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Press Releases

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.

June 14, 2024
Yesterday, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse was joined by gun violence prevention leaders from across the Democratic Caucus for a press conference in honor of National Gun Violence Prevention Awareness Month.

June 7, 2024
Today, the first Friday in June, communities across the country will recognize Gun Violence Awareness Day. In marking this day of action, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse is reintroducing the Safe Workplaces Act, a bill to require the Department of Labor to provide guidance for workplaces to help protect against workplace violence, including gun violence.

June 7, 2024
Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced $408,000 for the Towns of Gypsum and Timnath to develop comprehensive safety plans for their roads and streets.