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Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced the launch of the Congressional Art Competition for high school aged students across Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. The competition encourages creativity and provides an opportunity for high school students to be recognized for their artistic talents. The winning submission is displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington, D.C.
Dear Neighbor, This past week I’ve been back in Colorado reconnecting with the communities that make up Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District—both new and old! And we’ve had plenty to catch-up on. I also was excited to announce a series of funding allocations that will benefit our state.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse announced Wednesday that the Town of Silverthorne and the counties of Boulder and Larimer will receive funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law aimed at helping communities create safer roadways, reducing traffic fatalities, and serious injuries. The funding is part of the Transportation Department’s Safe Streets For All discretionary program. Boulder County’s allocation of just under $500,000 will go to the county’s Vision Zero Action Plan.
Lafayette, CO — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced over $900,000 in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is headed to communities across Colorado to help create safer roadways and prevent traffic related deaths and serious injuries.
Dear Neighbor, Last week I was honored to attend the President’s State of the Union Address. The President highlighted key examples of how my colleagues and I in Congress have worked together to deliver real results for the American people. We’ve made historic progress while pursuing these goals, passing legislation to lower costs, create better-paying jobs, and build safer communities. And like the President said, we will work to ‘finish the job'.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, along with a bipartisan coalition of other Congressional lawmakers, including Sen. Michael Bennet, recently reintroduced legislation aimed at bolstering outdoor recreation by developing a framework for how national forests collect and spend some of the annual fees paid by ski areas operating within U.S. Forest Service land.
“Our bill will deliver for Colorado’s mountain towns, keep ski fees local and bring federal resources to our national forests,” Neguse stated in a Feb. 9 social media post.
Lafayette, CO — Congressman Joe Neguse, who previously served as Executive Director of Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies from 2015-2017, released the following statement after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its decision to not tax Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) payments:
Lafayette, CO — Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, who previously served as Executive Director of Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies from 2015-2017, led the entire Colorado delegation in calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue treating Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) revenue payments as nontaxable income—as has been precedent for the past thirty years.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), Congressman John Curtis (R-UT), and Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to support ski areas across the country. The Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act would invest in outdoor recreation by enabling National Forests to retain a portion of the annual fees paid by ski areas operating within their boundaries. U.S.
Washington, D.C. — Last week, Congressman Joe Neguse, founder and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, joined by Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), Josh Harder (CA-9), and Dina Titus (NV-1), wrote to officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) to express concerns surrounding overtime pay for wildland firefighters and request an explanation on next steps to ensure these individuals are being paid in accordance with new standards enacted through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.