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The package would protect federal agencies from cyber vulnerabilities, revise best practices for supply chain risk management and equip state and local governments
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse unveiled two bipartisan, bicameral measures to invest in cyber security initiatives, secure supply chains and equip state and local governments.
Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) reintroduced the IDEA Full Funding Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to finally ensure Congress' commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In 1975, Congress passed IDEA to ensure that every child with a disability has access to educational opportunity. This law was a historic step forward, but since its passage Congress has failed to provide the funding promised under this bill.
Two year Secure Rural Schools reauthorization signed into law
Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s proposal to formally authorize the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership was signed into law as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Ron Wyden’s proposal to upgrade America’s power system and protect local communities from extreme weather events was signed into law as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The pair introduced the Disaster Safe Power Grid Act earlier this year to ensure that power companies do their part to reduce the risks of power blackouts and wildland fires through power system upgrades, fire and disaster safety equipment installation, and proper vegetation management.
Neguse secured funding for wildfire prevention, grid modernization, rural schools and forest restoration programs in the bill
Returning this week from the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse said his second trip to a U.N. Climate Change Conference went a lot better than his first, to COP25 in Madrid, Spain, two years ago.
“Boy, what a change two years can make,” Neguse told reporters in a virtual press conference on Friday.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse on Friday stressed the need to pass the climate policies in the proposed $1.75-trillion budget bill after returning from the U.N. climate summit in Scotland.
Earlier this year, the pair introduced the Carbon Cost Act, which would encourage establishment of an entity to track the impacts of legislation on national carbon emissions