Press Releases

Washington D.C. —Today Representatives Joe Neguse, Andy Levin, Tom Malinowski and Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján issued a joint statement urging Senate Republicans to include funds for local governments in their coronavirus relief package.

His amendment calls for a $5 million increase for large-scale community-driven restoration projects

The plan calls for the study and implementation of carbon sequestration solutions to help curb the climate crisis

Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s measure to repeal President Trump’s African travel ban has passed through the House of Representatives. President Trump added Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania to his Muslim Travel Ban in late January.

Washington D.C. —Today, Congressman Joe Neguse helped secure passage of the Great American Outdoors Act out of the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million and invest $9.5 billion in the public lands maintenance backlog.

Washington D.C.— An amendment introduced by Congressman Joe Neguse and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger which would require the Department of Defense to conduct reporting on climate change threats to national security has passed the U.S. House of Representatives as a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse co-sponsored Representatives Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan’s Resolution to decrease the Pentagon’s overall budget and instead prioritize spending for diplomacy at home and abroad. The Resolution, H.R. 1003, calls in-part for significant cuts to the Pentagon’s budget and reallocation of funds to programs that keep the public safe.

the CORE Act passes the House for a 2nd time as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act