Press Releases
Washington D.C.— Following meetings with city representatives in Fort Collins, Loveland and Boulder, Representative Joe Neguse (CO-02) has thrown his support behind House Bill 530, the Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019. Representative Neguse was the first member of the Colorado delegation to sign onto this bill.
Washington D.C. — In response to cloudy Department of Justice guidelines, Congressman Neguse is leading a letter with democratic members of the Colorado Delegation urging Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary McAleenan to retract current guidelines which bars the naturalization of legal permanent residents who have been employed in the legal Cannabis industry and replace it with a policy more consistent with the Cole Memorandum.
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s amendment regarding climate education in schools passed on the House floor along with H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act. The amendment, builds upon H.R. 9’s directive to the President to develop a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, by providing a pathway for curriculums in elementary and secondary school to include human-caused climate change and the economic and societal impacts of the crisis.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at today’s Members’ Day hearing. Below are his remarks:
“I represent the great 2nd district of the state of Colorado, including Boulder, Fort Collins and northern Colorado and many mountain communities, and my constituents are looking to leaders in Washington and representatives of this Committee to prioritize much needed investments in our infrastructure.”
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Congressman Van Taylor (R-TX) are launching a bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to promote federal policies that create jobs and to encourage the growth of early-state innovative companies. The Caucus will educate Members and staff on how the federal government can stimulate robust economic growth by fostering conditions that support entrepreneurs and their efforts to obtain the resources needed to start and grow their companies.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Neguse, his wife Andrea and a panel of local artists have selected five pieces of original artwork to be displayed in the United States Capitol as well as Neguse’s Washington D.C and district offices. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Neguse has joined a letter with other House colleagues to oppose provisions that limit access to medicines in the revised NAFTA agreement. Without changes to the underlying trade agreement, patients will pay higher prices for prescription drugs for longer and experience no relief from the financial burden often imposed on them and their families by unaffordable medication
Washington D.C.— Representative Joe Neguse is leading a FY2020 appropriations letter urging his colleagues to ensure that the FY2020 Labor-HHS appropriations bill include specific language prohibiting the U.S. Department of Education from leveraging federally appropriated funds to penalize higher education institutions that are participating in the research of cannabis.
Washington D.C.— Representatives Joe Neguse (CO-02), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Sean Casten (IL-06) are leading a letter from a majority of the freshman class calling on appropriators in Congress to prioritize funding for climate change research in FY2020. All three were recently appointed to the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
Washington D.C. — Congressman Joe Neguse has led a Colorado delegation-wide appropriations letter urging his colleagues to fund the NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program in the FY 2020 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill.