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Washington D.C. —Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) are leading a bipartisan letter urging Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary McAleenan to retract guidelines issued in April which bars the naturalization of legal permanent residents who have been employed in the legal Cannabis industry. The letter follows recent incidents where individuals in Colorado and elsewhere were not only denied naturalization but U.S.

Washington D.C.—Representatives Joe Neguse issued the following statement on his support for opening an impeachment inquiry:

“The Special Counsel’s report clearly outlined sweeping and systematic Russian interference in our 2016 elections. And both Republican and Democratic members of Congress have noted that the report detailed multiple instances of impeachable conduct by the President."

Washington D.C. — Today, an amendment brought by Congressman Joe Neguse to ensure the protection of senior consumers passed on the House floor with bipartisan support along with H.R. 1500 the Consumers First Act. The amendment would require the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue an annual report to Congress of consumer complaints from older Americans, including a state-by-state breakdown of complaints by type of consumer financial product or service.

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined the Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act. The BREATHE Act would require the Environmental Protection Agency to amend its list of regulated air pollutants to include hydrogen sulfide as well as revise the list of air pollution sources within a year to include oil and gas wells as a major source of hydrogen sulfide. Specifically, the legislation would help tighten a current loophole that allows oil and gas wells from being regulated as a major source of toxic air pollution.

Washington D.C.— According to a new report, released Friday from the Town Hall Project, Congressman Joe Neguse held more town halls than any other freshman of Congress in the first quarter of the 116th Congress. The Town Hall Project’s Congressional Accountability Report calculated all public events held by members. Neguse comes in second among all freshman for public forums, with 15 events, including his “Java with Joe” meetings in the district. Of all the freshman members, he held the most “true” town halls, 13 events since taking office.

Washington D.C – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law. The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans regarding employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public accommodations.

Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse has secured a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation that would install Jane DeDecker’s Every Word We Utter sculpture as the first outdoor monument for the women’s suffrage movement in Washington D.C. This sculpture features Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her daughter Harriot Stanton Blatch, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells.