Press Releases

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.

Washington D.C.—Congressman Neguse, this week, submitted testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, urging the Committee to take up priority legislation that would impact Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. In particular, he urged movement on the Safe Helicopters Now Act, legislation brought to him by Karen Mahany, whose husband died in a Flight for Life helicopter crash in Frisco in 2015.

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse spoke on the House floor in support of the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, legislation to provide permanent protections for DACA recipients, TPS holders and DED recipients. Neguse was chosen to represent the Democratic Caucus to respond to Republican efforts to sideline the bill and vote down the final passage. The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 passed the House following Neguse’s floor remarks with 237 votes.

View video of his remarks on the floor here.