Press Releases

Rep. Neguse Sends Letter to State Department Expressing Deep Concern Over Refugee Humanitarian Crises in Libya

Today, Congressman Joe Neguse submitted a letter to Assistant Secretary of State Yael Lempert expressing serious concerns over recent reports of human rights violations against refugees amidst the ongoing conflict in Libya. After reports of mass incarcerations of refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa (including Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan) in the nation's capital of Tripoli, Rep. Neguse urged the State Department to leverage its role on the world stage to call for an end to the unlawful detentions a…  Continue Reading

Congressman Neguse Calls for Gun Violence Prevention Funding Not to Be Cut From Reconciliation Bill

Today, Congressman Joe Neguse led several of his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer that calls for increased community violence intervention (CVI) program funding to be included in the final version of the Build Back Better Act. The letter highlights the negative emotional and economic impacts of endemic gun violence and proposes a robust community-based grant program to support innovative violence prevention strategies aimed at young people and high-ris…  Continue Reading

Congressman Neguse’s Bill to Streamline Outdoor Recreation Permitting Passes Committee

As guides lament an inability to get permits for activity on federal land, Neguse pushes important reforms Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Joe Neguse's bill, the Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act passed out of 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. "The permitting process for federal lands was intended to hel…  Continue Reading