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U.S. Army veteran Randy Blehm remembers coming home after serving for roughly 18 months in the Vietnam War like it was yesterday.
“I had rocks thrown at me. I was spit on. I was cursed. I was called a baby killer,” Blehm said Friday. “For two years, a lot of that haunted me.”
Blehm was 19-years-old when he fought in the Vietnam War in 1973.
Born and raised in Colorado, predominantly in the Greeley-area, Blehm served in the Army for 10 years.
Representatives Neguse, Burchett, and Foster unveiled the bipartisan, bicameral bill to strengthen America’s recycling and composting infrastructure earlier this month.
Lafayette, CO— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $25,000 to a student team at the University of Colorado, Boulder to develop a drinking water risk assessment tool. In total, the EPA awarded $399,837 in funding to 16 student teams for research and innovative solutions to address environmental and public health challenges.
President Biden signed into law the first major gun violence prevention legislation in nearly 30 years
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Joe Neguse announced today his introduction of the STEM Pathways Through College Act to support equitable access to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) collegiate coursework and degrees. This bill increases the number of students offered high-quality STEM advanced coursework, supports students in reducing college costs, and improves postsecondary credit transfers by allowing students to earn college credit or an industry credential while in high school.
Washington, D.C. – In light of today’s Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center case, Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement:
“Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade is deeply disappointing. The ruling, which departs from nearly fifty years of legal precedent, will deprive countless women across the country of the freedom to make deeply personal reproductive health decisions.”
Funds to be drawn from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve working conditions & compensation for federal wildland firefighters.
All three bills focus on strengthening American supply chains, small businesses, and cybersecurity.
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Biden signed Congressman Joe Neguse’s Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act and State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 into law. This comes just days after the Supply Chain Security Training Act, the Congressman’s proposal to revise best practices for supply chain risk management, was signed by the President.
The lawmakers are pushing for an increase in sustainability amidst reports stating the U.S has a national recycling rate of only 32%.