Press Releases
Washington D.C. — Today, an amendment brought by Congressman Joe Neguse to ensure the protection of senior consumers passed on the House floor with bipartisan support along with H.R. 1500 the Consumers First Act. The amendment would require the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue an annual report to Congress of consumer complaints from older Americans, including a state-by-state breakdown of complaints by type of consumer financial product or service.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined the Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act. The BREATHE Act would require the Environmental Protection Agency to amend its list of regulated air pollutants to include hydrogen sulfide as well as revise the list of air pollution sources within a year to include oil and gas wells as a major source of hydrogen sulfide. Specifically, the legislation would help tighten a current loophole that allows oil and gas wells from being regulated as a major source of toxic air pollution.
Washington D.C.— According to a new report, released Friday from the Town Hall Project, Congressman Joe Neguse held more town halls than any other freshman of Congress in the first quarter of the 116th Congress. The Town Hall Project’s Congressional Accountability Report calculated all public events held by members. Neguse comes in second among all freshman for public forums, with 15 events, including his “Java with Joe” meetings in the district. Of all the freshman members, he held the most “true” town halls, 13 events since taking office.
Washington D.C – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law. The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans regarding employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public accommodations.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse has secured a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation that would install Jane DeDecker’s Every Word We Utter sculpture as the first outdoor monument for the women’s suffrage movement in Washington D.C. This sculpture features Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her daughter Harriot Stanton Blatch, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Mike Levin (D-CA) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019, which presents an aggressive plan for transitioning the United States to 100% zero-emission vehicles. The Zero-Emission Vehicles Act is also cosponsored by Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) in the Senate.
Washington D.C.— Today, Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), with the support of Representatives Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to help more community college transfer students earn degrees. The Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2019 would ensure students who have transferred from community college to a four-year institution can obtain an associate’s degree with the reverse transfer of class credits.
WASHINGTON—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Representatives John Katko (R-NY) and Joe Neguse (D-CO), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced a bicameral bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief.
Washington D.C.—Following the House Judiciary Committee’s vote today to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, Congressman Joe Neguse, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
Washington D.C.— Following the school shooting at the STEM school in Highlands Ranch, yesterday, Congressman Joe Neguse released the following statement:
“Andrea and I are completely heartbroken by yesterday’s events at the STEM School in Highlands Ranch. Not a day goes by when our world is not shattered by yet another senseless act of gun violence.