{"id":100571,"date":"2018-04-03T23:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T05:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/u-s-rep-jared-polis-to-correct-congressional-record\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T23:49:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T05:49:58","slug":"u-s-rep-jared-polis-to-correct-congressional-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/u-s-rep-jared-polis-to-correct-congressional-record\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Jared Polis to correct Congressional Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d5bc581b-6237-44a3-a8fe-19545e41dca6&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d5bc581b-6237-44a3-a8fe-19545e41dca6&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d5bc581b-6237-44a3-a8fe-19545e41dca6&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d5bc581b-6237-44a3-a8fe-19545e41dca6&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will correct the Congressional Record after misidentifying a Bayfield family as his constituents during an April 2016 speech on the U.S. House floor.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will correct the Congressional Record after misidentifying a Bayfield family as his constituents during an April 2016 speech on the U.S. House floor.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of CSPAN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will correct the Congressional Record after misidentifying a Bayfield family as his constituents, said Jessica Bralish, Polis\u2019 spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman, a Democrat running for governor of Colorado, represents Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District, which includes 10 counties in north-central Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to Edin Ramos \u2013 who is facing deportation \u2013 and his family as \u201cconstituents of mine\u201d during an April 2016 speech on the U.S. House floor.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\" data-naviga-align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c5909894-fc99-48b9-ab33-c415e4ea238f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c5909894-fc99-48b9-ab33-c415e4ea238f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c5909894-fc99-48b9-ab33-c415e4ea238f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c5909894-fc99-48b9-ab33-c415e4ea238f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2002\" alt=\"Polis\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Polis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>But, the family lives in Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses La Plata County.<\/p>\n<p>During his nearly six-minute speech, Polis advocated for a permanent solution for Ramos, who has since been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Edin Ramos of Colorado \u2026 fled his home county to avoid persecution and extortion,\u201d Polis said in his speech. \u201cHe\u2019s a very successful business owner in my district. He and his wife employ 12 people, make investments in our local community, and we rely on them for jobs and the services they provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Durango Herald contacted Bralish last week to ask if Polis had considered correcting the record. She declined to answer several questions related to Polis\u2019 comments on the House floor, including whether he would correct the Congressional Record.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"naviga-social-embed\">&lt;![CDATA[\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>]]&gt;<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough Mr. Ramos is not a resident of the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado, he has close family ties in Fort Collins,\u201d Bralish wrote in an email to the Herald on March 28. \u201cAssisting constituents, or their close family members, is standard practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Bralish said Polis submitted a correction to the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe (the clerk) will correct the transcript of the record,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bralish went on to defend Polis\u2019 comments on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know him as a person, and I know he was never coming from a nefarious place,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was never trying to deceive anyone. We want to be as transparent as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats in the race for governor include former state Sen. Mike Johnston, former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:mrupani@durangoherald.com\">mrupani@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman incorrectly claimed constituents on House floor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[981,2194,265],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-100571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-colorado-3rd-congressional-district","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-politics"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100571"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=100571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}