Press Releases

Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced a new environmental scholarship award to honor college students within Colorado’s Second Congressional District, whose clear passion, scholastic excellence, and desire for service display the potential for environmental vision and leadership. The Mollie H. Beattie Congressional Award for Distinguished Environmental Scholarship is named after Mollie H. Beattie, an outward bound instructor, forester, and leader with a lifelong dedication to the natural world who became the first woman to serve as the director of the U.S.

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in Congress, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s budget proposal:

Washington D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (CO-02), Deb Haaland (NM-01), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), and Ed Case (HI-01) introduced the Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature to set a goal for the United States to conserve at least 30% of the ocean and land by 2030, which scientists say is the minimum step needed to pull us back from the tipping point that nature and our climate have reached.

Washington, D.C.—Today Congressman Joe Neguse, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and co-chairs the Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus, introduced legislation to create a Special Envoy for Refugees, a new ambassador-level role in the U.S. Department of State dedicated to raising awareness of and advocating alongside refugees in the United States and throughout the world.

Washington D.C.— Today, following President Trump’s utter silence on gun violence at the State of the Union last night, Representatives Joe Neguse, Lucy McBath, Ted Deutch, Mike Thompson, Tom Suozzi and gun violence prevention activists gathered in front of the Capitol to highlight the gun violence epidemic and the need for tangible action.

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Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and serves as a member of the House Leadership team issued the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union Address tonight.

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, the son of Eritrean refugees, issued a statement in response to the President’s latest travel ban. The Muslim and African travel ban, announced today, is set to ban refugees from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan won’t be allowed to apply for visas to immigrate to the U.S.

Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse announced today that Tom Mauser will join him as his guest at the State of the Union in Washington, DC, on February 4^th to highlight the urgent need for action on the gun violence epidemic. Tom Mauser lost his son Daniel Mauser in the Columbine shooting in 1999 and has since become a vocal and prominent advocate for gun violence prevention legislation, wearing his son’s shoes throughout Colorado advocating to close the background check loophole that contributed to Daniel’s death.