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September 13, 2023

Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse was joined by Governor Jared Polis and leadership from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado to discuss the impact both schools have on every sector of Colorado’s economic landscape.


September 12, 2023
Newsletter

Dear Neighbor, Last week the District Work Period came to a close, and as I embark back to Washington D.C. to serve the wonderful people of our community, I’m filled with gratitude for the opportunity I had to spend the past several weeks visiting with folks across our state. Over the past month we’ve held community meetings, events, town halls in nearly all 12 counties in Colorado’s 2nd District—from Larimer to Routt, Boulder to Weld, Eagle to Gilpin, and Summit and beyond! 
 


September 12, 2023

A popular federal effort to protect threatened Western fish is in murky waters as stakeholders await Congressional action on reauthorization. 

The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program has for 30 years sought to restore four species that once thrived in the river: the razorback sucker, Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail and humpback chub. A sister effort, the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program, works to restore the same fish in the Four Corners region.


September 8, 2023

On Aug. 23 Rep. Joe Neguse stopped at the Kremmling Field Office to discuss the prospects of completing the Continental Divide Trail with local leaders and wildlife managers. While he was there he toured the Muddy Pass area near Steamboat Springs. The pass is considered a priority gap – a portion of incomplete trail that is considered unsafe or not enjoyable because it diverts hikers to busy roadways.


September 7, 2023

Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced $2 million in federal funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder’s Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) is headed to the world-leading research facility. Rep.


September 7, 2023

(The Center Square) – Two members of Congress from Colorado are continuing to press the Federal Aviation Administration and the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport about ongoing noise problems.

Joe Neguse, a Democrat representing Colorado’s 2nd District, and Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat representing the 7th District, sent a letter earlier this week to acting FAA Administrator Polly Trottenberg and airport Director Paul Anslow. They asked both entities to pursue an Airport Noise Compatibility Planning agreement to collaboratively address the concerns.


September 7, 2023

Colorado U.S. Sen Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, instrumental last month in at least temporarily derailing a massive expansion of Utah oil trains through Colorado, are now taking aim at a plan to enlarge a truck-to-rails oil transport facility on federal land west of Price, Utah.


September 7, 2023

Two Colorado Democrats on Thursday joined local governments and environmental groups in urging the federal Bureau of Land Management to undertake a full review of the proposed expansion of an oil-train terminal in eastern Utah.


September 7, 2023

Two Colorado legislators are demanding a full environmental review of a proposal to expand a Utah oil transport facility — plans they believe could endanger their state’s residents across the border.


September 7, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet called on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct a full environmental review of the proposed Wildcat Loadout expansion project to account for the project’s potential impacts on Colorado’s water, land, air, and climate.