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A large coalition of House Democrats launched a campaign to ramp up pressure on President Biden, calling on him to follow through with a campaign promise and prioritize expanding Medicare in the American Families Plan.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) about how and why he decided to get involved in politics and civic life.
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U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., wants the Biden administration to keep the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) headquarters "fully functioning" and in Colorado, according to a letter he sent Wednesday to the country's top land manager.
As government officials embark on President Joe Biden’s recently announced “America the Beautiful” plan, the time is right to make strides to provide Native Americans and other people of color with increased roles in the country’s conservation and clean-energy future, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Boulder) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said Thursday during a webinar hosted by the University of Colorado Law School.
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse has introduced legislation to designate the U.S. Post Office located at 1905 15th Street in Boulder as the “Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office Building.” Talley was killed in the line of duty on March 22, during the King Soopers shooting in Boulder.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat serving his second term, was appointed Wednesday to the powerful House Rules Committee by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Neguse joins fellow Coloradan Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, on the 13-member panel, which determines how bills are brought to the House floor and debated, giving its members a chance to work on nearly all legislation before the full chamber votes.
Neguse fills a vacancy created by the death last month of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Florida Democrat.
Gov. Jared Polis, Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse toured the Cameron Peak Fire burn area on Friday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Work to restore the area from the fire damage is underway.
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Most of the members of the state delegation signed a bipartisan letter led by Rep.