couples share and sends the wrong message to society.

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.

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.

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.

I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith.

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.

My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families.

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

For me, blogging is just like talking.

Senators, representatives too often, we hear from our base, don't talk to the other side, don't with work with them.

A free and open Internet is essential to our democracy, economy, and modern way of life.

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.

What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it.

To be effective in Congress, you must focus. With so many issues and debates occurring at any given time, it is easy to spread yourself too thin and lose sight of your goal.

In the business world, if you're not looking ahead, you're missing something.

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.

When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.

Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on.

Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.

I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes.

One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based governance.

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.

Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.

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.

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.

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

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.

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.

Throughout history, we have only moved forward when society has distinguished between traditional values and valueless traditions.