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Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse introduced The Next Generation Votes Act, federal pre-registration legislation to allow for 16 and 17-year-olds to register to vote ahead of their 18th birthday. Across the nation, a growing number of states are taking up pre-registration to integrate young people into the democratic process early, at a time when they are more likely to begin interacting with government agencies, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles, where voter registration services are offered. The Next Generation Votes Act builds on work Rep.

Washington D.C.— This week, Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02), alongside Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) introduced the Safe Helicopters Now Act, legislation to provide helicopter manufacturers with a tax credit for retrofitting existing emergency helicopters with safer fuel systems.

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s letter to President Trump requesting the State of the Union be delayed:

Washington D.C—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and federal law enforcement entities. Congressman Neguse issued the following statement regarding his appointment:

Washington, D.C.— Following his swearing in on January 3^rd, in Washington D.C., Congressman Joe Neguse went to work immediately to fix the ongoing government shutdown and has introduced several pieces of original legislation that will have a positive impact on the 2^nd Congressional District and State of Colorado. Despite being a freshman, Rep.

Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Interior and EPA appropriations bill to prevent the degradation of Colorado’s national parks and allow EPA to resume its critical activities in protecting clean air and clean water for Colorado families. Colorado’s national parks contribute $725 million in economic output annually, Rocky Mountain National Park alone generates $433 million. Every day the government remains shutdown, economic output for Colorado is sacrificed.

Washington D.C.—Congressman Joe Neguse, today, introduced his first piece of legislation, the Solar Expansion Distributed Generation Exponentially (EDGE) Act which incentivizes residential solar installation and long-term job growth in the solar industry.