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August 3, 2023

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Lafayette, is encouraging veterans to file a claim under the PACT Act to receive compensation by Wednesday.

The PACT Act expanded veteran health care. The bill provides health care coverage to more than 3.5 million post 9/11 veterans who were exposed to burn pits or other toxins during deployment. Veterans can receive up to 12 months of backdated compensation when they begin the claiming process by Wednesday.


July 31, 2023

Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement on President Biden’s decision to keep the U.S. Space Command in Colorado: 


July 31, 2023
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Dear Neighbors, On Friday, I traveled back home from Washington, D.C. eager to spend some time with our community after a busy few weeks in our nation’s capital.


July 31, 2023

Alongside other western state legislators, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse has introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program through 2023. 

This follows Neguse helping to secure a two-year extension for the program through 2023 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021.


July 31, 2023

The Air Force has decided that U.S. Space Command's permanent headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs, instead of moving to Huntsville, Ala.

The long-awaited decision caps more than two years of wrangling by officials from both Colorado and Alabama after former President Donald Trump announced in the final days of his administration that the command's headquarters would move to Alabama.


July 28, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Congresswoman Val Hoyle (D-OR) introduced their bipartisan bill to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through 2026. In 2021, Rep.


July 28, 2023

Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse have introduced the Joint Chiefs Reauthorization Act of 2023 alongside other western state legislators in effort to better support forest and grassland restoration projects across public and private land.


July 26, 2023

When the Gypsum Town Council on Tuesday began considering whether to put lights on the town’s new skatepark, the fact that the project appears to be coming in both ahead of schedule and under budget helped sway the decision.

The $55,000 expenditure for lights received unanimous approval from the council.


July 26, 2023

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) on Wednesday dismissed Republican discussions about opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, calling the conversations a “complete distraction.”


July 25, 2023

Last week Congressman Joe Neguse joined with California Representative Jared Huffman and Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen to support legislation that would fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. 

IDEA was passed in 1975 which then intention to ensure that children with disabilities have access to educational opportunities. When originally drafted, the federal government committed to pay 40% of the average per pupil expenditure for special education.