Press Releases
Washington D.C. — Congressman Neguse has passed an amendment on the House floor to ensure robust funding for the Postal Service Fund. The provision will be included in the Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Services legislation. The Postal Service Fund provides additional funding to the revenue received from its customers to cover the costs of free mail for the blind as well as overseas funding.
In his first 6 months in office, Neguse has held 15 town halls, the most of any freshman member of Congress
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse announced a $3,987,750 million grant from FEMA which will be delegated to rebuild the Lower Beaver Brook Dam. This grant will fund the replacement of a highly hazardous 114-year-old rockfill embankment dam with a new concrete gravity dam.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse voted against the Senate’s insufficient humanitarian aid legislation, which, unlike the bill passed earlier in the week from the House of Representatives, does not include standards of care for children at the border or establish restrictions to prevent funds from going towards child separation.
Washington, D.C.— Today, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, major public lands legislation introduced by Representative Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet, passed the House Natural Resources Committee with a vote of 23-15. This is the first major Colorado public lands legislation to pass Committee in the U.S. Congress in over a decade.
Washington, D.C.— This week, Representative Joe Neguse, introduced a bicameral legislative package to ensure fair, equitable policies on affordable housing contracts.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Representative Neguse signed onto H.R. 3239, legislation to establish humanitarian standards of care for individuals in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse secured key funding priorities for Colorado’s public lands, labs, and state NASA partnerships in H.R.