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Congressman Joe Neguse was in Estes Park on Monday (Dec. 20) to tour the Kruger Rock Fire (KRF) burn area and discusses funds that will soon be available for grid improvements thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed into law by President Biden on Nov. 15.
Around noon, the Congressman met up with Mayor Wendy Koenig, Trustee Cindy Younglund, Town Administrator Travis Machalek, Assistant Town Administrator Jason Damweber, Estes Valley Fire Protection District Chief David Wolf, and Power and Communications Line Superintendent Joe Lockhart.
Boulder, Colo. — A rollout of President Biden’s proposed network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations must be paired with a “paradigm shift” in the way Americans view driving, a House lawmaker said this week.
Bipartisan legislation from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse could increase access to out-of-state mental health resources.
The Compacts, Access and Responsible Expansion (CARE) for Mental Health Professionals Act would reform medical licensure and establish a grant program to encourage interstate mental health provider networks. The goal of the legislation, cosponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania), is to widen the national network of mental health providers and expand access to mental health resources in rural communities and elsewhere.
The massive social spending and climate bill that passed the U.S.
On Sunday afternoon, the Siddiqi family waited in their driveway to welcome Congressman Joe Neguse and his family to their new Broomfield home. Ahmad Siddiqi remarked on the view of the Rocky Mountains from his new home’s front yard.
“The mountains are small, but they remind me of home,” he joked.
A bill introduced Tuesday by Rep. Joe Neguse aims to expand interstate access to mental health resources by making it easier for patients to connect to care regardless of where they live.
EVERGREEN, Colo. — Before history fills any book, someone lives it.
“If I look a little unsteady on my feet, I’m 91," Bob Fuchigami said, taking a moment to rest on the seat of his walker.
Fuchigami sat for a moment inside the basement storage room of his home in Evergreen where books and binders full of history occupy the shelves.
The SHRED Act stomped its landing out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday.
Short for Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development, the SHRED Act would enable national forests to retain a portion of the annual fees paid into the U.S. Treasury by ski areas operating within their boundaries.
The bill is being championed by U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and John Barrasso of Wyoming.
Late on the night of Nov. 5, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse walked alongside two fellow Democratic lawmakers as they made their way outside the U.S. Capitol, prepared to announce that a deal had finally been reached to allow for a vote on the infrastructure bill that had been idling for weeks in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Returning this week from the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse said his second trip to a U.N. Climate Change Conference went a lot better than his first, to COP25 in Madrid, Spain, two years ago.
“Boy, what a change two years can make,” Neguse told reporters in a virtual press conference on Friday.