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As a way of highlighting his work to fight food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Lafayette, has invited Sister Carmen CEO Suzanne Crawford to be his virtual guest at President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress.
Local food banks including Lafayette-based Sister Carmen Community Center have been working hard to provide for those in need. Crawford said her center has seen a 20% increase in food distributions and a 420% uptick in financial assistance requests during the pandemic.
Restaurants can register starting this Friday; full application opens May 3
After securing a 15% SNAP increase amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Neguse hopes to highlight need for permanent nutrition assistance support
Click here to RSVP to today’s press conference with Rep. Neguse and Suzanne Crawford previewing the address
As a member of House Democratic Leadership, Neguse is one of a small group of lawmakers who will attend
Lawmakers sent a letter today to the Biden Administration with specific asks for expanding Medicare
It's hard to miss Joe Neguse these days.
Already a regular on cable news shows during his first term, the Lafayette Democrat's turn as a House impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump's second Senate trial earlier this year sent his profile soaring.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, Chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a legislative hearing on his bipartisan legislation to designate the Amache incarceration site in Southeast Colorado as a National Historic Site. The bill was introduced last week by Congressman Neguse and Congressman Ken Buck and has already earned broad support from Coloradans. Bob Fuchigami, one of more than 7,000 people unjustifiably detained at the Granada Relocation Center from 1942 to 1945 testified as a witness at the hearing.
Both U.S. senators from Colorado introduced legislation Wednesday that would make Camp Amache, where thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants were held against their will during World War II, a national historic site.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse released the below statement following the jury’s vote to convict former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Chauvin was found guilty on all charges.
“While no verdict will ever bring George Floyd back to his family, today we have witnessed a small measure of justice. I am keeping George Floyd’s family in my thoughts, including his brother Philonese and daughter Gianna. May they find some semblance of peace in today’s conviction.”
Watch the video here.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse led the Colorado congressional delegation in a moment of silence on the House floor to honor the victims of the March 22nd mass shooting at King Soopers.