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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), alongside his colleagues Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), passed an amendment to establish a program focused on improving wildfire smoke emissions modeling and developing smoke forecasts. The amendment also directs the Environmental Protection Agency to collect data and coordinate research on the impacts of acute air pollution exposure from wildfires, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amendment passed along with H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy and Innovation Act.
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the EIDL Forgiveness Act, bipartisan legislation that would exclude the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance when determining loan forgiveness for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The legislation would ensure that those business owners who received PPP funds will not have their loan forgiveness reduced by their EIDL Advance.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Congressman Joe Neguse announced more than $4.3 million in FEMA funds towards critical Larimer County bridge and roadway projects from the 2013 floods.
These grants will provide 75% of the total project cost in federal funding towards projects that repaired damage from the flooding and mudslides that occurred in 2013. This funding will cover repairs to County Road 44H roadway due to the overflow of Buckhorn Creek, and bridge repairs and roadway replacements due to the overflow of the Big Thompson River.
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Neguse announced over $4.3 million in FEMA funds towards critical Larimer County bridge and roadway projects from the 2013 floods.
These grants will provide 75% of the total project cost in federal funding towards projects that repaired damage from the flooding and mudslides that occurred in 2013. This funding will cover repairs to County Road 44H roadway due to the overflow of Buckhorn Creek, and bridge repairs and roadway replacements due to the overflow of the Big Thompson River.
A proposal backed by a congressman from the Sunshine State to crack down on animal cruelty is building traction on Capitol Hill
Four long-standing efforts to protect tracts of public lands in western Colorado are closer to becoming law after Democrats in the state's congressional delegation bundled them and attached the package to a must-pass defense authorization bill.
Washington D.C.— Rep. Joe Neguse voted to pass Rep. Grace Meng's (NY-06) resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19. Since January 2020, there has been a dramatic increase in reports of hate crimes and incidents against those of Asian descent. Over 2,500 cases related to COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination were recorded since March.
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), along with Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law introduced the Criminal Antitrust Anti-retaliation Act of 2020, legislation to extend whistleblower protections to private employees who report criminal antitrust violations to the federa
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) released the following statement about President Trump’s comments denying climate change:
Climate change is the existential threat of our time. Wildfires have burned over five million acres in Colorado, Oregon and California, including two massive fires in my district, the Cameron Peak Fire and the Williams Fork Fire. The Southern coast is being threatened by ever more powerful hurricanes and storms. The science is clear: climate change is real and we have to do everything in our power to stop it.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse is among the House members sponsoring the Our Lawn Act, a bill to expressly prohibit the use of federal property, including the White House, from use in political conventions or fundraising events.