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Washington D.C.—Today, the State of Colorado was approved for a disaster declaration status that will bring in needed resources for the state for wildfire recovery. In December, Congressman Joe Neguse led a letter of support, signed by the bipartisan delegation, urging swift adoption of Governor Polis’s request for the declaration. Three of the state’s five largest wildfires occurred in 2020, two of which impacted the 2nd Congressional District, represented by Congressman Neguse.
View his remarks on the House floor here.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, a member of House Leadership and a newly appointed impeachment manager for the Senate impeachment trial, spoke on the House floor ahead of the vote on impeachment.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement on his appointment as an impeachment manager in the Senate impeachment trial:
Washington D.C.—This morning, Congressman Joe Neguse and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, both members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to agency heads at the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation seeking a public briefing to discuss last week’s attack on the United States Capitol. Wednesday’s attack is the most significant attack on a branch of the United States government since British forces set fire to the U.S.
DENVER (CBS4)– A Colorado Congressman is one of those leading the call to have President Trump removed from office in his final days. Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse is among 17 members of the House Judiciary Committee to send a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to invoke the 25th amendment.
A majority of the president’s cabinet would have to agree that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If the president objects, two thirds of both chambers of Congress would also have to agree.
Washington D.C.—Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement on today’s events at the United States Capitol:
“Today was a very dark and difficult day for our country and for our Republic. The seat of our nation’s government was breached in a violent attack incited by the President of the United States and fueled by baseless claims from some of my Republican colleagues in Congress.
Washington D.C.—In his first term in Congress, Congressman Joe Neguse has positioned himself as one of the most effective lawmakers in the country. During the 116th Congress, he introduced over 55 pieces of legislation—the most of any freshman lawmaker—had 19 measures pass out of the U.S. House of Representatives, and had a record 9 laws signed by the President and enacted into law—the 2nd most of any lawmaker in the nation.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse had just finished speaking on the House floor in defense of President-elect Joe Biden’s win on Nov. 3 when the Democrat from Lafayette noticed something was wrong.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was escorted from the chamber. Then House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who was sitting behind Neguse, was removed from the House by U.S. Capitol Police.
“It signaled to everybody that something was amiss,” Neguse said.
Washington D.C.—Today, two bills introduced by Congressman Joe Neguse to expand Rocky Mountain National Park were enacted into law. The Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification Act would allow former NASA astronaut and Longmont, Colorado native Vance D. Brand to donate 40 acres to Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act would correct a longstanding error regarding a local family’s cabin that was mistakenly transferred to the park.
Congressman Joe Neguse is spearheading the launch of a new bipartisan wildfire caucus next year in hopes of raising awareness around the growing dangers of wildfires in Colorado and across the Western United States.