Press Releases
Washington, D.C.—Today Congressman Joe Neguse, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and co-chairs the Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus, introduced legislation to create a Special Envoy for Refugees, a new ambassador-level role in the U.S. Department of State dedicated to raising awareness of and advocating alongside refugees in the United States and throughout the world.
Washington D.C.— Today, following President Trump’s utter silence on gun violence at the State of the Union last night, Representatives Joe Neguse, Lucy McBath, Ted Deutch, Mike Thompson, Tom Suozzi and gun violence prevention activists gathered in front of the Capitol to highlight the gun violence epidemic and the need for tangible action.
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Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and serves as a member of the House Leadership team issued the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union Address tonight.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, the son of Eritrean refugees, issued a statement in response to the President’s latest travel ban. The Muslim and African travel ban, announced today, is set to ban refugees from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse announced today that Tom Mauser will join him as his guest at the State of the Union in Washington, DC, on February 4th to highlight the urgent need for action on the gun violence epidemic.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and Congressman Francis Rooney introduced the Climate Resilient Communities Act, bipartisan legislation inspired by emergency management officials in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District to require a report from the U.S.
Washington D.C.— This week, Congressman Joe Neguse announced the names of over 20 nominees for U.S. Military Service Academies from Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. This announcement followed a nomination celebration that the Congressman hosted last Friday, January 17th at the Broomfield Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post for all district nominees.
The nominees include:
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse received a response from U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz regarding the Congressman’s bipartisan request for a Federal investigation into the April 2019 incident in which a credible gun violence threat led schools across the Front Range to close.
Broomfield, C.O.— Congressman Joe Neguse will hold his 6th service town hall at A Precious Child in Broomfield on January 25th. Congressman Neguse launched the first-of-its-kind service town hall initiative in March of 2019 and has held events at Bridge House Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, Larimer Humane Society and Broomfield FISH since then.
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse traversed Larimer County on Tuesday to visit constituents, meet with municipal leaders and deliver the first of two State of the District addresses to be given this week. Neguse met with Municipal leaders from Berthoud, Loveland, Fort Collins and Larimer County to discuss 2020 priorities and provide updates from Congress.