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Last week I was beyond honored to deliver the rebuttal on the House floor as we debated H.R.6, and even prouder to cast my vote as we passed the Dream and Promise Act! Listen to my comments here!
STANDING UP FOR DREAMERS
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, along with Congressman Doug Lamborn, introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to extend authorization of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP). Over the last 13 years, PRRIP has allowed dozens of water projects in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska to comply with the Endangered Species Act and continue operating, which has revitalized bird species, including the whooping crane, piping plover and least tern as well as the pallid sturgeon fish.
Washington D.C.—On Friday, June 14th at 3:00 p.m. MT, Congressman Joe Neguse will host a roundtable discussion with advocates and patients to discuss the skyrocketing cost of drug prices. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that Americans spent more than $460 billion on prescription drugs in 2016. In Colorado, an estimated 500,000 individuals do not fill a prescription per year because of the high cost. High prescription drug costs are a concern for patients, providers, and policy makers.
The U.S. House finally passed a bill that would protect Dreamers from deportation. It is unlikely to ever be considered in the Senate, but Colorado’s Rep. Joe Neguse refused to treat the likely doomed American Dream and Promise Act like a statement bill.“What we have lost in the debate today, in my view, is what this bill is all about at its core,” Neguse said addressing a rowdy House floor. “I rise today not just as a member of this body, not just as a proud American, but as a son of immigrants, a son of African refugees.
Fed up with inaction on gun control in Washington, Congressman Joe Neguse, a Democrat, assembled a first-of-its kind meeting in Colorado as a call to action. Activists believe Colorado can be a model to further gun legislation.
“To me, this is a statement to the testament that people are speaking the truth to power,” said Neguse.
Neguse was at the meeting that included two fathers who lost their sons to gun violence, state lawmakers who’ve taken on the gun lobby, and the Chair of the U.S. House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Congressman Mike Thompson of California.
Washington D.C.—Congressman Neguse, this week, submitted testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, urging the Committee to take up priority legislation that would impact Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. In particular, he urged movement on the Safe Helicopters Now Act, legislation brought to him by Karen Mahany, whose husband died in a Flight for Life helicopter crash in Frisco in 2015.
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Neguse spoke on the House floor in support of the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, legislation to provide permanent protections for DACA recipients, TPS holders and DED recipients. Neguse was chosen to represent the Democratic Caucus to respond to Republican efforts to sideline the bill and vote down the final passage. The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 passed the House following Neguse’s floor remarks with 237 votes.
View video of his remarks on the floor here.
The Frisco Post Office will be renamed after fallen Flight For Life pilot Patrick Mahany at a dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Summit County Senior Center, 83 Nancy’s Place, Frisco.
Mahany died July 3, 2015, after his Flight For Life helicopter crashed into a parking lot near St. Anthony Summit Medical Center after takeoff.
Dear Friends,
It has been an incredibly productive few weeks in Washington, D.C. and we have a lot to update you on! I introduced my 12th piece of legislation, was recognized for holding the most town halls of any freshman member of Congress, and secured an important hearing for legislation I introduced to install the Every Word We Utter statue as the first outdoor monument to the women's suffrage movement in Washington!
MOST TOWN HALLS OF ANY FRESHMAN MEMBER!
WASHINGTON - Following issues in Colorado and around the country, Representative Neguse and the Colorado Delegation sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai asking for immediate action to address data inaccuracies that has held Coloradan families back, preventing them from connecting to broadband internet. Led by Representative Crow, the other co-signers of the bipartisan, bicameral letter are Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner and Representatives.