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Neguse, Grijalva, Blumenthal and Luján write to President Biden to request stakeholder inclusion in 30 by 30 conservation process
The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking, in a new report, ranked Congressman Joe Neguse as one of the top 10 most effective lawmakers in the country. Neguse was also ranked as the most effective lawmaker in Colorado’s congressional delegation, the most effective lawmaker among the freshman class in the 116th Congress, and the most effective for legislating on public lands.
Transportation projects in Berthoud, Lafayette, Fort Collins, Boulder and Longmont to benefit from federal COVID-19 stimulus funding
Nonpartisan Center identified Neguse as “Top 10” lawmaker for Effectiveness and #1 Representative in Congress for Legislating on Public Lands
The amendment passed with landmark gun violence prevention measures, including a universal background checks bill
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Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse spoke on the House floor in support of H.R.8, bipartisan legislation to provide universal background checks.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the more than 100,000 Americans who, every year, are impacted by gun violence. And I rise today to give voice to the overwhelming majority of the American people who support universal background checks,” said Congressman Neguse on the House floor.
Colorado to receive $6 billion in state and local government funding, which Congressman Neguse has championed since April
Colorado will receive $1.2 billion in emergency relief for K-12 schools, $495 million for higher education, $466 million for child care
Coloradans, including dependents, will receive $1,400 stimulus checks, an extension in unemployment benefits until September 6, and an expanded Child Tax Credit
Legislation Provides $500 million Stimulus Funding for Urban Parks
Washington D.C.—Today, Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, alongside Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.) and Michael Turner (R-Ohio) introduced a bipartisan bill to provide an historic one-time stimulus of $500 million for urban parks.
In the past year, food bank operations have increased greatly across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visits to Community Food Share’s network of food pantries and meal programs grew by 15% during the pandemic, and the amount of food distributed by Sister Carmen Community Center’s food bank has increased from the year before the pandemic by roughly 200,000 pounds.
A Commerce Department laboratory at the base of the Flatirons in Boulder, dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, is so old it is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.