Press Releases
Washington D.C. —Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and co-chairs the bipartisan congressional Refugee Caucus, led a bipartisan letter opposing a reported Trump administration proposal to drastically cut the number of refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (“USRAP”), cuts that would be in direct conflict with Congress’s intent in the 1980 Refugee Act. The Trump Administration is reported to be seeking to lower the minimum number of refugees admitted to the U.S. from 30,000 each year to zero for Fiscal Year 2020.
Washington D.C. — On Colorado Day, Thursday, August 1st, Congressman Joe Neguse will welcome the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis for the Committee’s first congressional field hearing. The hearing on “Colorado’s Roadmap for Clean Energy Action: Lessons from State and Local Leaders,” will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Wittemyer Courtroom on August 1st beginning at 9:00 a.m. MT.
Washington, DC—Today, Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, legislation that would encourage telehealth innovation and promote expanded access to healthcare services in rural and urban areas through telehealth and digital services. Currently, Medicare covers limited telehealth services, setting a poor industry standard, discouraging innovation, and restricting access to specialized care.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse’s legislation to extend authorization of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) will be considered at the Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water Oceans and Wildlife Legislative Hearing. The bipartisan bicameral Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act would fund the program for the next 13 years with support from the Bureau of Reclamation. The hearing began at Thursday, July 25th at 10:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. MT.
Representative Neguse, along with several members of Colorado’s congressional delegation, seeks information from the FBI as to how a Floridian woman was able to pass a background check and shut down schools on front range on April 17, 2019
Washington D.C.— An extended comment period on the Administration’s proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves, requested by Congressman Neguse, has brought in 1.8 million comments. The large number of comments, tallied this week after the close of the extended comment period is the largest number of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species and reflects broad dissatisfaction with the proposed delisting.
Washington D.C.— In response to constituent concerns, Congressman Neguse sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the United States inquiring about ways to combat train horn noise in Colorado’s urban areas. Congressman Neguse has asked that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review of the ways to reduce train horn noise in all urban areas throughout the United States.