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Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. Congress, took to the House floor to call out FEMA for failing to adequately help Larimer County and Boulder County communities recover and rebuild after the 2013 Colorado flood.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced his 22nd town hall. Congressman Neguse and State Senator Joann Ginal who represents the 52nd district will be holding a public town hall at Boltz Middle School in Fort Collins in order to provide a legislative update to constituents and field questions.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse succeeded in passing legislation through the House Natural Resources Committee that would authorize the first outdoor monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement to be installed in Washington D.C. The bill passed by voice vote with bipartisan support following a Committee markup and will now head to the House Floor for a full vote. This bill is the second that Congressman Neguse has successfully passed through the Natural Resources Committee since taking office.
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Congressman Neguse recognized by national data analytics firm as most active freshman lawmaker based on bills introduced
Neguse has visited all 10 counties in his district since taking office
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse will hold his 5th service town hall at the Broomfield Fellowship in Serving Humanity (FISH) Family Resource Center on August 26th. The Congressman launched the first-of-its-kind service town hall initiative in March and has held events at Bridge House Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless and the Larimer Humane Society since then. At Monday’s event he will be joined by Representative Matt Gray and Councilwoman Guyleen Castriotta.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced that his office will be hosting a congressional app challenge for middle and high school students in the district, designed to encourage student participation in computer science and coding. The challenge will be open to students of all skill-levels across the district for the next 12 weeks, giving participants the opportunity to code a unique app individually or in teams of up to 4 participants and compete against their peers.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse announced a $4,028,452 grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the grant was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This project would improve long-range weather forecasting data aggregation and would help scientists detect weather systems, such as tropical cyclones, to a higher degree of accuracy.