Press Releases
Washington D.C.— Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed Congressman Joe Neguse’s bipartisan legislation to support wildfire recovery efforts in Colorado and across the nation, 61-3.
Washington D.C.— On Wednesday October 27th at 10:00am ET/8:00am MT, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will markup bipartisan legislation from Congressman Joe Neguse to support wildfire recovery efforts in Colorado and across the nation.
Washington D.C. —On Wednesday October 27, ahead of National First Responders Day, Congressman Joe Neguse, Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will host a hearing on firefighter pay and benefits. The hearing primarily will consider his legislation, the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act to raise federal wildland firefighter pay, ensure essential benefits and address classification.
Washington D.C.– Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined Congressman Luis Correa and 42 of his colleagues in a letter urging the Senate to disregard the advisory opinion of the Senate Parliamentarian on immigration and consider the budgetary impact that providing a pathway to citizenship for 8 million people would have. The letter follows recent rulings from the Senate Parliamentarian that have dismissed the budgetary implications of this proposal and their ability to be included in the upcoming reconciliation package.
Washington D.C. —Today, Representative Joe Neguse, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus and Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, along with Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Katie Porter (D-CA), unveiled comprehensive legislation to overhaul federal firefighter pay, benefits and classification. The legislation, Tim’s Act, is named after Tim Hart, a smokejumper from Cody, Wyoming who lost his life on May 24, 2021 while working on the Eicks Fire in New Mexico.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, along with Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Don Bacon (R-NE) and Bill Foster (D-IL) unveiled bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Substance Abuse Affected Youth Initiative, a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative to ensure public health and safety by taking steps to address youth substance abuse.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse submitted a letter to Assistant Secretary of State Yael Lempert expressing serious concerns over recent reports of human rights violations against refugees amidst the ongoing conflict in Libya. After reports of mass incarcerations of refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa (including Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan) in the nation’s capital of Tripoli, Rep.
Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse led several of his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer that calls for increased community violence intervention (CVI) program funding to be included in the final version of the Build Back Better Act. The letter highlights the negative emotional and economic impacts of endemic gun violence and proposes a robust community-based grant program to support innovative violence prevention strategies aimed at young people and high-risk demographics.
As guides lament an inability to get permits for activity on federal land, Neguse pushes important reforms
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s bill, the Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill reforms many of the bureaucratic hoops that have made the special use permitting process for federal lands time intensive, costly, and overly complicated.