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BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse joined other lawmakers when Pres. Joe Biden announced executive actions centering around gun violence prevention measures. Neguse is a Democrat representing Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Boulder where 10 people were killed in a shooting at a King Soopers last month.
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that a device allegedly used by the gunman accused of killing 10 people at a Boulder King Soopers last month will be subject to tighter federal regulation, part of a set of executive actions aimed at curbing what he called an "epidemic" of gun violence.
The action, proposed by Boulder's U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, will make pistols used with stabilizing braces subject to the National Firearms Act, which also regulates sawed-off shotguns and silencers, requiring a federal license, a $200 tax and a more thorough application process.
An ambitious $2 trillion national plan proposed by President Joe Biden could bring needed funding and employment to Colorado, and Grand County specifically, to address land management, infrastructure maintenance and job creation.
In a Monday press call, Rep. Joe Neguse spoke to the different ways the legislation could help Colorado rebound from the pandemic and last year’s wildfire season.
The 2020 wildfires brought America to a once-in-a-generation moment.
For years, most Americans have viewed forestry policy as reserved only for rural areas. Now, as the climate crisis worsens with massive infernos destroying our communities and blanketing the West in thick, lethal smoke, it’s no longer just those in the rural West facing the devastation. Summer after summer, every westerner lives and breathes this threat to life and well-being.
The office of Rep. Joe Neguse is accepting applications for community projects to receive federal dollars under the new Community Project Funding program, which allows members of Congress to request funding for as many as 10 projects within their home districts.
Following a deadly mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., House Democrats are calling on President
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse is embarking on a virtual tour in coming weeks to hear from Coloradans about their public lands priorities as the Lafayette Democrat takes over as chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Neguse, who represents the 2nd Congressional District, said in a release that he plans to gather input from across the state as he hones an agenda covering conservation, wildfire mitigation, managing natural resources and helping boost Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy.
Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse, whose district includes Boulder where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting Monday, said he supports reinstating the federal ban on assault weapons.
“And I'm a co-sponsor of a bill that's pending before the House Judiciary Committee, a committee on which I serve,” Neguse told Colorado Matters.
Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse said mass shootings "cannot be our new normal" in the wake of the Boulder grocery store shooting that left 10 dead.
"We should be able to feel safe in our grocery stores," Neguse, a Democratic member of Congress since 2019, said. "We should be able to feel safe in our schools and in our movie theaters and in our communities. We need to see a change because we have lost far too many lives."
Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse introduced legislation to reauthorize a federal program that has provided Grand County over $1 million for school building improvements.
The Secure Rural Schools program, which began in 2000, gives school districts where national forest takes up a large portion of the property in the area funding to supplement the lower property taxes.
The program had been authorized to give funding through April of this year. Neguse’s legislation would extend the program through 2022.