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Washington D.C.— Today, Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), with the support of Representatives Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to help more community college transfer students earn degrees. The Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2019 would ensure students who have transferred from community college to a four-year institution can obtain an associate’s degree with the reverse transfer of class credits.
WASHINGTON—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Representatives John Katko (R-NY) and Joe Neguse (D-CO), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced a bicameral bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief.
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Washington D.C.—Following the House Judiciary Committee’s vote today to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, Congressman Joe Neguse, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
Washington D.C.— Following the school shooting at the STEM school in Highlands Ranch, yesterday, Congressman Joe Neguse released the following statement:
“Andrea and I are completely heartbroken by yesterday’s events at the STEM School in Highlands Ranch. Not a day goes by when our world is not shattered by yet another senseless act of gun violence.
Washington D.C.— Following meetings with city representatives in Fort Collins, Loveland and Boulder, Representative Joe Neguse (CO-02) has thrown his support behind House Bill 530, the Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019. Representative Neguse was the first member of the Colorado delegation to sign onto this bill.
Washington D.C. — In response to cloudy Department of Justice guidelines, Congressman Neguse is leading a letter with democratic members of the Colorado Delegation urging Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary McAleenan to retract current guidelines which bars the naturalization of legal permanent residents who have been employed in the legal Cannabis industry and replace it with a policy more consistent with the Cole Memorandum.
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s amendment regarding climate education in schools passed on the House floor along with H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act. The amendment, builds upon H.R. 9’s directive to the President to develop a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, by providing a pathway for curriculums in elementary and secondary school to include human-caused climate change and the economic and societal impacts of the crisis.
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at today’s Members’ Day hearing. Below are his remarks:
“I represent the great 2nd district of the state of Colorado, including Boulder, Fort Collins and northern Colorado and many mountain communities, and my constituents are looking to leaders in Washington and representatives of this Committee to prioritize much needed investments in our infrastructure.”
Washington D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Congressman Van Taylor (R-TX) are launching a bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to promote federal policies that create jobs and to encourage the growth of early-state innovative companies. The Caucus will educate Members and staff on how the federal government can stimulate robust economic growth by fostering conditions that support entrepreneurs and their efforts to obtain the resources needed to start and grow their companies.