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Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Lafayette, has been elected to serve as the Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.
Neguse’s election will make him Colorado’s highest ranking congressmen in a Democratic House Leadership position in 85 years. He is the first African American member of Congress from Colorado. Neguse, who represents District 2, previously served as co-chair of the DPCC in the 117th Congress.
Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse has moved up the Democratic House leadership ladder.
He was elected chair of the Democratic Policy and Communication Committee (DPCC), the communications arms for House Democrats, for the 118th Congress.
The Lafayette Democrat said he’s honored to have been elected and is excited about the road ahead.
“The messaging arm plays a really pivotal role within our House Democratic caucus because it ultimately helps our caucus develop and disseminate [a] message that resonates with the American people,” he said.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat, gives a victory speech at the Colorado Democratic Party's watch party in Denver on election night on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse won election Thursday to lead the House Democrats' messaging arm, putting the Lafayette Democrat in the No. 5 elected spot on his party's leadership team in the chamber.
Neguse was elected without opposition as chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, a newly created position that will make the 38-year-old the most senior member of the chamber's leadership from the Colorado delegation in more than eight decades.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) was elected by the House Democratic Caucus to serve as Chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, or DPCC. In a statement, Congressman Neguse said:
Rep. Joe Neguse (left) and Rep. Ken Buck (right) talk about their most recent legislative collaboration.
Two years after some Colorado business owners shared stories of extortion, threats and retaliation by the nation's biggest tech companies, Congress is taking action.
A bill aimed at curbing the power of Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook could be on President Joe Biden's desk by the end of the year.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, Chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Forests, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and several members of the Colorado congressional delegation in a letter calling for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to share information about its plan to implement the $10 billion in funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to address a backlog of forest management needs (including $5 billion in wildfire mitigation funding in the IRA modeled after Rep.
Lafayette, CO—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced that Poudre School District will receive $2,174,190 in federal funding and Thompson School District will receive $1,071,780 for their Head Start programs. This funding will go toward supporting Head Start in both districts in delivering high-quality, evidence-based education and comprehensive services to children throughout the county.
Lafayette, CO—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8’s announcement naming East Grand School District as a winner of a 2022 Clean School Bus Rebate. The $790,000 in funding awarded to East Grand School District is part of a larger $965 million nationwide investment, made possible by the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Lafayette, CO—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper celebrated the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) decision to allow the State of Colorado to directly administer $6 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for recovery from the Marshall Fire.