Press Releases

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. This legislation would require facilities to provide a basic health screening by a medical professional for every individual and require they maintain the personnel and equipment necessary to provide emergency care, basic medication, emergency transportation and interpreters. Additionally, the bill will create standards on nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and shelter.

Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse secured key funding priorities for Colorado’s public lands, labs, and state NASA partnerships in H.R. 3055, the second “minibus” package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations, which funds the Departments of Interior, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Science, Veterans Affairs, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Food and Drug Administration.

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse sent a letter to the Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, which he serves on, requesting an oversight hearing to investigate the activities of the private corporation, “GEO Group, Inc.,” regarding the Aurora, Colorado GEO detention facility.

Washington D.C.—This morning, following reports last night that Administration immigration authorities would target people for deportation in several cities across the U.S. this weekend, including in Denver, Representatives Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter and Jason Crow released the following joint statement:

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse has secured a committee markup in the Natural Resources Committee for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, legislation he introduced in January to preserve about 400,000 acres of public lands across the state, with a companion bill brought by Senator Michael Bennet in the Senate. The markup comes just two months after Congressman Neguse secured a hearing for the legislation, also in the Natural Resources Committee. The markup is scheduled for Wednesday, June 26th at 10:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. MT.

Washington, D.C.— This week, Congressman Neguse took to the House floor to advocate for robust funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the FY 2020 Department of Interior budget. Over the last 50 years, LWCF has provided critical funding for land and water conservation projects in every state and supported over 42,000 state and local park projects.

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.