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As congressional Democrats negotiate cuts from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse announced his 21st Century Climate Conservation Corps is not on the chopping block.
Washington D.C.— Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed Congressman Joe Neguse’s bipartisan legislation to support wildfire recovery efforts in Colorado and across the nation, 61-3.
Liberal Democrat Joe Neguse of Colorado and conservative Republican Lynn Cheney have a common cause they care deeply about: taking care of wildland firefighters.
The political odd couple penned an op-ed Wednesday in The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-focused news outlet, about their plan to raise pay and benefits for those increasingly called on to protect communities, forests and fauna.
We are pushing our federal firefighting workforce to a breaking point. That must change.
As wildfires across the west grow more intense and more dangerous, federal firefighters leave behind their lives and families for months at a time, working an average of 16-hour daily shifts, sleeping in the dirt, with incredibly limited time off to reset and reconnect with loved ones.
Democrats — and select Republicans — voiced their support for a bipartisan bill that would boost wildland firefighter pay and reclassify their job titles as firefighters during a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
Washington D.C.— On Wednesday October 27th at 10:00am ET/8:00am MT, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will markup bipartisan legislation from Congressman Joe Neguse to support wildfire recovery efforts in Colorado and across the nation.
Washington D.C. —On Wednesday October 27, ahead of National First Responders Day, Congressman Joe Neguse, Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will host a hearing on firefighter pay and benefits. The hearing primarily will consider his legislation, the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act to raise federal wildland firefighter pay, ensure essential benefits and address classification.
Washington D.C.– Today, Congressman Joe Neguse joined Congressman Luis Correa and 42 of his colleagues in a letter urging the Senate to disregard the advisory opinion of the Senate Parliamentarian on immigration and consider the budgetary impact that providing a pathway to citizenship for 8 million people would have. The letter follows recent rulings from the Senate Parliamentarian that have dismissed the budgetary implications of this proposal and their ability to be included in the upcoming reconciliation package.
Washington D.C. —Today, Representative Joe Neguse, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus and Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, along with Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Katie Porter (D-CA), unveiled comprehensive legislation to overhaul federal firefighter pay, benefits and classification. The legislation, Tim’s Act, is named after Tim Hart, a smokejumper from Cody, Wyoming who lost his life on May 24, 2021 while working on the Eicks Fire in New Mexico.