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Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse will hold his 5th service town hall at the Broomfield Fellowship in Serving Humanity (FISH) Family Resource Center on August 26th. The Congressman launched the first-of-its-kind service town hall initiative in March and has held events at Bridge House Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless and the Larimer Humane Society since then. At Monday’s event he will be joined by Representative Matt Gray and Councilwoman Guyleen Castriotta.
Dear Friends,
I was honored to welcome the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to Colorado's Second Congressional District earlier this month for the Committee's very first field hearing! Early on, our team advocated for Colorado to be the location for the committee’s first ever field hearing, and we were thrilled to have succeeded in securing the same! Chair Kathy Castor from Florida, Ranking Member Garret Graves from Louisiana, Sean Casten from Illinois, and Buddy Carter from Georgia came to Colorado to visit with our renowned scientists and to hear from local leaders.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced that his office will be hosting a congressional app challenge for middle and high school students in the district, designed to encourage student participation in computer science and coding. The challenge will be open to students of all skill-levels across the district for the next 12 weeks, giving participants the opportunity to code a unique app individually or in teams of up to 4 participants and compete against their peers.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse announced a $4,028,452 grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the grant was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This project would improve long-range weather forecasting data aggregation and would help scientists detect weather systems, such as tropical cyclones, to a higher degree of accuracy.
Washington D.C. —Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and co-chairs the bipartisan congressional Refugee Caucus, led a bipartisan letter opposing a reported Trump administration proposal to drastically cut the number of refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (“USRAP”), cuts that would be in direct conflict with Congress’s intent in the 1980 Refugee Act. The Trump Administration is reported to be seeking to lower the minimum number of refugees admitted to the U.S. from 30,000 each year to zero for Fiscal Year 2020.
U.S. Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s Congressional District 2, has established a Senior Advisory Council to identify legislative actions and constituent services to assist seniors and other groups in his District. Congressman Neguse considers planning in these areas to be essential due to the anticipated population doubling of persons over age 65 by the year 2030.