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Town halls can get rather tense in today’s polarized political climate. But Rep. Joe Neguse’s town halls come with a twist. The Democrat who represent’s Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District is injecting volunteerism into the gatherings.
Before talking politics, he and his constituents do public service.
“It’s something that seems to have been lost in our politics is this concept of service,” he said.
Washington D.C.— An extended comment period on the Administration’s proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves, requested by Congressman Neguse, has brought in 1.8 million comments. The large number of comments, tallied this week after the close of the extended comment period is the largest number of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species and reflects broad dissatisfaction with the proposed delisting.
Washington D.C.— In response to constituent concerns, Congressman Neguse sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the United States inquiring about ways to combat train horn noise in Colorado’s urban areas. Congressman Neguse has asked that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review of the ways to reduce train horn noise in all urban areas throughout the United States.
Washington D.C. — Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District and serves as a member of House Leadership, today announced that the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will hold their first field hearing in Boulder, Colorado on August 1st. Committee Chair Kathy Castor (D-Florida), Committee Members and Congressman Neguse plan to visit with officials in Boulder and hold an official congressional field hearing on the clean energy transition.
A new congressional committee on climate change will have its first hearing outside Washington when it meets next month in Boulder.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat who represents Boulder, said Monday that the committee, which he is a member of, will talk about clean energy transitions in the city Aug. 1.
A special committee established by congressional Democrats to tackle climate change will convene in Boulder next month for its first field hearing. Members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will meet in Boulder on Thursday, August 1, for a hearing focused on the transition to renewable energy, the committee announced today, July 15. First-year Representative Joe Neguse, whose district includes Boulder, was one of eight Democrats appointed to the committee in February.
Washington D.C.— This week, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship held multiple hearings on overcrowding and prolonged detention in Custom and Border Protection facilities at the border and immigration application backlogs at the USCIS. These were the first in a series of planned hearings on immigration policies and to examine current conditions for children and adults in detention facilities at the border and across the country. Congressman Joe Neguse released the following statement on the hearing:
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, introduced legislation to ban oil, gas, and mineral drilling beneath Federally owned Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites. The On or Under Act would direct the federal government to acquire mineral rights beneath federal NPL Superfund sites, and prohibit their extraction or disturbance.
Washington D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined the bipartisan Congressional War Powers Caucus, co-chaired by Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ). The caucus, launched in late June, is dedicated to restoring Congress’s constitutionally-mandated authority over matters of war and peace.