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Washington, D.C. — Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s Western Slope, applauded the final passage of his legislative proposal to reauthorize the bipartisan Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, an initiative that provides vital funds to rural and mountain communities that are home to federal lands, which are tax exempt.
Washington, D.C. –– Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse announced more than $8 million in funding for four projects across the 2nd Congressional District from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Program, which provides financial assistance to transit systems across the country for buses and bus facilities capital projects. Of the total announced, $4,838,610 was awarded to the City of Fort Collins’ Transfort Fleet Replacement and Modernization Project.
Lafayette, CO — Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) wrote to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imploring them to immediately reconsider and reverse the new flight maps for the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA), implemented in June of this year.
Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper announced $12,422,814 in federal funding for community projects to reduce wildfire risk across Colorado’s 2nd District.
Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced Boulder County is the recipient of a monumental $25 million grant from the Department of Transportation (DOT). The funding is made possible through the DOT’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program, which invests in road, rail, transit and port projects across the country. In February of this year, Rep.
As guides lament an inability to get permits for activity on federal land, Neguse pushes important reforms
Washington, D.C.— On Wednesday October 13th, Congressman Joe Neguse’s bill, the Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act will be considered by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill reforms many of the bureaucratic hoops that have made the special use permitting process for federal lands time intensive, costly, and overly complicated.
Washington, D.C.—Last night, Congressman Joe Neguse’s bill to expand small business contracting opportunities passed the House of Representatives as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation aims to raise contracting goals at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide greater opportunities for small businesses and invigorate local economies.