Press Releases
Washington D.C.—Today Congressman Joe Neguse, a member of the House Democratic Leadership team, along with Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) and the support of 70+ Members of Congress introduced the Coronavirus Community Relief Act, new legislation to provide $250 billion
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse led a letter, with the support of 33 Members of Congress, to Vice President Mike Pence and Director Robert Redfield of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging that first responders, including firefighters and police be a top priority to receive coronavirus tests.
The legislation would protect American consumers throughout the current public health emergency and throughout future emergencies
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse introduced new legislation to prohibit reporting of medically necessary procedures related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The bill would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ban debt from medically necessary procedures resulting from COVID–19 from being included on credit reports.
Washington D.C.—Today Congressman Joe Neguse announced new legislation to ease restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program to ensure recipients of those resources can maintain social distancing advice while also utilizing their benefits, and access essential home goods.
Washington D.C.—Today Congressman Joe Neguse led an effort along with Andy Levin (MI-09), Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), and Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) and the support of over 100 House Members requesting that future COVID-19 response packages include stabilization funding specifically for localities with populations under 500,000.
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined Congresswoman Angie Craig and 85 other bipartisan Members of Congress to introduce the All Dependent Children Count Act to change text of the CARES Act to ensure that dependent children younger than 19, students 24 and younger and dependents of all ages who are disabled are counted forCARES Act direct cash assistance.
Washington D.C.—This week, Representative Neguse joined Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Mark Pocan (WI-02) to call for just COVID-19 relief and stimulus packages which protect workers and communities.
The bill would provide $25 billion to the Postal Service Fund
Expedited assessment will provide additional personal protective equipment to frontline health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado