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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board and the United States Department of Agriculture have given the project the go-ahead, prompting a letter from U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse criticizing the federal review of the project.
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Washington, D.C. — Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate April 2023 as “National Native Plant Month.”
The University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded $9 million in federal funding for research on solar technology, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., announced Monday. CU Boulder’s project will design and build tandem silicon-perovskite solar cells, which convert light energy into electricity. Perovskite is a relatively new material used to build solar cells, and tandems are two solar cells stacked on top of each other for increased efficiency.
Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced that the University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded $9 million in federal funding for their innovation driven research on solar technology. This project was one of 19 selected nationwide and was part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s $52 million investment in America’s domestic solar supply chain and energy grid; which includes funds allocated through the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide high school art competition held every spring. It began in 1982 as a way to encourage and appreciate young artists and has had more than 650,000 high school students participate. U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo. and a Lafayette resident, hosted the art competition for Colorado’s 2nd District.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse intends to reintroduce his Tim’s Act legislation that aims to increase federal wildland firefighter pay and benefits after the bill failed to become law during the last Congress. At a town hall in Steamboat Springs last week, Neguse said he planned to reintroduce the bill at an event on Friday, April 14, in Estes Park. When it was first introduced in 2021, the bill had bipartisan support, including Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney.
Dear Neighbor, It has been great being back in Colorado for April’s District Work Period. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting with many of you as our team hit the road this past week, meeting with folks from across Colorado’s 2nd District and taking part in some outstanding community events, town-halls and more!
Thankfully since then they've gotten the leak in the system repaired and the new well up and running, but now the decades-old water system running through town is getting a big upgrade thanks to federal dollars secured by U.S. Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse, whose district includes Empire. "We worked hard to fight and advocate for $4 million worth of resources that we could secure at the federal level as part of the last appropriations cycle to bring those resources to bear so that a community like Empire could ultimately have a water distribution system for the 21st century," Neguse said.