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Calling him an “inspirational leader,” Mayor Jacki Marsh told U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse on Tuesday that he will be missed in Loveland both by city officials and the numerous citizens and community groups that he has assisted since he took office in 2019.
“It is unbelievable how much you have gotten done in the short time you have been one of our elected leaders,” she told Neguse, who was appearing remotely at the City Council meeting. “… From big and small, to fire mitigation, to COVID, you have been amazing and I am absolutely saddened to lose you as our official representative.”
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse will chair the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee following his election by the House Democratic Caucus on Thursday, Dec. 1.
The role is the No. 5 elected position in the Democratic Party leadership team for the U.S. House of Representatives. The election makes him the most senior member from Colorado at the House leadership table in 85 years, according to a press release issued Thursday, Dec. 1.
Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Lafayette, has been elected to serve as the Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.
Neguse’s election will make him Colorado’s highest ranking congressmen in a Democratic House Leadership position in 85 years. He is the first African American member of Congress from Colorado. Neguse, who represents District 2, previously served as co-chair of the DPCC in the 117th Congress.
Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse has moved up the Democratic House leadership ladder.
He was elected chair of the Democratic Policy and Communication Committee (DPCC), the communications arms for House Democrats, for the 118th Congress.
The Lafayette Democrat said he’s honored to have been elected and is excited about the road ahead.
“The messaging arm plays a really pivotal role within our House Democratic caucus because it ultimately helps our caucus develop and disseminate [a] message that resonates with the American people,” he said.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat, gives a victory speech at the Colorado Democratic Party's watch party in Denver on election night on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse won election Thursday to lead the House Democrats' messaging arm, putting the Lafayette Democrat in the No. 5 elected spot on his party's leadership team in the chamber.
Neguse was elected without opposition as chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, a newly created position that will make the 38-year-old the most senior member of the chamber's leadership from the Colorado delegation in more than eight decades.
Rep. Joe Neguse (left) and Rep. Ken Buck (right) talk about their most recent legislative collaboration.
Two years after some Colorado business owners shared stories of extortion, threats and retaliation by the nation's biggest tech companies, Congress is taking action.
A bill aimed at curbing the power of Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook could be on President Joe Biden's desk by the end of the year.
Federal and state officials on Wednesday kicked off several off-highway projects that will serve as a prelude to next year’s massive reconstruction of Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill.
This week brought historic news for Colorado: Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range is officially a national monument. This designation — which we’ve spent years fighting to secure — will immortalize Camp Hale’s singular legacy and protect this treasured landscape for generations to come.
Rep. Joe Neguse from Colorado’s 2nd District announced Oct. 4 that his district will receive just over $6.35 million from the Local Consistency and Tribal Assistance Fund, which is part of the American Rescue Plan. Grand County will receive about $1.27 million.
The money will come in two equal amounts for fiscal year 2022 and 2023. The fund looks to provide flexible support for rural, mountain and tribal communities, so counties can use the money on schools, roads, emergency operations or any governmental purpose other than lobbying.