Press Releases

After President Trump’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) issued the following statement.

House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) announces former United States Forest Service (USFS) Forestry Technician, Mikayla Moors, as his guest to President Trump’s first Address to a Joint Session of Congress.

In a letter sent Thursday evening, Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02), alongside Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, moved swiftly to demand an independent investigation into the dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) joined more than one-hundred House Democrats in sending a letter to heads of the 24 CFO Act federal agencies, demanding they immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to the ill-conceived email sent en masse to the Federal workforce and that nonresponse does not constitute resignation.

Following public reports that the Trump Administration is directing mass firings of federal workers and freezing hiring of essential positions, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources Jared Huffman, acted swiftly to defend essential wildland firefighters and seasonal employees.

House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) issued the following statement after public reporting that thousands of federal probationary employees have been fired en masse, including at the United States Forest Service (USFS), Department of the Interior (DOI), and elsewhere.

Yesterday, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) took to the House Floor to deliver a speech on public reports that the Trump Administration is preparing an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education.

House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s unlawful efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).