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Washington, D.C.—Congressman Neguse and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce announced today that the IRS will continue to provide tax credits to help local small businesses cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for workers through September. Along with using the leave to care for themselves and family who are sick, workers can also use leave to get their COVID vaccinations and take time off to recover from any temporary side effects from the shot.
During a congressional hearing on Friday, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) emphasized the importance to communities in Colorado of taking action to address climate change.
“In 2020, we had a devastating and historic year for wildfires. Three of the five largest fires in state history occurred in the last year, and two of those were in my congressional district,” said Neguse during the hearing, referencing the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires.
A new senator, a new Congress, and a new administration all added up to a warmer reception for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act in a key Senate subcommittee hearing.
The CORE Act had its first Senate hearing of 2021 on Wednesday in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The bill would protect 400,000 acres of public land in the Continental Divide, Thompson Divide, the San Juan Mountains and the Curecanti National Recreation Area.
Washington D.C.— A proposal from Congressman Joe Neguse to address train horn noise and streamline the process to qualify for a Quiet Zone has been included in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill. This provision was worked on in conjunction with City Officials in Fort Collins who are pursuing a Quiet Zone within the city. Congressman Neguse introduced the measure last Congress as an amendment to H.R. 2, and the proposal will now be included in the House’s comprehensive surface transportation bill, the INVEST in America Act.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, Co-Chair of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Caucus, and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) unveiled bipartisan legislation to increase access to Small Business Administration (SBA) resources for traditionally underserved individuals, communities, and small businesses. Specifically, the bill would authorize the SBA to create a MicroCap Small Business Investment Company license that will allow qualified underrepresented investment managers to participate in the program. Managers would not need to have prior fund management experience.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, along with Congressman Jerry Nadler, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Representatives Jason Crow, Pramila Jayapal and Mondaire Jones introduced new legislation, the Ketamine Restriction Act, to ban the use of ketamine during an arrest or detention, other than in a hospital.
Rep. Joe Neguse is pushing to improve access and funding for public lands in Colorado and around the country.
A bill introduced Monday by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from using the powerful sedative ketamine during the arrest or detention of suspects.
The legislation comes on the heels of a Colorado bill to restrict use of the drug in law enforcement encounters. That bill, which awaits Gov. Jared Polis' signature, was in response to outrage over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was injected with the drug while under arrest in Aurora.
Rep. Joe Neguse is introducing a bill that would ban the use of the sedative ketamine during arrests and detention.
Use of the drug in non-hospital settings has been under intense scrutiny after the death of Elijah McClain. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine after Aurora police tried to arrest the young, black man. McClain went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital.
It was McClain’s death that drove Neguse to act.
A few years ago, the U.S. Forest Service sat down with Eagle County officials and delivered some bad news: The federal agency was short-staffed and would be closing campgrounds in the mountainous county that includes Vail, where outdoor recreation is king.
Eagle County responded by spending its own tax dollars to pay USFS employees, an unusual arrangement that has become commonplace in Colorado’s high country, where waves of tourists have poured into some of the most-visited forests in the nation.