Jared Polis: “We literally have employees that just sit there to comply…”

“And I would add that we at the state level, if the federal government makes compliance easier in certain areas, we could cut too. So We literally have employees that just sit there to comply with federal requirements. So I'd love to find a way where if they make the federal compliance requirements easier, we can then downsize the state people that are simply filing federal paperwork as their entire jobs.” (16:17–16:22)

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