Press Releases
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse passed an amendment on the House floor to provide an additional $1 million for the NASA Space Grant Program, bringing the total to $49 million for Fiscal Year 2020. This is a total $5 million, or 11%, funding increase for the Program over FY 2019 levels. In April, Congressman Neguse led a bipartisan Colorado delegation letter to advocate for strong funding for the program.
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Neguse passed an amendment on the House floor which would provide robust funding for states to improve their criminal and mental health records as part of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Since the NICS background check system was put into effect, over 308 million background checks have been conducted, leading to the denial of over 3 million firearms sales to prohibited purchasers. In 2018, Colorado conducted 340,816 checks against the NICS system with 6,279 denials.
Washington, D.C. — Today, the House approved a measure from Representative Neguse and Representative Dingell to expand funding for Fisher House Foundation to $10 million dollars. The bipartisan provision passed along with the minibus appropriations package that would fund the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education in FY 2020.
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse secured an additional $1 billion for IDEA, the federal grant program that supports students with disabilities. The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill that passed on the House floor today included $13.36 billion for the Individuals with Disabilities Act, with an additional $1 billion secured by Congressman Neguse during the appropriations process.
Washington D.C. — Today, an effort championed by Congressman Joe Neguse to install a national monument in Washington D.C. to commemorate the women’s suffrage movement will be considered before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Legislation introduced by Congressman Neguse to install Loveland artist Jane DeDeckers Every Word We Utter statue depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells was originally introduced in January and has grown in momentum and support since then.
Dear Friends,
Last week I was beyond honored to deliver the rebuttal on the House floor as we debated H.R.6, and even prouder to cast my vote as we passed the Dream and Promise Act! Listen to my comments here!
STANDING UP FOR DREAMERS
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, along with Congressman Doug Lamborn, introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to extend authorization of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP). Over the last 13 years, PRRIP has allowed dozens of water projects in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska to comply with the Endangered Species Act and continue operating, which has revitalized bird species, including the whooping crane, piping plover and least tern as well as the pallid sturgeon fish.
Washington D.C.—On Friday, June 14th at 3:00 p.m. MT, Congressman Joe Neguse will host a roundtable discussion with advocates and patients to discuss the skyrocketing cost of drug prices. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that Americans spent more than $460 billion on prescription drugs in 2016. In Colorado, an estimated 500,000 individuals do not fill a prescription per year because of the high cost. High prescription drug costs are a concern for patients, providers, and policy makers.