Press Releases

Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) joined more than one-hundred House Democrats in sending a letter to heads of the 24 CFO Act federal agencies, demanding they immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to the ill-conceived email sent en masse to the Federal workforce and that nonresponse does not constitute resignation.

Following public reports that the Trump Administration is directing mass firings of federal workers and freezing hiring of essential positions, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources Jared Huffman, acted swiftly to defend essential wildland firefighters and seasonal employees.

House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) issued the following statement after public reporting that thousands of federal probationary employees have been fired en masse, including at the United States Forest Service (USFS), Department of the Interior (DOI), and elsewhere.

Yesterday, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) took to the House Floor to deliver a speech on public reports that the Trump Administration is preparing an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education.

House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s unlawful efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse issued the following statement after the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on federal funding.

Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse was elected by his colleagues in the Natural Resources Committee to continue serving as Ranking Member of the United States House Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse joined state and local leaders across Colorado to celebrate the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (USBR) announcement of up to $152 million in federal funding for 17 projects in Colorado aimed at addressing the Colorado River crisis.