Press Releases
August 2, 2024
Yesterday evening, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, along with Senator Michael Bennet, Senator John Hickenlooper, and Representative Brittany Pettersen, requested that FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell provide additional federal assistance for the State of Colorado to respond to fires burning across the Front Range, including the Alexander Mountain Fire burning in Larimer County and the Stone Canyon Fire burning in Boulder County.
August 1, 2024
Yesterday evening, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Representative Brittany Petersen called on the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) to provide additional support for the State of Colorado as it continues to battle several ongoing wildfires that threaten homes and communities across the Front Range.
July 31, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) swift authorization for federal funding to help fight the Alexander Mountain Fire burning in Larimer County and the Stone Canyon Fire burning in Boulder County.
July 18, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse introduced the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to help reduce the nearly 1 million pieces of space junk in orbit.
July 17, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced a total of $10,951,557 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for communities in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District to improve public transit.
July 17, 2024
House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Colorado River Caucus, successfully secured passage of his bill to address the western water crisis through the House of Representatives.
July 3, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, announced actions to improve the affordability of Forest Service (USFS) housing and quarters for federal firefighters and other employees.
July 2, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse issued the following statement after the announcement that Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West have been granted Phase II Tech Hub implementation funding.
June 20, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced that the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $19,998,055 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to construct the National Quantum Nanofab (NQN).
June 18, 2024
House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, Co-Chair and Founder of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, joined Representatives Josh Harder (D-CA) and Scott Franklin (R-FL) in introducing a first-of-its-kind bill to modernize how the United States combats the wildfire crisis.