{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where chamber = \"House\", state = \"CO\" and year = 2025 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-hits-50-city-milestone-2025-timnath-roundtable", "Congressman Neguse Hits 50-City Milestone in 2025 with Timnath Roundtable", "2025-12-30", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Lafayette, CO \u2014 Last week, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse hosted a roundtable discussion with local leaders in Timnath. He was joined by Mayor Robert Axmacher, Police Chief Laurie Scott, Fire Chief Derek Bergsten, and other local leaders to discuss community priorities. Rep. Neguse\u2019s visit to the Northern Colorado town marked the 50th community he\u2019s visited in Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District in 2025, building on his trademark for showing up for people across the state. He has also held 17 in-person town halls this year \u2014 more than every other member of Colorado\u2019s U.S. House delegation combined.\n\n\u201cWhen you represent a district as large as Colorado\u2019s 2nd, you learn early on that showing up matters, and that the best way to serve the people you were elected to represent is to engage with them directly. Which is why I\u2019ve made it my mission over the past year to show up in every community \u2014 no matter how big or small \u2014 to hear directly from our constituents,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cIn the new year, we\u2019ll keep traversing our district, engaging with everyone, and speaking up \u2014 because fixing what\u2019s broken in our politics requires working together to build a future we all believe in.\u201d\n\nCongressman Neguse has represented Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. Covering more than 12,000 square miles, the district is one of Colorado\u2019s largest and most rural, spanning twelve counties: Boulder, Weld, Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer, Summit, Jackson, Routt, and Broomfield.\n\nIn 2025 alone, Neguse visited 50 cities and towns across the district, including Allenspark, Eldorado Springs, Erie, Gold Hill, Gunbarrel, Jamestown, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Lyons, Nederland, Niwot, Superior, Central City, Empire, Georgetown, Idaho Springs, Silver Plume, Avon, Eagle, Edwards, Gypsum, Minturn, Red Cliff, Vail, Wolcott, Black Hawk, Fraser, Granby, Grand Lake, Hot Sulphur Springs, Kremmling, Winter Park, Walden, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Laporte, Loveland, Red Feather Lakes, Hayden, Oak Creek, Phippsburg, Steamboat Springs, Yampa, Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Silverthorne, and Timnath.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gabe-evans-sends-letter-governor-polis-demanding-accountability-cdot", "Rep. Gabe Evans Sends Letter to Governor Polis Demanding Accountability for CDOT Mismanagement", "2025-12-23", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) sent a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Executive Director Shoshana Lew expressing grave concerns over the continued mismanagement of CDOT \u2014demanding immediate corrective action to refocus the agency on core infrastructure priorities that keep Coloradans safe and the economy moving.\n\nIn the letter, Congressman Gabe Evans highlighted repeated concerns from constituents about worsening road conditions and traffic congestion across Adams, Weld, and Larimer Counties \u2013 even as CDOT\u2019s budget has nearly doubled since 2018 under Governor Polis\u2019 administration. Rep. Evans also cited statutory violations identified in CDOT\u2019s own audit, and reports of Federal regulatory violations that could jeopardize Colorado\u2019s access to critical federal transportation funding.\n\nAn excerpt from the letter reads:\n\n\u201cI respectfully urge your offices to take immediate steps to correct the blatant mismanagement that has plagued CDOT under your leadership, restore public trust in CDOT, and ensure good governance in the allocation of taxpayer dollars. The agency's failure to prioritize core infrastructure needs despite record-high budgets and unprecedented federal support\u2014 is not just irresponsible, it's indefensible. My constituents deserve a transportation system that works for them, not against them. I will continue to advocate for the communities I serve, whom you have neglected, until CDOT is reoriented toward delivering results that reflect their needs and values.\u201d - Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nKey Concerns in Rep. Evans Letter\n\nCongressman Evans emphasized a pattern of mismanagement that has left Coloradans paying more to receive less. Working families and businesses are continuously burdened by more than $500 million in taxpayer funded fees in CDOT\u2019s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget costs, which disproportionately falls onto road users and industries that depend on conventional fuel and freight movement to operate and grow.\n\nAt the same time, Colorado\u2019s roads continue to deteriorate. Under Governor Polis\u2019 leadership, the state ranks among the worst in the nation for road conditions. Currently the state ranks 7th worst overall, and comes in 3rd for the worst urban highways and 5th worst for rural highways. These rankings reflect years of out-of-touch priorities as CDOT has expanded spending on political initiatives, while failing to adequately invest in core roadway maintenance and safety.\n\nThe consequences of these choices are being felt across Colorado\u2019s Eighth Congressional District. Critical transportation corridors such as I-25, Highway 85, and I-75 serve as economic lifelines for families, farmers, and employers; yet commuters and businesses face worsening congestion, repeated vehicle damage, longer travel times, and an increased risk of serious accidents. On average, these failures are costing Colorado drivers an estimated $1,900 per year.\n\nRep. Evans also pointed to serious accountability concerns raised by CDOT\u2019s own audit, which found statutory violations in funding disbursement more than six times higher than when Governor Polis took office. The audit identified $4.8 million in unaccountable taxpayer dollars, much of it tied to the Division of Transit and Rail, raising significant questions about fiscal responsibility at the agency.\n\nPublic safety risks continue to mount as well. Across the state, 417 bridges are currently classified as structurally deficient, including heavily traveled bridges in Adams County and along major Front Range routes. These conditions pose real dangers to drivers and underscore the cost of neglecting basic infrastructure needs.\n\nFinally, Congressman Evans warned that CDOT\u2019s reported violations of federal commercial driver licensing regulations risk undermining the federal government\u2019s confidence in the agency. With nearly half of CDOT\u2019s budget dependent on federal funding, this mismanagement could jeopardize Colorado\u2019s eligibility for future federal grants and formula funding \u2013 placing hundreds of millions of dollars at risk.\n\nCongressman Evans made it clear that Colorado\u2019s transportation system is being undermined, not by lack of resources, but by Governor Polis\u2019 failure to prioritize safety, accountability, and the fundamental needs of all communities in Colorado.\n\nRep. Gabe Evans Calls for Immediate Corrective Action\n\nCongressman Gabe Evans urges Governor Polis to take immediate steps to restore public trust and refocus CDOT on delivering results for Colorado communities including:\n\nPrioritizing road, highway, and bridge repair over politically driven projects\n\nIncreasing transparency and accountability in funding disbursement\n\nPartnering with local governments in Adams, Weld, and Larimer Counties on district priorities\n\nProactively correcting any ongoing violations that could put federal transportation funding at risk", 1, "2026-04-01T05:41:29Z", "2026-04-01T05:42:36Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/colorado-reps-neguse-hurd-and-senators-bennet-hickenlooper-mobilize-bipartisan", "Colorado Reps. Neguse & Hurd and Senators Bennet & Hickenlooper Mobilize Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition to Protect NCAR", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cFunding for NCAR is essential to maintaining America\u2019s leadership in global weather forecasting and to protecting our economy, our communities, and the everyday livelihoods of families across the nation.\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Jeff Hurd (R-CO) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) led a bipartisan, bicameral coalition in support of sustained funding for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. In a letter to congressional appropriators, 76 lawmakers from across both chambers requested statutory language be included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill to prevent its dismantling and ensure NCAR can maintain its core capabilities and continue delivering vital Earth system science.\n\nThe Colorado members mobilized in response to a social media \u201cannouncement\u201d from White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought stating the administration plans to dismantle the nation\u2019s leading climate research center.\n\nNeguse, Bennet, Hickenlooper, Hurd, and their colleagues, however, noted that President Trump\u2019s own FY 2026 budget request for the National Science Foundation (NSF), submitted to Congress earlier this year, described NCAR as a \u201cworld-class research center\u201d leading advancements in \u201ccutting-edge airborne and ground-based observational facilities[,] community weather and climate models with thousands of users worldwide[,] and petascale high-performance computing.\u201d\n\nAs the appropriations process moves to conference in January next year, this letter doubles-down on demands made by Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper last week.\n\n\u201cThe work being done at NCAR is vital to our state, our country, and our planet. The breathtaking advancements these scientists and researchers are making every day play a critical role in alerting communities to extreme weather conditions and the advanced modeling systems they are creating are vital to our national security. Any attempt to dismantle this institution is dangerous, reckless, and would, ultimately, put the United States at a very deep competitive disadvantage,\u201d said Congressman Joe Neguse. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper for taking critical action last week to stand up for NCAR\u2019s continued funding, and I\u2019m proud to work with my Republican colleague from the Western Slope, Jeff Hurd, to carry the baton in the House. As Coloradans, first and foremost, we intend to fight back against attempts to gut this cutting-edge institution\u201d\n\n\u201cNCAR does critical work in Colorado that helps predict severe weather and keeps America competitive in climate science. The research happening there protects communities and supports our national security. Dismantling this institution doesn\u2019t make sense, and I\u2019m glad to work with my colleagues in both chambers to make sure NCAR has the funding it needs to keep operating,\u201d said Congressman Jeff Hurd. \u201cThe scientists at NCAR are doing work that matters - work that helps families prepare for storms, helps farmers plan their seasons, and keeps us ahead on the world stage. Supporting NCAR is a smart investment we should continue to make, not walk away from. I\u2019m grateful to my House colleague, Joe Neguse, for his partnership in protecting an institution that matters to Colorado and the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cLast week, I blocked the Senate appropriations process to demand full funding for NCAR in response to President Trump\u2019s threat to dismantle it,\u201d said Senator Bennet. \u201cNCAR\u2019s work is indispensable for communities, decision-makers, and emergency responders. From predicting extreme weather conditions to supporting disaster preparedness to understanding how wildfires spread, the elimination of NCAR would be catastrophic for public safety and national security. I am grateful to Representatives Neguse and Hurd for their partnership on the effort to protect NCAR. We will explore every avenue to ensure we don\u2019t lose this vital institution.\u201d\n\n\u201cDonald Trump's vengeful plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research is not only illegal, it\u2019s indefensible. It will have devastating consequences not only for Colorado, but across the country. Colorado won't be intimidated by the bully in the White House. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to fight back,\u201d said Senator Hickenlooper.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.\n\nIn addition to Representatives Neguse and Hurd and Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, the letter was also signed by: Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barrag\u00e1n (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dave Min (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Emily Randall (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Robert Scott (D-VA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-and-colleagues-introduce-bill-reverse-gun-silencer-giveaway", "Rep. Neguse and Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reverse Gun Silencer Giveaway", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 22, 2025\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) joined Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), as well as, Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL), to introduce the Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act, which would repeal Republican tax breaks for silencers and sawed-off shotguns included in the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB),\u201d and repurpose the funding to Medicare \u2014 which would equal $1.7 billion over the next decade.\n\nEarlier this year, Neguse and his colleagues on the House Rules Committee exposed Republicans\u2019 last-minute move to eliminate firearm silencer regulations during the panel\u2019s marathon 21-hour hearing on the OBBB. After it was ultimately included in the House-passed bill, the Congressman led a letter to Senate leaders urging the Chamber to commit to remove the language in question.\n\nThe deregulation of firearm silencers was since removed from the legislation, however, the removal of excise taxes remained.\n\n\u201cThis summer, Republicans passed a provision in the dead-of-night that eliminated excise taxes on firearm silencers. This change is devastating to public safety and greatly impedes law enforcement efforts to keep our communities safe,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cToday, alongside my colleagues Senator Alsobrooks and Representative Frost, we\u2019ve introduced a simple bill that reverses this policy and reinforces the long-maintained regulations for firearm silencers under the NFA \u2013 because the American people and our law enforcement deserve better.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis legislation is a 2-for-1 response to Republicans driving up health care costs and letting guns invade our communities. When Republicans snuck in tax cuts to the Big Ugly Bill on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles, they made their position clear: guns matter more than Americans\u2019 lives. At a time when health care costs are skyrocketing, and just days after yet another tragic school shooting, now is the time to act. Our bill will repeal the unnecessary tax cuts on deadly weapons and use the money saved for Americans\u2019 health care, which has been decimated by Republicans,\u201d said Senator Alsobrooks.\n\n\u201cWhile an endless cycle of gun violence continues to tear apart communities across our nation, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are gutting Americans\u2019 health care to pay for handouts for their billionaire buddies, including the gun industry. With this legislation, we\u2019re reversing a reckless gun industry tax giveaway and redirecting that funding towards strengthening Medicare and protecting public health,\u201d said Senator Van Hollen.\n\n\u201cIn a bill that was chock full of right-wing handouts, the tax break Republicans created for sawed-off shotguns and silencers might be the most ridiculous. Repealing it and plowing that money back into health care is a no brainer,\u201d Senator Wyden said.\n\n\"Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d doesn\u2019t just slash life-saving programs like SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare\u2014it also makes our communities less safe by subsidizing silencers and sawed-off shotguns, weapons that make mass shootings deadlier and harder to stop. At a time when our country has seen more mass shootings than days in the year, and as seniors and families face rising health care costs, this legislation reverses these tax cuts and puts people\u2019s health, safety, and well-being above the profits of the gun industry,\u201d said Congressman Frost.\n\n\u201cThis bill reverses a dangerous giveaway to the gun industry by restoring long-standing National Firearms Act taxes on silencers and sawed-off shotguns\u2014safeguards that have been in place since the NFA was enacted in 1934,\u201d said Po Murray, Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance. \u201cThe so-called \u2018One Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 erased these common-sense taxes, making the most dangerous weapons cheaper and easier to access. Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden are correcting that mistake by restoring the taxes and redirecting $1.7 billion to Medicare, prioritizing public safety and health care over special interests. Newtown Action Alliance implores Congress to urgently pass this legislation.\u201d\n\n\u201cFor nearly a century, this nation has sensibly and specially regulated silencers and certain firearms because they pose a severe threat to public safety if placed in the wrong hands. Trump\u2019s One Big Ugly Bill gave the gun industry a tax break on NFA weapons, including silencers, that allows them to categorically put profits over people\u2019s lives and while also forcing massive cuts to Medicaid and Medicare \u2013 further endangering survivors of gun violence and all others who rely on these programs. Brady thanks Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden for their leadership in introducing this legislation to repeal this dangerous tax cut for the gun industry and help ensure access to medical care for survivors of gun violence,\u201d said Mark Collins, Federal Policy Director, Brady.\n\nRead the full text of the bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-implores-usps-officials-gypsum-post-office-relocation", "Rep. Neguse Implores USPS Officials on Gypsum Post Office Relocation", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 22, 2025\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse implored U.S. Postal Service officials to take action on the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s (USPS) stalled relocation of the Gypsum Post Office. Congressman Neguse and his colleagues, Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Representative Jeff Hurd, insisted that agency leadership provide an immediate update on the planned post office facility in Gypsum within 30 days.\n\n\u201cThe Town has experienced exponential growth since the original post office was built, straining the current location. Town officials have cited long wait times for counter service; parking lot traffic flow and safety concerns; inadequate space for package delivery, post office boxes, and all other postal services; and a general state of disrepair.\u201d wrote the lawmakers.\n\nNeguse and colleagues continued: \u201cThis new 9,000-square-foot facility would be a substantial upgrade from the current post office and serve as a much-needed modern logistics facility for moving mail and packages to and through Colorado\u2019s mountain communities. The proposed facility addresses a key concern of aging and inadequate facilities highlighted in the USPS Office of Inspector General report titled \u2018Delivery and Customer Service in Colorado Mountain Towns.\u2019\u201d\n\nFollowing USPS\u2019s required relocation and community notification process, the agency determined that relocation was necessary and in 2023 selected a new facility to better serve Gypsum and surrounding mountain communities. Despite extensive coordination with the Town of Gypsum and Eagle County, USPS has not explained the delay of relocation, raising concern among local leaders about continued safety, security and service deficiencies at the current location.\n\n\u201cOur constituents, including Town of Gypsum leadership and the Eagle County Board of Commissioners, are concerned by this sudden delay from USPS at this late stage in the process. This concern is deepened by a lack of communication from USPS as to what outstanding issues with the project have spurred an additional agency review process, or insight into a timeline for this review to be completed. All parties agree that the existing facility and site are woefully inadequate, posing safety and security concerns and preventing USPS from delivering the level of service that the Gypsum community needs and deserves,\u201d the lawmakers concluded.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.\n\nBackground\n\nDuring his time serving the people of Northern and Western Colorado, Congressman Neguse has repeatedly implored USPS to address ongoing challenges in postal services in the state\u2019s mountain communities \u2014 including requesting that USPS provide easier access to mail and packages, expand opportunities for customers to access their PO boxes, aggressively recruit new staff, and meet with affected communities\u2019 mayors and county leaders. Each of these actions were prompted by citizens\u2019 concerns about the agency\u2019s ability to provide timely and reliable delivery of medications, bills, checks, passports, packages and other essential items. Most recently, the Congressman joined Colorado Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper in penning a letter to ensure rural and mountain communities\u2019 service was protected following public reports that the USPS entered into an agreement with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (\u201cDOGE\u201d).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-jeff-hurd-announces-first-bill-signed-law", "Congressman Jeff Hurd Announces First Bill Signed Into Law", "2025-12-21", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Rep. Jeff Hurd (CO-03) announced that the Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2316) has been signed into law by President Trump, the congressman's first bill to do so. The legislation strengthens long-term funding for habitat restoration and wetland conservation while expanding hunting access and supporting healthy ecosystems across the United States.\n\nThe new law extends the timeline for interest earned on the Wildlife Restoration Fund to accumulate before being spent, allowing these resources to grow and generate additional revenue for conservation in the years ahead. The fund is paid for entirely by hunters and sportsmen through a pre-existing sales tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment.\n\n\u201cThis legislation supports hunters, improves wetland health, and ensures future generations can enjoy the outdoors,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cI\u2019m honored to deliver this win for our hunters, wildlife, and America\u2019s outdoor heritage. By allowing the Wildlife Restoration Fund to grow before being spent, we\u2019re making a smart investment that will pay dividends for habitat restoration and outdoor access for years to come.\u201d\n\nThe law also boosts funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), a proven, bipartisan program that restores wetlands and protects waterfowl habitat across North America. Through strong public-private partnerships, NAWCA has helped conserve over 32 million acres of habitat while expanding outdoor opportunities nationwide.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-leads-bill-to-help-communities-with-extreme-weather", "Crow Leads Bill To Help Communities with Extreme Weather", "2025-12-19", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) introduced the Championing Local Efforts to Advance Resilience (CLEAR) Act, a bipartisan bill to help communities respond to and recover from extreme weather and natural disasters.\n\nInspired by the Colorado Resiliency Office that has proven successful in helping communities adapt to changing environmental conditions, the CLEAR Act would establish a competitive grant program to help states, territories, and tribes establish and maintain resiliency offices to develop tools, provide assistance, and implement policies to strengthen resiliency in communities nationwide. The CLEAR Act would authorize $100 million annually for five years.\n\nRepresentatives Young Kim (R-CA-40), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02), and Carol Miller (R-WV-01) joined Congressman Crow in introducing this bipartisan legislation.\n\n\u201cExtreme weather events continue to impact Colorado and states across the country. I\u2019m proud to introduce the CLEAR Act to provide communities with the tools and resources to respond and rebuild after natural disasters,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cThis bipartisan bill bolsters local efforts to prepare for extreme weather and will help strengthen critical infrastructure, protect small businesses, and save taxpayer money.\u201d\n\n\u201cToo many in our community have felt the devastation of wildfires firsthand,\u201d said Congresswoman Kim. \u201cNatural disasters don\u2019t discriminate\u2014they impact us all. I\u2019m proud to work alongside Rep. Crow to help introduce this bipartisan, commonsense legislation that will strengthen local resiliency efforts and give communities the tools they need to prepare for and recover from weather emergencies.\u201d\n\n\u201cDisasters like the flooding in Ruidoso and Salt and South Fork fires are the new normal, and New Mexicans know firsthand how wildfires, drought, and floods can devastate lives in an instant,\u201d said Congressman Vasquez. \u201cAs the climate changes and becomes more extreme, our communities need better tools to fight back and protect working families. We must act now to ensure New Mexico is prepared for the future.\u201d\n\n\"West Virginia families know all too well the devastation that flooding can bring to our homes, businesses, and infrastructure. The CLEAR Act will give our communities the support they need to better prepare for future disasters and recover more quickly,\u201d said Congresswoman Miller. \u201cBy investing in resilience, we can protect lives, safeguard our communities, and ensure that West Virginians are not left to rebuild alone.\u201d\n\nThis legislation is endorsed by the American Flood Coalition Action, Resilience Force, BlueGreen Alliance, and others.\n\n\u201cOver the last decade, the Colorado Resiliency Office, most recently housed in the Department of Local Affairs, has been at the forefront, statewide and nationally, of advancing solutions to ensure that our communities can adapt and thrive in the midst of changing conditions. With the frequency and severity of natural disasters increasing risks to lives, property, and livelihoods, it is more crucial than ever to support the work of State Resiliency Offices to reduce risks and build strong communities. We are proud to join Representative Crow by endorsing the CLEAR Act, which will help us expand our impact in Colorado and advance this vital work in other states,\u201d said Anne Miller, Colorado Resiliency Office Director, Department of Local Affairs.\n\n\u201cSupporting state leadership on resilience is essential to protecting communities across the country from the increasing threats of natural hazards. States are key to steering federal investment, driving watershed-scale planning, and providing much needed capacity and technical assistance to local leaders. AFCA is proud to support the bipartisan Championing Local Efforts to Advance Resilience (CLEAR) Act, as it would strengthen existing state resilience entities, while encouraging more states to take on this vital work. We commend Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Young Kim (R-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), and Carol Miller (R-WV) for leading this important policy that reflects the needs and experiences of state resilience leaders working on complex resilience challenges.\u201d said Julie Seger, Government Relations & Policy Director, American Flood Coalition Action (AFCA).\n\n\"The CLEAR Act recognizes that training the resilience workforce is critical to preparing for climate change. We applaud Rep. Crow, and the co-sponsors for helping communities build resilience for the climate disasters that could come any day,\u201d said Saket Soni, Executive Director of Resilience Force.\n\n\"Scorching temperatures, natural disasters, and insufficient FEMA resources are making our communities more dangerous to live in,\" said Jason Walsh, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance. \"The CLEAR Act will provide critical mitigation support that states need to protect communities and working families. Creating resilience offices today means people have the life saving help they need when it really counts.\"\n\nSince 1980, the U.S. has sustained over 400 weather and climate disasters that caused more than $2.9 trillion in damages to working families, small businesses, and local communities. Not only do extreme weather events create economic hardship, but they also affect public health, threaten our homeland security, damage our infrastructure, and negatively impact our farmers.\n\nCongressman Crow has long led the fight to protect our nation from the worst effects of climate change. He previously introduced the CLEAR Act during the 118th Congress and has also led the Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense (GRID) Act to protect and strengthen military bases nationwide against changing environmental conditions. Crow helped vote into law the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, which together represent the largest investment in climate resilience in our nation\u2019s history.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/court-rules-trump-vance-administration-cannot-block-members-congress", "Court Rules Trump-Vance Administration Cannot Block Members of Congress From Conducting Oversight at Federal Immigration Detention Facilities", "2025-12-19", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration\u2019s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress\u2019s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain individuals \u2014 including U.S. citizens \u2014 and spend billions in taxpayer dollars, while the case continues.\n\nThe lawsuit, Neguse et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al., was brought by a dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives after the administration imposed a seven-day waiting period and barred access to certain field offices, in violation of a longstanding federal law that guarantees congressional oversight.\n\nThe plaintiffs include Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse; Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat; Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Rep. Bennie G. Thompson; Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin; House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia; House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Ranking Member Rep. J. Luis Correa; Rep. Jason Crow; Rep. Veronica Escobar; Rep. Dan Goldman; Rep. Jimmy Gomez; Rep. Raul Ruiz; and Rep. Norma Torres.\n\nIn a joint statement, the plaintiffs said: \u201cToday\u2019s decision is a critical victory toward restoring our ability to conduct essential congressional oversight on behalf of the American people. It reinforces the rule of law and reminds the administration that oversight is not optional. Real-time, on-the-ground visits to immigration detention facilities help prevent abuses and ensure transparency. Oversight is a core responsibility of Members of Congress\u2014and a constitutional duty we do not take lightly. We\u2019ll continue standing up for the rule of law.\u201d\n\nThe Members of Congress are represented in this suit by Democracy Forward Foundation and American Oversight.\n\n\u201cThis ruling is a victory for the American people and their elected representatives ,\u201d said Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward. \u201cThis decision makes clear that no president can hide the truth about how people are treated in federal immigration custody. We\u2019re honored to represent these individual Members of Congress in defending accountability, transparency, the rule of law, and human dignity.\u201d\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s ruling is a clear victory for the rule of law and a clear affirmation that no administration is above it,\u201d said Chioma Chukwu, Executive Director of American Oversight. \u201cMembers of Congress have an unquestioned right to conduct real-time oversight of immigration detention facilities, and the American people have a right to know what is happening in their name. By blocking those visits, the administration wasn\u2019t simply breaking the law, it was trying to conceal the reality inside these facilities from the public: people in overcrowded, inhumane conditions without adequate beds, showers, or medical care. This order restores a critical check on executive power and sends a clear message that abuse cannot be hidden.\u201d\n\nWith this decision, the court reaffirms Members of Congress\u2019s right to access federal immigration detention facilities without prior notice \u2014 a safeguard meant to prevent abuse, protect human rights, and ensure that taxpayer funds are not used to support unlawful or inhumane practices. The ruling sends a strong message that oversight is essential to democracy and that no administration is above the law.\n\nHow did we get here?\n\nFederal law (Sec. 527, FY2024 DHS Appropriations Act) allows Members of Congress to visit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sites where noncitizens are detained without prior notice. But increasingly, these representatives have been stopped at the door.\n\nIn response to questions about this, ICE officials announced a new policy requiring a seven-day waiting period and preventing entry to ICE field offices.\n\nOn July 30, a dozen individual Members of the U.S. House of Representatives sued the Trump-Vance administration, challenging the policy as an unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight.\n\nSubsequently, the plaintiffs sought a court order requiring DHS and its Secretary Kristi Noem, as well as ICE and its Acting Director Todd Lyons to comply with the federal law granting Members of Congress the right to visit immigration detention facilities without prior notice during the course of their lawsuit.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-streamline-permitting-delist-gray-wolves-series-natural", "Rep. Crank Votes to Streamline Permitting; Delist Gray Wolves in a Series of Natural Resources Committee Wins on the House Floor", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) voted in favor of a series of Natural Resources Committee passed bills on the House Floor: the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act and the Pet and Livestock Protection Act.\n\nThe SPEED Act restores fairness and accountability to the federal permitting process by simplifying environmental reviews, curbing abuse of the system by radical actors, placing common-sense limits on judicial review, and establishing predictable timelines for critical infrastructure and energy projects.\n\nThe Pet and Livestock Protection Act would require the Secretary of Interior to reissue the November 2020 final rule delisting the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a proposal in which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife has tried to finalize under several Administrations.\n\n\"Permitting delays hold America back, said Rep. Crank. \"Our nation cannot be burdened with never-ending reviews. We must be able to build the projects needed to power our homes and businesses. Until now, we have let onerous permitting regulations handcuff America, allowing other countries to take the lead\u2014offshoring jobs, supply chains, and more. Instead, we let other countries build offshoring jobs, supply chains, and more. The SPEED Act fixes that by streamlining our permitting system and allowing us to deliver on our goal to unleash American energy.\"\n\n\"The Endangered Species Act was created as a tool to recover species, not as a weapon to block project development or advance ideological agendas,\" said Rep. Crank. \"Federal species management should be temporary. Instead, radical environmentalists have hijacked the ESA to ignore the scientific fact that the wolf has met recovery goals. Instead, they would keep the wolf listed forever. That is not the purpose of the Endangered Species Act, and it is why Congress is having to legislate species delisting.\n\n\"The continued litigation against the wolf delisting harms our ranches, farmers, and rural communities who have to contend with these predators unchecked in their own backyards. The Pet and Livestock Protection Act affirms U.S. Fish and Wildlife\u2019s conclusion that the Gray Wolf is no longer endangered, and management should be returned to the State.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nThe SPEED Act:\n\nStreamlines and expedites environmental reviews to reduce costs and planning times while maintaining environmental standards;\n\nCreates a clear \u201cgreen-light\u201d/ \u201cred-light\u201d outcome, so shovel-ready projects aren\u2019t trapped in limbo;\n\nStops abusive and serial litigation by establishing a reasonable 150-day filing\n\ndeadline and limiting challenges to directly affected parties, ending exploitation by radical activist groups;\n\nEnsures industry neutrality, allowing all projects to move forward under the same rules;\n\nCreates predictable timelines that will incentivize projects to build in the U.S.,\n\nstrengthening America\u2019s competitiveness;\n\nAccelerates critical energy, mining, and infrastructure projects that are sorely\n\nneeded, lowering costs for Americans.\n\nThe Pet and Livestock Protection Act:", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-calls-on-trump-administration-to-stop-unfair-targeting-of-afghan-nationals", "Crow Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Unfair Targeting of Afghan Nationals", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling on the Trump administration to stop pushing divisive policies that unfairly target Afghan nationals.\n\nIn his letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Congressman Crow noted that the Trump administration\u2019s policies will \u201cscapegoat all Afghans and entire nationalities\u201d and put at risk vulnerable Afghans who stood alongside the United States and seek a life free of the Taliban\u2019s repression, discrimination, and violence.\n\nFollowing the shooting of Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and tragic death of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, the Trump administration moved to close nearly every legal pathway Afghan nationals have to resettle in the United States. Included within that change is the suspension of the longstanding Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, which is open to those who fought alongside American forces in Afghanistan. Their decision is among other deeply troubling actions taken by this Administration like terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, indefinitely pausing all refugee resettlement, including Afghanistan in a blanket travel ban in June, and eliminating a travel ban exception for Afghan SIV holders effective January 1, 2026.\n\nJoining Congressman Crow in his letter are Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-52), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), and Derek Tran (D-CA-45).\n\n\u201cThe horrific actions of one individual should not be used to vilify every individual from Afghanistan who legally seeks to live in the United States. Afghans who enter the country with a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), with humanitarian parole, through the refugee resettlement process, or who claim asylum, are subject to a thorough vetting process that can take months to years,\u201d the Representatives said in the letter.\n\nThe group continued: \u201cExploiting this tragedy to sow division and inflame fear will not make America safer. Abandoning those who made the courageous choice to stand beside us signals to those we may need as allies in the future that we cannot be trusted to honor our commitments. That is a mistake we cannot afford.\u201d\n\nFollowing the tragic shooting that targeted Staff Sgt. Wolfe and Spc. Beckstrom, Congressman Crow wrote that he was \u201chorrified\u201d by the event and that \u201cviolence like this is unacceptable.\u201d\n\nCongressman Crow's letter continues his many efforts to champion Afghan allies who stood alongside U.S. servicemembers deployed to the Middle East. He introduced the HOPE and ALLIES acts to facilitate and expedite the SIV process, as well as the Afghan Allies Protection Act to expand and extend the SIV program. Congressman Crow also founded the Honoring Our Promises Working Group following the announcement of the withdrawal to help expedite SIVs and US Refugee Admissions Programs. During congressional hearings, Crow has highlighted the importance of the SIV program and previously worked to ensure the authorization of 12,000 additional Afghan SIVs in the State Department's foreign operations funding bill.\n\nA PDF of the letter can be found here, with full text appearing below:\n\nDecember 18, 2025\n\nDear Secretary Rubio and Secretary Noem: We write with concern regarding the Trump administration\u2019s response to the horrific shooting of two members of the National Guard on November 26, 2025.\n\nWe share our condolences with the loved ones of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and pray for Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe\u2019s continued recovery. There is no acceptable justification for the use of violence. We wholeheartedly condemn the shooter\u2019s actions and expect that he will be held accountable for his actions to the fullest extent of the law.\n\nThe horrific actions of one individual should not be used to vilify every individual from Afghanistan who legally seeks to live in the United States. Afghans who enter the country with a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), with humanitarian parole, through the refugee resettlement process, or who claim asylum, are subject to a thorough vetting process that can take months to years. Many Afghans continue to face persecution from the Taliban, live in dangerous conditions, or are separated from loved ones as they wait for this process to be completed. Individuals are already vetted through numerous interagency databases including through the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Counterterrorism Center.\n\nThe decision to immediately cease processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals, including those eligible for SIVs, risks the lives of Afghan allies who fought and served alongside American servicemembers. This decision follows actions by the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, to indefinitely pause all refugee resettlement including Afghans under Priority-1 and Priority-2 categories, to include Afghanistan as one of an original 19 countries on a travel ban, and to seek to deport individuals legally in the country through humanitarian parole programs. Closing every avenue for Afghan nationals \u2013 including those who directly supported our mission and troops on the ground in Afghanistan \u2013 to seek safety in the United States is wrong.\n\nThe administration has further paused all asylum decisions for asylum seekers in the United States, announced it would review immigration applications granted for people from countries included on the travel ban list, including Afghanistan, since January 2021, eliminated a travel ban exception for Afghan SIV holders, and publicly floated calls for \u201cdenaturalization\u201d or \u201cremigration.\u201d Once again, this administration has embraced a sledgehammer rather than a scalpel. Collective blame is dangerous, reactionary, and short-sighted.\n\nExploiting this tragedy to sow division and inflame fear will not make America safer. Abandoning those who made the courageous choice to stand beside us signals to those we may need as allies in the future that we cannot be trusted to honor our commitments. That is a mistake we cannot afford.\n\nWe made a promise to our Afghan allies who bravely stood alongside us during 20 years of war and to those who legally seek a life free of the Taliban\u2019s repression, discrimination, and violence. The administration\u2019s response will put those most vulnerable at greater risk, and we urge you to rescind policies that scapegoat all Afghans and entire nationalities for one man\u2019s actions.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-applauds-bipartisan-speed-act-fix-americas-broken", "Congressman Gabe Evans Applauds Bipartisan SPEED Act to Fix America\u2019s Broken Permitting System", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) voted to pass the bipartisan Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, H.R. 4776. This commonsense legislation modernizes the federal permitting process, cuts red tape, and restores America\u2019s ability to build critical infrastructure while maintaining strong environmental protections.\n\n\u201cFor far too long, outdated permitting rules have strangled economic growth, driven up costs for families, and delayed the infrastructure projects our communities desperately need. The SPEED Act is a commonsense, bipartisan solution that restores balance and protects the environment while allowing America to build, innovate, and compete.\u201d \u2013 Rep. Gabe Evans\n\nThe SPEED Act would:\n\nStreamline and modernize National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews by simplifying overly burdensome analyses\n\nClarify when NEPA applies by refining the definition of \u201cmajor federal action\u201d\n\nShorten permitting timelines to reduce unnecessary delays\n\nLimit abusive litigation by establishing a 150-day deadline for legal challenges\n\nPreserve core environmental protections while restoring NEPA to its original procedural purpose\n\nThe bill passed the House with bipartisan support and is headed to the Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1521", "Ahead of the Holidays, Rep. Pettersen Introduces Bill to Expose How Trump\u2019s Tariffs are Hitting Small Businesses and Families", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, ahead of the holidays, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), alongside Representatives Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and Haley Stevens (MI-11), introduced the Trump Tariff Transparency Act, which will highlight the devastating impact Trump\u2019s illegal trade war is having on Colorado small businesses and families. Specifically, the bill would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA), in coordination with the U.S Bureau of Economic Analysis, to produce a quarterly report on how much Trump\u2019s tariffs are costing America\u2019s consumers and small businesses.\n\nAs families begin to shop in preparation for the holiday season, many consumers say they\u2019ve noticed higher than usual prices for holiday gifts, with overall spending going down from previous years. Many popular holiday items have been especially impacted by tariffs, including toys, personal care products, small appliances, clothing accessories, jewelry, and household tools. Research also shows that tariffs have driven up prices for domestically manufactured and everyday goods, including groceries and other household essentials.\n\n\u201cAs a mom, I know how expensive the holiday season can be \u2013 and it\u2019s even worse with Trump\u2019s disastrous trade war. While Trump builds ballrooms, hands massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy, and profits off selling out our country\u2019s interests, he\u2019s telling families struggling to afford groceries and heating bills that affordability is a hoax,\u201d said Pettersen. \u201cTrump might\u2019ve been able to lie his way into office, but he\u2019s not going to be able to lie his way out of the pain and suffering that his immoral and unlawful priorities have caused. I\u2019ve heard firsthand from small business owners across my district \u2013 from Salida to Golden and everywhere in between \u2013 who aren\u2019t going to be able to weather the storm of his failed policies. We need accountability and transparency, and this bill is going to do just that.\u201d\n\n\u201cMichigan families and small businesses shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price for President Trump\u2019s chaotic, reckless tariffs - especially around the holiday season,\u201d said Scholten. \u201cTariffs are a tax on working families and a burden on our small businesses. As prices continue to skyrocket on everything from beef to coffee to appliances to stocking stuffers, we deserve to know exactly how big that tax is. As a working mom and a member of the House Small Business Committee, I am proud to be introducing this commonsense legislation to study the true toll of this administration\u2019s catastrophic economic policies and work towards finding real solutions for Michigan families and small businesses.\"\n\n\u201cThe one thing I hear over and over again from families and small manufacturers in Michigan is that Donald Trump's tariffs are making everything more expensive. Our Trump Tariff Transparency Act takes on these erratic tariffs to help bring an end to the pain being felt by Michigan families,\u201d said Stevens. \u201cMichigan has had enough of Donald Trump\u2019s price hikes.\u201d\n\nIn August, Rep. Pettersen demanded accountability from the Trump Administration for the rising costs of back-to-school items due to tariffs. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that tariff rates have increased the price of back-to-school items by an average of 18%.\n\nBill text can be foundHERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-lower-health-care-premiums", "Rep. Crank Votes to Lower Health Care Premiums", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) voted in favor of the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.\n\nThe Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act offers solutions to lower premium costs, expand access to quality care, provide every American with more options and flexibility to choose coverage that works for them, and bring greater transparency to America's health care system.\n\n\"My constituents deserve a health care system which always puts them first,\" said Rep. Crank. \"The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act will give common-sense solutions to restore our nation's health care system and lower premium costs.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nAppropriates cost-sharing reduction payments to stabilize premiums for eligible individuals on the Marketplace. This lowers premium costs by 11 percent and reduces out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and copays for low-income individuals;\n\nEnsures self-insurance remains an affordable and accessible option to small businesses so they can provide quality health care benefits to employees that might otherwise be out of reach for them to offer;\n\nRequires pharmacy benefit managers to be transparent with employers on drug formulary and pricing to help businesses negotiate better prices for employees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-celebrates-colorado-wins-in-the-bipartisan-national-defense-authorization-act", "Crow Celebrates Colorado Wins in the Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement as the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) heads to the President\u2019s desk to become law:\n\n\u201cI served in combat and have seen firsthand what our servicemembers need to do their jobs and keep us safe,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cAs a leader on the Armed Services Committee, I\u2019m proud to have secured bipartisan wins for Colorado and our military that will strengthen our readiness, modernize our military, and support our servicemembers and their families. This bill isn\u2019t perfect, but it\u2019ll deliver for Colorado and get our men and women in uniform what they need to protect our nation.\u201d\n\nThis year\u2019s NDAA includes twelve provisions secured by Congressman Crow, along with key provisions he has long fought for. Among the provisions championed by Crow are a repeal of the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF); a pay raise for all servicemembers (3.8%); and direct support for servicemembers based in Colorado, including $12 million for Family Housing Construction at Buckley Space Force Base.\n\nProvisions in the NDAA secured by Congressman Crow:\n\nUpdating Air Force\u2019s Flying Communications System: Authorizes support for mobile communications platforms to ensure continuity of government and national military command and control during a crisis\n\nProtecting Assets Against Climate Change: Ensures climate shocks don\u2019t negatively impact military installations, training, operations, and readiness.\n\nEnsuring the Military Protects Civilians in Combat: Compels the Department of Defense to produce a report on how civilian harm could impact the success of military operations.\n\nImproving the Defense Supply Chain: Encourages changes to the way DoD buys equipment so the supply chain that supports our defense is stronger and more efficient.\n\nStrengthening the Afghanistan War Commission: Gives them more tools to complete their bipartisan assessment of key decisions made over twenty years of war in Afghanistan and to produce their final report.\n\nBolstering our Strategy in Eastern Europe: Requires DoD to provide Congress an updated strategy related to NATO, and provide a detailed update on Russia's actions.\n\nBolstering Crucial Space Programs: Provides U.S. Space Systems Command with the resources needed to compete tactically and technologically with our adversaries in outer space.\n\nModernizing Rocket Launches: Requires the Space Force to report to Congress on how it will modernize standards and processes around rocket launches so they are safer and more efficient.\n\nSupporting Space Domain Awareness: Improves our ability to track objects, like satellites, and activities happening outside of our atmosphere.\n\nIncreasing Competition when the Government Buys Space Technology: Ensures that all companies have a fair shot when the U.S. government is looking to purchase technology that we use in space\n\nAccountability for Russian Atrocities: Extends the legal requirement that the DNI designate a senior official at ODNI to serve as the IC Coordinator for Russian Atrocities Accountability, and adds \u201cthe forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children\u201d to the list of matters under the Coordinator\u2019s purview.\n\nIncreasing Congressional Oversight to Potential Combatant Command Changes: Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide at least 60-days notice prior to making significant changes to the missions, responsibilities, force structures, commanders' ranks, or property of a regional combatant command.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-statement-on-favorable-court-ruling-against-trump-administration", "Crow Statement on Favorable Court Ruling Against Trump Administration", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) issued the following statement after a federal court issued a favorable ruling in his lawsuit against the Trump administration, temporarily blocking the administration from obstructing critical oversight efforts by Members of Congress at federal immigration detention facilities.\n\nIn July, Crow filed the lawsuit after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unlawfully denied him access to the Aurora ICE Detention Facility. Members of Congress have the right under law to conduct unannounced oversight visits of federal facilities.\n\nIn a joint statement, Congressman Crow and other Members of Congress named as plaintiffs said:\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s decision is a critical victory toward restoring our ability to conduct essential congressional oversight on behalf of the American people. It reinforces the rule of law and reminds the administration that oversight is not optional. Real-time, on-the-ground visits to immigration detention facilities help prevent abuses and ensure transparency. Oversight is a core responsibility of Members of Congress\u2014and a constitutional duty we do not take lightly. We\u2019ll continue standing up for the rule of law.\u201d\n\nThe lawsuit was filed in the District of Columbia Federal Court by Congressman Crow and other Members of Congress who were also denied access to federal detention facilities, including Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO-02), Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02), Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), Dan Goldman (D-NY-10), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34), Norma Torres (D-CA-35), Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36), Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), and Lou Correa (D-CA-46).\n\nSince being elected to Congress, Crow has fought to promote transparency, oversight, and accountability in federal immigration detention centers. He introduced bipartisan legislation guaranteeing Members of Congress the right to conduct unannounced, in-person oversight visits of ICE detention facilities, including to check on any concerns related to public health and the humane treatment of detained individuals.\n\nCongressman Crow regularly conducts oversight of the facility. Since 2019, he\u2019s visited the facility to conduct oversight nine times. Congressman Crow\u2019s staff have also visited the facility over 80 times to conduct oversight. Crow publishes public reports on his website of oversight visits and conditions at the facility.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-supports-house-republican-plan-lower-health-care-costs", "Congressman Gabe Evans Supports House Republican Plan to Lower Health Care Costs for All Americans", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) voted in favor of H.R. 6703 the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, comprehensive legislation that lowers health care premiums, expands health care access and choice, and brings transparency to America\u2019s broken health care system.\n\n\"State and Federal Democrats broke the American healthcare system \u2014 driving up costs for working families and limiting access to affordable health plans while states like Colorado began taking your tax money and paying for healthcare to individuals illegally present in the country. This Republican-led, solution-oriented bill builds on the progress made in the Working Families Tax Cut by putting patients and families first and expanding affordable and reliable healthcare access for all Americans.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nLowering Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs\n\nThe Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act takes direct aim at rising premiums by:\n\nIncreasing transparency from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) so employers and workers can see where prescription drug dollars are going and negotiate better prices.\n\nFunding cost-sharing reduction payments responsibly, reducing hidden premium increases and stabilizing the individual insurance market.\n\nLowering ACA premiums by an estimated 11 percent, delivering greater savings than temporary subsidy extensions.\n\nThese reforms are projected to save taxpayers billions of dollars, while reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients and workers.\n\nExpanding Affordable Options for Workers, Farmers, and Small Businesses\n\nThe Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act directly addresses the causes of rising health care costs by promoting competition, transparency, and flexibility \u2013 especially for workers, farmers, small businesses, and the self-employed. The legislation also expands access to affordable coverage by:\n\nStrengthening Association Health Plans, allowing small businesses, family farms, and self-employed workers to band together to purchase lower-cost, high-quality coverage.\n\nProtecting access to stop-loss insurance, ensuring employers can continue offering customizable coverage without facing catastrophic financial risk.\n\nExpanding CHOICE (Custom health option and individual care expense) arrangements, enabling employers to contribute pre-tax dollars toward employees\u2019 individual health plans and giving workers more flexibility to choose coverage that fits their needs.\n\nMore than 80% of employers using CHOICE arrangements are offering health benefits for the first time, a major step toward expanding coverage without mandates.\n\nBackground:\n\nFor nearly 15 years, Democrats\u2019 Unaffordable Care Act has failed to deliver affordable, accessible health care for American Families. Instead of lowering costs and expanding choice, Democrat-led policies have driven up premiums, narrowed provider networks, and forced working families, farmers and small businesses to pay more for far less coverage \u2013 all while diverting limited health care resources away from Americans who need them the most.\n\nRather than fixing these failures, Democrats have doubled down on policies that prioritize individuals who are in the country illegally over U.S. citizens and lawful residents. In Colorado, Democrat lawmakers have gone even further, by expanding state supported health care access and subsidies to individuals regardless of their immigration status, increasing costs across the system for American families.\n\nColorado\u2019s Expansion of Health Coverage for Illegal Immigrants:\n\nColorado currently provides health coverage to individuals who are illegally present in the U.S. According to the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), immigration status determines eligibility for multiple public and state-facilitated health programs, and individuals without lawful status qualify for several forms of government supported coverage.\n\nThrough the OmniSalud program, undocumented immigrants and DACA recipients are allowed to enroll in health insurance plans through the state exchange, regardless of legal status. Under a 2021 Democrat passed law, insurance companies in Colorado are required to offer Colorado option plans \u2013 which are standardized plans with state mandated benefits and price controls \u2013 to all residents, including those in the country illegally. These plans are paired with state funded subsidies, such as SilverEnhanced Savings, which cover premiums and a significant share of out-of-pocket cost for undocumented enrollees.\n\nWhile these subsidies are described as \u201cstate-funded,\u201d they are financed through fees imposed on insurance companies \u2013 costs that are ultimately passed on to American families in the form of higher premiums.\n\nDemocrat Driven Expansion of Government Health Programs:\n\nBeginning January 1, 2025, Colorado Democrats further expanded taxpayer funded, medicaid-style coverage though Colorado House Bill 22-1289, also known as \u201cCover All Coloradans.\u201d Allowing children and pregnant women to receive full Health First Colorado\n\n(Medicaid) or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) benefits regardless of immigration status. The state also provides Emergency Medicaid Services to individuals regardless of their legal status.\n\nThe State of Colorado publicly promotes these programs as providing access to care, \u201cregardless of immigration status,\u201d even as American families face rising premiums, higher deductibles, and fewer affordable coverage options.\n\nHigher Cost, Fewer Choices for Americans:\n\nIn 2025 alone, more than 12,000 undocumented immigrants received fully subsidized health insurance through Colorado\u2019s OmniSalud program. Demand for these subsidies far exceeded available funding, forcing the state to ration benefits though a lottery system \u2013 a clear sign that Democrat policies are unsustainable and misaligned with the needs of American citizens.\n\nAs more resources are directed toward covering illegal immigrants, premiums rise, competition shrinks, and hard working Americans are left footing the bill.\n\nPutting Americans First:\n\nThe Lower Health Care for All Americans Act represents a clear break from failed Democratic policies. House Republicans are focused on restoring integrity to the healthcare system, lowering premiums, increasing transparency, and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are used to benefit American families \u2013 not to subsidize coverage for those who should not be here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/colorado-lawmakers-slam-trump-administrations-plan-dismantle-national-center", "Colorado Lawmakers Slam Trump Administration\u2019s Plan to Dismantle National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Joe Neguse and U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper issued the following statement after public reporting on the Trump administration\u2019s plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado:\n\n\u201cThe National Center for Atmospheric Research and its 830 employees are leading the nation\u2019s climate science research, delivering life-saving breakthroughs that provide early warnings for natural disasters and deepen our understanding of Earth\u2019s systems. They are a core component of our state\u2019s economy and an integral part of the fabric of Colorado. Efforts to dismantle this institution and its essential programs are deeply dangerous and blatantly retaliatory. This reckless directive would have devastating consequences for families in Colorado and communities across the nation. We intend to fight back against attempts to gut this cutting-edge research institution with every tool we have.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-hurds-jurisdictional-determination-backlog-reduction-act-passes-house-part", "Rep. Hurd\u2019s Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act Passes House as Part of PERMIT Act", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Rep. Jeff Hurd\u2019s Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act passed the House as part of the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act.\n\nThe PERMIT Act combines targeted reforms to the Clean Water Act permitting processes to cut red tape, reduce duplicative reviews, and provide greater regulatory certainty while maintaining water quality protections.\n\nThe Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act requires the Army Corps of Engineers to allocate necessary resources to eliminate the existing backlog of thousands of pending jurisdictional determinations and Section 404 permit applications. Farmers, ranchers, small business owners, energy providers, and builders rely on timely jurisdictional determinations to know whether their projects require Clean Water Act permits. The Corps\u2019 current backlog has left thousands of projects in regulatory limbo, adding costs and delays.\n\n\u201cDelays in permit approvals are stalling key infrastructure projects in Colorado and across the nation,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cMy bill requires the Army Corps to clear this backlog so communities can get moving on critical projects without unnecessary delays. I\u2019m proud this important legislation passed with the PERMIT Act today, and I\u2019m grateful to Chairman Graves and Chairman Collins for their leadership on cutting red tape that prevents America from building.\u201d\n\nThe legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\nRead the full bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-urges-colorado-farmers-apply-newly-announced-12-billion", "Congressman Gabe Evans Urges Colorado Farmers to Apply for Newly Announced $12 Billion in Federal Relief", "2025-12-15", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) is urging farmers across Colorado District 8 to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) newly announced Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program, which will provide $12 billion in one-time payments to American producers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs that have been impacting farmers since the failed leadership of the Biden Administration. These payments will provide much-needed relief until the historic wins Rep. Evans helped deliver through the Working Families Tax Cut Act reach farmers.\n\nThe program, announced by President Trump alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, will deliver up to $11 billion in funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture directly to row-crop carters who are growing barley, chickpeas, corn, cotton, lentils, oats, peanuts, peas, rice, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, canola, mustard, sunflower, and other eligible crops. An additional $1 billion is being set aside to support farmers of non-covered and certain specialty crops.\n\nImportant Deadline Approaching\n\nTo qualify, farmers must ensure that their 2025 acreage reports are accurate and updated with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office by 5:00 PM on Friday, December 19, 2025.\n\nNo crop insurance linkage is required for this program.\n\nSupport for Specialty Crop Growers\n\nProducers who grow commodities that are not listed, including specialty crops, may still qualify for assistance if they can demonstrate losses related to market disruptions or increased production costs.\n\nFarmers who believe they may be eligible are encouraged to contact Congressman Evans\u2019 office for guidance.\n\nHow to Receive Assistance\n\nFarmers should take the following steps:\n\nVisit your local FSA office and confirm your 2025 acreage report before December 19, 2025 at 5 PM.\n\nFor questions or help determining eligibility, contact Congressman Evans\u2019 staff:\n\nMartha Gallagher: Martha.Gallagher@mail.house.gov\n\nAdrienne Sandoval: Adrienne.Sandoval@mail.house.gov\n\nPhone: 202-225-5625\n\nProducers may also email USDA directly at farmerbridge@usda.gov to submit questions or request a meeting.\n\nPayments are expected to be released by February 28, 2026.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-celebrates-expansion-of-aurora-s-martin-luther-king-jr-library", "Crow Celebrates Expansion of Aurora\u2019s Martin Luther King Jr. Library", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "AURORA \u2014 Today, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) joined city officials and library leaders to celebrate the expansion of Martin Luther King Jr. Library, a project made possible thanks to federal resources secured by Crow.\n\nThe renovation, which fully doubles the library\u2019s available space, was made possible through a $2.5 million investment secured by Congressman Crow. With this renovation, Martin Luther King Jr. Library is able to build out its physical footprint, adopt new technology, and expand youth programming, continuing to connect the Aurora community with public space and critical resources like computers and employment support.\n\n\u201cBy bringing home federal investments for Colorado, we\u2019re expanding opportunities for our community. This investment isn\u2019t just about a building\u2014it\u2019s about ensuring every family in Aurora has public spaces to learn, stay connected, and access the critical resources they deserve,\u201d said Congressman Crow.\n\n\u201cThis expansion will revitalize the way the community can access free resources,\u201d said Ginger White Brunetti, Director of Library and Cultural Services at Aurora Public Library. \u201cThe space is vibrant and encourages learning and creativity while providing a welcoming space for everyone. I\u2019m excited to see what the community can create here and am grateful to Congressman Crow for fighting to make it happen.\u201d\n\nThroughout his time in Congress, Congressman Crow has fought to connect Coloradans with critical community resources. This year alone, he has successfully helped local residents reclaim more than $30 million from the federal government. Since his first term, Congressman Crow has brought more than $643 million back to his community.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-bill-combating-colorados-skyrocketing-energy-costs", "Congressman Gabe Evans\u2019 Bill Combating Colorado\u2019s Skyrocketing Energy Costs Passes the House", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Gabe Evans\u2019 (R-CO) State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act, H.R. 3628 passed the U.S. House in a bipartisan vote. The legislation will ensure states take long-term energy reliability and affordability into account when designing utility policies \u2014 helping drive down the soaring electricity costs burdening families across Colorado and the nation.\n\n\u201cFor years Colorado\u2019s ruling Democrats have pushed out-of-touch policies and burdensome regulations that have led to skyrocketing energy bills and increased financial strain, resulting in further mental and physical stress on hard-working families across the state. This legislation puts Coloradans first by holding state regulatory entities like Colorado Public Utilities Commission accountable by new federal standards, to ensure they are focused on considering energy reliability and affordability. I\u2019m proud to lead the charge on legislation that lowers costs, uplifts working-class Americans, and strengthens our nation's energy dominance.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nUnder H.R. 3628, states must evaluate whether their integrated resource plans maintain sufficient reliable generation or the procurement of electricity from reliable generation facilities, defined as facilities capable of supplying electricity continuously for at least 30 days, including during severe weather, and capable of providing essential grid services such as frequency and voltage support.\n\nBackground\n\nRepresentative Evans has continually criticized Colorado Democrats\u2019 state-level policy decisions that have accelerated the dismantling of dependable resources and energy freedoms, and forced ratepayers to pay higher costs while concurrently creating significant reliability risks.\n\nIn recent years, Colorado utilities have reported capacity shortfalls, and businesses across the state have reported frequent outages that disrupt operations, including advanced technology companies requiring constant power to compete in fields like quantum computing and AI.\n\nSince 2021, electric bills have surged a staggering 24% in Colorado. As reported by national polling, 62% of Americans say their power bills have risen in the last year, while 73% fear further increases. According to U.S. Census data, roughly 80 million Americans struggle to pay their utility bills.\n\nCongressman Evans\u2019 legislation takes direct aim at these rising costs by requiring states to consider whether their energy policies maintain enough reliable power to meet demand over a ten-year period, keeping the lights on and protecting ratepayers.\n\nThe legislation passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a 25\u201323 vote before advancing to the House floor where it passed with bipartisan support. It now awaits consideration in the Senate.\n\nThe State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act has been endorsed by the Western Energy Alliance and the Competitive Enterprise Institute;\n\n\"The StatePlanningfor Reliability and Affordability Act, H.R. 3628, is a commonsense measure to support power grid reliability. To maintain an affordable and predictable provision of power, the bill would require that utilities must consider reliability in their integrated resource planning. Specifically, the legislation would require that utilities\u2019 look to reliable generation facilities, those that are capable of providing power on a continuous basis for 30 days, among other requirements. This is an important step in ensuring states are planning their power grids in a way that provides for reliability.\" - Competitive Enterprise Institute Research Fellow Paige Lambermont", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-evans-grays-bipartisan-fire-act-passes-through-ecs-environment", "Reps. Evans\u2019, Gray\u2019s bipartisan FIRE Act passes through E&C\u2019s Environment Subcommittee.", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Reps Gabe Evans\u2019 (CO-08) and Adam Gray\u2019s (CA-13) bipartisan Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act, H.R. 6387 passed through the Energy and Commerce, Environment subcommittee. The newly introduced legislation will ensure that states are not punished for the smoke and emissions they cannot control, while still maintaining strong environmental protections.\n\nThe bill works to provide clarity and predictability for air quality planning, reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on manufacturers and communities, and reward proactive wildfire mitigation that protects public health and improves air quality for future generations.\n\n\u201cA leading reason for the affordability crisis facing Coloradans is red tape around air quality permitting. When the economy is strangled under the weight of costly, poorly designed ozone attainment standards, jobs are lost, prices spike, and financial stress increases negative health outcomes. Clean air is important to everyone, but Colorado jobs should not be penalized for emissions outside of their control \u2014 whether it's Canadian wildfires or Chinese pollution.\n\nMy bill, the FIRE Act, is a common-sense solution that will drive down costs for working families in Colorado by clarifying that Clean Air Act benchmarks should not be used to punish jobs and hamstring the economy for things like prescribed burns or out-of-state wildfire smoke.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nBackground:\n\nFor years, areas along the Front Range of Colorado have consistently struggled to meet ozone attainment levels set by the federal Clean Air Act.\n\nThe resulting red tape around air quality permitting and the regulations that Colorado\u2019s ruling Democrats slap onto the industry, the economy and consumers, are a leading cause of the affordability crisis that working families in Colorado District 8 are facing. When the economy is strangled under the weight of costly and poorly designed ozone attainment standards, jobs are lost, prices spike, and financial stress increases negative mental and physical health outcomes.\n\nWhen families and jobs are penalized for emissions outside of their control, it leads to unemployment, higher costs which both fail to promote healthy living standards and instead promotes poverty.\n\nRegulation under the Clean Air Act has resulted in Colorado imposing reformulated gasoline mandates on drivers. In the summertime, commuters across the state are forced to buy reformulated gas that's typically 40 cents more expensive per gallon, despite the so-called \u201cmitigation effort\u201d producing negligible results \u2014 less than 1 part-per-billion in actually reducing ozone levels.\n\nIn fact, the Democrat appointed chair of the Denver regional air quality council admitted that we could, \u201cban oil and gas in Colorado and still not meet summertime ozone standards.\u201d\n\nIn Colorado only 29% of the ozone and air pollution along the Front Range is human caused. The other 71% percent of the air pollution is from sources like wildfires, pollution from communist China, and naturally occurring atmospheric events.\n\nThe FIRE Act has received widespread support from stakeholder organizations;\n\n\u201cWe appreciate the efforts and leadership of Congressman Evans to propose this legislation. We all support clean air, but we need to modernize air quality regulations that do nothing more than to add burden to businesses, add cost and do not result in environmental improvements. Thank you, Congressman Gabe Evans!!\u201d \u2014 Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association\n\n\u201cColorado has long failed to meet the federal air quality standards, with an approach that is costly to consumers, over-regulates businesses of all sizes, and fails to target a primary source of the problem: emissions from wildfires and out-of-state emissions transport. Due to costly and burdensome state air quality regulations, Colorado businesses face significantly higher operating costs than out-of-state competitors, increasing costs for everyone. The FIRE Act is a reasonable approach that will lower costs for Coloradans by clarifying how emissions from wildfires, prescribed burns, and other exceptional events are considered in federal air quality standards. We need more tools to manage air quality, not bureaucratic obstacles.\u201d \u2014 Colorado Petroleum Association\n\n\u201cColorado fuel marketers and station owners as well as our customers hope that Colorado pays attention to this much needed and important effort to reduce costs on the Colorado economy and working families. For too long Colorado families have taken more out of limited family budgets, to throw money endlessly to solve an ozone problem the majority of which is out of our control and a lot of which is simply naturally occurring and would be here even if no people lived in Colorado.. Expensive and unnecessary mandates like Reformulated Gasoline, which even our Governor tried his best to oppose, are the result of inaction for years by people and groups who use this archaic law as a way to justify and enhance the economic pain families are feeling. Congressman Evans just provided hope with this legislation, and it can and should avoid further cost increases, in this policy area, on Colorado families. We hope this takes away the need for costly mandates like the proposed indirect source rule proposal which will increase the cost of groceries. Colorado businesses are facing 10's of millions of dollars right now in increases all of which get passed down like an avalanche bury Colorado families. Air quality will continue to improve without further cost burdens. This is simply transformative.\u201d \u2014 Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association\n\n\u201cManufacturers support Clean Air Act reforms as part of critically needed comprehensive permitting reform. CAMA appreciates your actions to address the mounting permitting challenges facing Colorado manufacturers under increasingly stringent air quality standards. Unless addressed, these challenges will essentially block permitting approvals for projects critical to economic growth, manufacturing infrastructure, and jobs. Your efforts will foster our industry\u2019s ongoing efforts to improve air quality while preventing unnecessary burdens that reduce economic growth and tax revenues vital to local communities.\u201d \u2014 Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Association\n\n\u201cClub 20 supports the FIRE Act as a practical solution that protects rural communities from being unfairly penalized for wildfire smoke, while encouraging proactive forest management. This bill helps safeguard Western Colorado's economy, regulatory certainty, and commonsense wildfire mitigation efforts.\u201d - Club 20\n\n\u201cWestern Governors thank Representatives Evans and Gray for their bipartisan legislation that removes regulatory barriers to wildfire risk reduction. In recent years, Western Governors have developed and advocated for a range of policy recommendations to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration via broader deployment of prescribed fire. The Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act streamlines the exceptional events process, minimizing its regulatory burden and promoting the safe use of prescribed fire. Western Governors are eager to continue to work with the Energy and Commerce Committee to support important forest management reforms such as the FIRE Act.\" \u2014 Jack Waldorf, Executive Director of Western Governors Association.\n\n\u201cCongress needs to take action to ensure that, codified within the CAA, states are not unfairly penalized for prescribed burns. Disincentivizing their use can undermine forest management. And ironically, penalizing the use of prescribed burns can hurt air quality, which undermines the purpose of the CAA.\u201d \u2014 Daren Bakst, Competitive Enterprise Institute\u2019s Director of the Center for Energy and Environment\n\n\u201cThe below legislation, introduced in this Congress \u2026 will balance the need to continue improving air quality while fostering economic growth and innovation.\u201d \u2014 The American Cement Association\n\n\u201cThe Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association wants to thank Representative Gabe Evans for his efforts and fully supports the Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act. This bill will help modernize the Clean Air Act and is a step in the right direction for Colorado.\u201d \u2014 Colorado Ready Mix Concrete Association\n\n\u201cThe Colorado Oil & Gas Association strongly endorses Congressman Evans\u2019 Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act. This Act will make key updates to Section 319(b) of the Clean Air Act to ensure that states are not penalized in ozone attainment determinations for clearly defined exceptional events like wildfires and prescribed burns. By clarifying how these events and state-approved wildfire mitigation activities are treated in federal air quality reviews, the FIRE Act will provide much-needed clarity to EPA in assessing these events, and in turn, greater regulatory certainty for industries affected by Colorado's ozone nonattainment status in the Front Range. The Colorado Regional Air Quality Council's (RAQC) most recent modeling shows the Front Range's ozone challenge is significantly driven by exceptional events as well as natural sources and international transport of ozone rather than by Colorado businesses. COGA appreciates Congressman Evans\u2019 leadership on this issue and looks forward to working with him as this important legislation advances.\u201d \u2014 Lynn Granger, The Colorado Oil and Gas Association\n\n\u201cAcross the country, overreaching regulations have slowed projects that could deliver significant benefits to our economy and environment. By modernizing permitting and clarifying regulatory requirements, Congress can unlock private investment, accelerate job creation, and enhance national security. Importantly, these reforms will allow us to build the modern infrastructure needed to compete in the global race for innovation\u2014supporting advancements in artificial intelligence, strengthening transportation networks, expanding affordable and reliable energy, and ensuring America remains a leader in technology and economic growth.\u201d \u2014 U.S. Chamber of Commerce\n\nAdditional support has been received from:\n\nColorado Motor Carriers Association\n\nAction Colorado\n\nNational Association of Manufacturers", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-hurd-and-bipartisan-group-35-house-members-announce-new-health-care", "Rep. Hurd and Bipartisan Group of 35 House Members to Announce New Health Care Framework \u201cCommonGround 2025\u201d  Addressing Skyrocketing Health Insurance Premiums for American Families", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Jeff Hurd and a bipartisan group of 35 total House Members, co-led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Jen Kiggans (VA-2), announced a new health care framework, CommonGround 2025. This bipartisan framework includes a two-year extension of health insurance premium savings for American families, including a year of the enhanced Premium Tax Credits (ePTCs), with targeted modifications, to be voted on by December 18, 2025, in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.\n\nThe Members backing the framework have also co-signed a letter urging House and Senate leadership to meet with them to discuss the framework and a constructive pathway forward in both chambers.\n\n\"I'm proud to be a part of this bipartisan group of lawmakers working towards a real solution on healthcare. It does not matter how red or blue your district is - the cost of healthcare is not a partisian issue,\" said Rep. Hurd. \"I am committed to working with anyone, Republican or Democrat, who wants to find a solution. Our proposal is a common sense extension of the Premium Tax Credits, with income caps while tackling the waste fraud and abuse. I want to thank all of my colleagues for their dedication to this issue, and I'm grateful to stand beside them.\"\n\nThe framework and letter, co-led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Jen Kiggans (VA-2), are also co-signed by Reps. Jeff Hurd (CO-3), Adam Gray (CA-13), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Maria Salazar (FL-27), Darren Soto (FL-9), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Jim Costa (CA-21), Jefferson Van Drew (NJ-2), Josh Riley (NY-19), Tom Kean (NJ-7), Susie Lee (NV-3), Jared Golden (ME-2), David Valadao (CA-22), Chris Pappas (NH-1), Ryan MacKenzie (PA-7), Ed Case (HI-1), Carlos Gimenez (FL-28), Maggie Goodlander (NH-2), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Robert Bresnahan (PA-8), Greg Landsman (OH-1), Don Bacon (NE-2), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Kevin Kiley (CA-3), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Nick LaLota (NY-1), Don Davis (NC-1), Scott Peters (CA-50), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3), Hillary Scholten (MI-3), and Tom Suozzi (NY-3).\n\nFind the CommonGround 2025 framework here. Find the letter to House and Senate leadership here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-hurd-applauds-settlement-protecting-womens-sports-colorado-schools", "Rep. Hurd Applauds Settlement Protecting Women\u2019s Sports in Colorado Schools", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "The settlement covers School District 49, Colorado Springs School District 11, Academy School District 20, Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, Monument Academy, James Irwin Charter Schools, Montezuma-Cortez School District, and The Classical Academy. Under the agreement, CHSAA will not sanction any team, school, or competitor for maintaining sex-based standards in athletics and facility use. CHSAA will be dismissed from the case within seven days of the settlement\u2019s finalization.\n\nThe lawsuit will continue in federal court against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and Attorney General Phil Weiser.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-signs-discharge-petition-ban-stock-trading-members-congress", "Rep. Neguse Signs Discharge Petition to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 11, 2025\n\nThe Congressman has been a leader on this effort for the last five years. In adding his signature, he becomes first Colorado Democrat to sign Republican-led discharge petition.\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement after signing onto a discharge petition to bypass House Republican leadership and force a vote on legislation that would ban Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from holding or trading stocks.\n\n\u201cFor years, I\u2019ve led the effort to ban stock trading by Members of Congress, and have worked with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers to champion legislation on the same. Put simply, public servants should be focused on serving their community \u2014 not their stock portfolios. I\u2019ll continue to utilize every tool to get our legislation across the finish line, which is why today I signed onto Rep. Luna\u2019s discharge petition to force a vote on a prohibition on congressional stock trading. It is long past time for the Speaker to put the bill on the House floor, and for the Congress to ban this insidious activity \u2014 period.\" said Congressman Neguse.\n\nRep. Neguse is an original cosponsor of the Restore Trust in Congress Act, a consensus bill crafted by the bipartisan group of Members who have been leading voices in the push to ban stock trading in Congress. He added his name to the discharge petition following Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s reported reversal of support on the issue, in which he now claims barring the practice would discourage people from running for office.\n\nIn addition to championing a congressional stock ban, earlier this year, the Colorado Congressman convened a group of next-generation lawmakers in an effort to confront political corruption and clean up government. Neguse\u2019s End Corruption Now agenda includes seven bills designed to put power back in the hands of the American people by preventing the President, Executive Branch officials, and Members of Congress from personally benefiting from their offices.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1512", "Rep. Pettersen Statement on Impeachment Vote", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against a motion to table a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, a procedural vote to prevent the House from considering articles of impeachment. The vote came just days after Trump accused several Democratic Members of Congress of \u201csedition,\u201d a charge that carries the penalty of death under federal law.\n\n\u201cIt is unconscionable that the President of the United States called for the execution of my colleagues, including our friend, Congressman Jason Crow. Trump is lawless and unhinged, but even for him, his recent rhetoric is shocking.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn the past six months alone, he\u2019s shown a blatant disregard for our Constitution, our laws, and our democracy, and has even deployed the military to American cities against our own citizens. Now, the president is targeting Members of Congress with threats of violence. All because they reminded military members their duty is to serve this country and our constitution \u2013 not one individual \u2013 and they can refuse illegal orders.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe American people are begging their leaders to have the courage to stand up right now. When a president calls for executing elected officials, we must all speak out to defend our country and our freedoms. Trump is unhinged and unwell, and the American people deserve accountability now.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passage-rep-hurds-snowpack-bill-marks-step-forward-colorado-forecasting", "House Passage of Rep. Hurd\u2019s Snowpack Bill Marks Step Forward for Colorado Forecasting", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Rep. Hurd secured a major legislative victory with House passage of the Snowpack Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3857), his second bill to advance through the chamber.\n\nThe bill, which passed with bipartisan support, reauthorizes and updates the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program to incorporate modern technologies, including LiDAR and satellite imagery, to improve the accuracy of snowpack and water-supply predictions. In Colorado\u2019s Third District\u2014where agriculture, recreation, and municipal water systems rely heavily on snowpack\u2014accurate forecasting is critical for irrigation planning, drought management, and annual water allocation. The bill supports the use of advanced tools capable of producing three-dimensional models of snowpack conditions, enabling water managers to better anticipate spring runoff and make more informed decisions about water storage and distribution.\n\n\u201cWe cannot manage what we cannot measure. Water is life in the West, and accurate data is how we manage it,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cFamilies, ranchers, and water managers across CO-03 make critical decisions every day based on snowpack forecasts\u2014decisions that affect their livelihoods and our communities. This bill gives them better tools and more reliable information to plan with. I\u2019m grateful to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for supporting this commonsense legislation.\u201d\n\n\"Mountain snowpack is a vital source of freshwater that many states across America rely upon. H.R. 3857 will increase the accuracy of snowpack measurements and allow the usage of emerging technologies,\" said House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman. \"I commend Rep. Hurd for his commitment to ensure that America has accurate information on freshwater sources.\"\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s passage of the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act is a crucial step to improve forecasting and available data for snowpack and water supply monitoring,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join Rep. Hurd on this bill to ensure that our communities here in Colorado have the data and resources they need to thrive.\u201d\n\nThe Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act will now head to the Senate for consideration.\n\nRead the full bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-national-defense-authorization-act-pay-raise-our-troops", "Rep. Crank Votes for National Defense Authorization Act with Pay Raise for our Troops", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 10, 2025\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) voted to in favor of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).\n\nThe National Defense Authorization Act focuses on reforming our nation's broken acquisition system, revitalize the defense industrial base, and help build the most capable and ready fighting force to deter our adversaries.\n\n\"Our military must remain the most lethal in the world,\" said Rep. Crank. \"The National Defense Authorization Act will work to build the fighting force of the future by prioritizing innovation, lethality and readiness. It also ensures we push forth President Trump's Golden Dome for America, advance Peace through Strength, and improve our servicemembers quality of life by increasing pay for our troops.\"\n\nWins Rep. Crank secured in the FY26 NDAA include:\n\nClosing loopholes that allowed the Salt Typhoon attack to occur;\n\nSupporting a tool developed in El Paso County that increases efficiency in DoD supply chains to eliminate waste and deliver cutting edge tools to our soldiers as fast as possible;\n\nSupporting strategic redundancies for protected satellite communications capabilities;\n\nImproving collaboration between the DoD and industry when developing the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control system;\n\nSupporting the development of Very Low Earth Orbit space systems in Colorado;\n\nProtecting Fort Carson\u2019s 158th General Support Aviation Battalion which supports El Paso County Search and Rescue operations;\n\nAccelerating the certification and construction of SCIF spaces;\n\nProtecting the Air Force Academy from wildfires;\n\nAccelerating the replacement of aging USSF ground infrastructure to maintain readiness;\n\nDirecting the Army to expand the number of sites it conducts counter-drone testing;\n\nAdvances the development of Golden Dome for America;\n\nProvides a 3.8% pay raise for our men and women in uniform;\n\nProvides needed funding to improve on-base housing;\n\nSupports the development of next generation GPS satellites in Colorado;\n\nAdvances hypersonic testing to counter Chinese and Russian capabilities;\n\nSupports missions to prep the Space Force to be able to quickly replace on-orbit assets;\n\nAuthorizes more funding for a Colorado Springs based program that increases efficiency in how the DOD acquires space-based data;\n\nAdvances research into Arctic Weather Combat Casualty Care that will occur in Colorado;\n\nAddresses the shrinking defense industrial base to protect El Paso County small businesses;\n\nProhibition on men competing in women\u2019s sports at service academies;\n\nEstablishes a pilot program to increase childcare assistance;\n\nExpands parental leave flexibility for servicemembers;\n\nRequires annual inspections of privatized military housing by qualified home inspectors;\n\nSaves Americans $20 billion by cutting wasteful and duplicitous spending;\n\nFully funds DOW audits and increases oversight.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-statement-house-passage-ndaa", "DeGette Statement on House Passage of NDAA", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after she voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026:\n\n\u201cI have been saying for months that I would not support additional offensive weapon sales to Israel that could be used against innocent Palestinians.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I voted against the NDAA today. This bill contains provisions that force the United States to provide further weapons, including offensive weapons, to Netanyahu as our European allies limit their military support. More weapons are the last thing we need in the region. We need a permanent ceasefire, a massive surge of humanitarian aid, and lasting peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-31T05:33:41Z", "2026-03-31T05:34:51Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguses-legislation-reauthorize-secure-rural-schools-program-heads", "Rep. Neguse\u2019s Legislation to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools Program Heads to President\u2019s Desk", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado\u2019s Western Slope, applauded the final passage of his legislative proposal to reauthorize the bipartisan Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, an initiative that provides vital funds to rural and mountain communities that are home to federal lands, which are tax exempt. The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, which now heads to the President\u2019s desk for signature, will promptly get this program back up and running \u2014 delivering payments to eligible counties, including many located in Northwest Colorado.\n\nHouse consideration of the bill followed a letter Neguse and colleagues penned last week, calling for Republican leadership to fast-track its consideration.\n\n\u201cThe Secure Rural Schools program is a vital lifeline for the communities I serve across Western Colorado, and I\u2019m proud that our efforts to build a bipartisan coalition in support of the program have enabled my legislation to get across the finish line. My top priority is always to deliver for the people I represent, forging common ground to advance the common good for our communities \u2014 from Grand County to Eagle County and everywhere in between. That\u2019s why I\u2019m incredibly proud to see my proposal to reauthorize SRS make its way to the President\u2019s desk, continuing this crucial program for rural counties,\u201d said Congressman Joe Neguse.\n\nNeguse previously secured two-year extensions for the SRS program in 2019 and as part of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, but its authorization ultimately lapsed in September 2023.\n\nThe Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act passed the Senate earlier this year by unanimous consent. It was co-sponsored by Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper.\n\n\u201cThe Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act is a lifeline for Colorado counties that steward our public lands and shoulder the responsibilities that come with them. These resources help rural communities keep teachers in classrooms, maintain safe roads, and provide public safety services that counties rely on,\u201d said Senator Michael Bennet.\n\nThe SRS program supports investments in local infrastructure, public safety, and public education. For communities in Colorado, this includes funding for wildfire mitigation, search-and-rescue operations and trail and road maintenance. Rural school districts can also use SRS payments to improve school transportation services, ensure high-quality instructional materials, create new extracurricular activities and more.\n\nThe following counties in Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District received payments from the program: Routt, Summit, Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Jackson, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer, and Boulder. Below are statements from local representatives celebrating its reauthorization.\n\n\u201cWe are grateful to Congressman Neguse for his strong leadership and advocacy in advancing the reauthorization of SRS,\u201d said Sonja Macys, Chair, Routt County Board of County Commissioners. \u201cRoutt County distributes 100% of our SRS allocation to our local school districts, recognizing the critical role they play in creating safe, healthy, and inspiring environments where young people can thrive and become engaged citizens. It is a proud moment when Congress comes together in support of rural America.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization provides essential support for Routt County and for rural school districts like ours. These funds help us maintain critical services, invest in students, and ensure that our schools remain strong and stable despite the challenges of a rural economy. We are grateful for the bipartisan commitment to sustaining the educational and community resources our families depend on,\u201d said Dr. Celine Wicks, Steamboat Springs School District Superintendent.\n\n\u201cClear Creek School District is deeply grateful for the support provided through SRSA funding. Each year, these resources help us meet the diverse needs of our students, enabling us to invest in curriculum we otherwise could not afford, hire the essential support staff our schools rely on, and enhance professional development for our educators. SRSA funding truly expands what is possible for our students and our community,\u201d said Wesley Paxton, Superintendent of Clear Creek School District.\n\n\u201cI want to thank Congressman Neguse for his leadership and tireless efforts championing the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act. For years, Congressman Neguse and his team have led a bipartisan coalition for this important reauthorization. Larimer County and our rural school districts rely heavily on this program. It directly invests in our students, schools, and essential public safety services. In our region, this program brings critical support for wildfire prevention, search and rescue organizations, and other rural infrastructure needs. I recently visited Washington D.C. to meet with Congressman Neguse, along with the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the Rural Action Caucus, to discuss the SRS Reauthorization and other important rural issues. The SRS Reauthorization was a priority item during the NACo discussions.\u201d said Jody Shadduck-McNally, Larimer County Commissioner.\n\n\"We are incredibly grateful for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools program. In a county like ours, where federal land significantly limits our property tax base, these dollars\u2014historically around $300,000 annually\u2014play a vital role in supporting our students and schools. In Colorado, where public education funding ranks near the bottom nationally, every dollar counts. These funds directly support our general fund, of which 89% goes toward staff salaries. This support is critical to maintaining high-quality learning environments for every student in Summit County.\" said Dr. Tony Byrd, Superintendent of Summit School District.\n\n\u201cEagle County is thrilled by the House of Representatives\u2019 strong support for this measure,\u201d said Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner. \u201cA permanent reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools is critical to ensuring that public lands counties like ours can provide stable, high-quality education for every student. This advancement brings us closer to the long-term certainty our school districts need to plan effectively and invest confidently in the future. We applaud the bipartisan leadership that recognizes how essential strong, well-funded schools are to thriving rural communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongressman Neguse has continued to support public education funding throughout our state. The Secure Rural Schools program supports Eagle County School District as well as other youth-serving nonprofits in our community, amplifying our impact. Having a voice like his in Washington goes a long way to help schools throughout Colorado,\u201d said Philip Qualman, Eagle County School District.\n\n\u201cGrand County is comprised of more than 70 percent public land \u2013 which does not generate property taxes necessary to help fund our two school districts. East Grand School District and West Grand School District have historically both benefitted from and rely on the Secure Rural Schools Program through the 1908 National Forest Reserve Act as a significant funding source. On behalf of those districts and our students, we would like to thank Congressman Neguse and the many Representatives for their continued support of rural counties and school districts,\u201d said Randy George, Chairman, Grand County Board of Commissioners.\n\n\u201cBeing a remote and rural district has its benefits; these funds help us overcome the challenges associated with our geography and size,\u201d said Superintendent Bray Ray, East Grand School District. \u201cWe greatly appreciate the efforts to maintain these funds, as they help us maintain vital programming in our district.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-statement-on-trump-administration-s-national-security-strategy", "Crow Statement on Trump Administration's National Security Strategy", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "AURORA \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's newly released National Security Strategy:\n\n\u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s National Security Strategy would be catastrophic to America\u2019s standing in the world and a retreat from our alliances and partnerships. It will take generations to restore the trust it would shatter with our most important friends.\n\n\u201cThe world will be a more dangerous place and Americans will be less safe if this plan moves forward.\n\n\u201cAmong the many disturbing things are the blatant calls for social engineering, culture warfare, and interference with allied foreign governments and political systems. It\u2019s an attack on freedom and individual liberty at home and abroad.\n\n\u201cThe Trump administration wants America to be smaller, weaker, and vulnerable. I will resist.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-statement-following-acip-vote-end-universal-hepatitis-b-vaccine", "DeGette Statement Following ACIP Vote to End Universal Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose Recommendation", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to end the universal Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation for newborns:\n\n\u201cThis administration\u2019s anti-science agenda is going to get kids killed. The vote by members of ACIP to end the universal Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation for newborns is not supported by science and is incredibly reckless. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have eroded Americans\u2019 confidence in public health and diminished our capacity to protect the public, from hawking unproven treatments to ousting trusted medical experts across the federal government. Now, because of an ACIP stacked with vaccine conspiracy theorists, children will be more likely to get preventable diseases and die.\n\n\u201cI renew my demand to the Republican leadership to bring RFK Jr. before the Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee to explain his assault on science. There must be accountability as this administration makes decisions that jeopardize the health of American children.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congressman-evans-sounds-alarm-rising-attacks-against-law-enforcement", "ICYMI: Congressman Evans Sounds the Alarm on Rising Attacks Against Law Enforcement", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "In case you missed it \u2026 The Committee on Homeland Security held a full committee hearing titled \u201cWhen Badges Become Targets: How Anti- Law Enforcement Rhetoric Fuels Violence Against Officers.\u201d The hearing examined the surge in threats and rise in targeted attacks against Law Enforcement.\n\nAs a former cop, Congressman Evans knows \u2014 this fight is personal. During his five-minute speech, Rep. Evans took to the mic to detail his firsthand experience and highlight the attacks against Coloradans who walk the thin blue line.\n\nRead highlights below or watch the full video here.\n\n\u201cI was a cop for ten years in the Denver metro area. The reason I am in Congress is because in 2020 the ruling democrats in Colorado passed a bill that took the first steps toward defunding law enforcement and toward making cops guilty until they proved themselves innocent.\n\n[...]\n\nI watched my cops suffer. I buried countless others when I was on the honor guard. And in terms of refusing to condemn physical or political violence \u2014 I will remind everyone of two votes that happened earlier this year where every single member of the United States House of Representative voted to condemn the murder of a Democrat leader in Minnesota. But 118 of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle could not vote to condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk.\n\n[...]\n\nWhen cops are handcuffed, it's the cops who suffer. And not only is it the cops who suffer, it's the low-income and the minority communities that suffer.\n\n[...]\n\nMy district is 40% Hispanic. You know who suffers when we don't have law enforcement to keep our communities safe? It's my low-income and my minority communities.\n\n[...]\n\nColorado has led the nation more years than not the last 5 years in auto theft. You know what happens when one of my Hispanic trade workers gets their vehicle stolen? Not only are they out of vehicle, they've lost their job because they can't show up to the job site tomorrow to do the work. I've seen this happen because I've taken those reports.\n\n[...]\n\nWe just had the sixth largest fentanyl seizure in US history in Colorado. 12 kgs of fentanyl, 1.7 million illicit pills, enough to kill 6.8 million people, every man, woman, and child in Colorado.\n\n[...]\n\nThe defund the police and sanctuary city style politics that I personally experienced as a law enforcement officer in Colorado \u2014 it's why I'm in Congress today.\n\n[...]\n\nUnder the previous administration, more Americans died as a result of drug overdoses like fentanyl than were killed in the entire September 11th terrorist attacks. That's personal to me too because I am a combat veteran of the Global War on Terror.\n\nI deployed to protect this country and to turn around to see these cartels, and these criminals, and these peddlers of poison, being able to run free in our communities because of defund-the-police rhetoric, and because of sanctuary city and state policies is absolutely onerous to me.\n\nIt's onerous to the people that I have sworn oaths to protect and defend as I uphold the Constitution.\n\n[...]\n\nCops experience the physical, mental, moral, and emotional injuries of this job. And all of those things are made worse as a result of anti-law enforcement rhetoric.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nCongressman Gabe Evans \u2014 a combat veteran, former police officer, and the grandson of Mexican immigrants \u2014 is fighting back against the sanctuary-state policies fueling crime across Colorado. Representing a district that is 40% Hispanic, he has seen firsthand how these policies hurt working families, small businesses, and minority communities.\n\nRep. Evans is leading the charge to restore public safety by ensuring law enforcement has the tools and support they need, despite Colorado\u2019s leftist state policies, laws and politicians that have demoralized them.\n\nTwo key pieces of legislation he has introduced include:\n\nThe UPLIFT Act: Reverses sanctuary policies, restores cooperation with federal partners, and protects victims harmed by criminal illegal immigrants.\n\nLaw Enforcement Support & Counter Transnational Repression Act: Helps communities identify and respond to foreign intimidation on U.S. soil.\n\nIn addition to this legislation, Rep Evans has worked alongside GOP members of Colorado\u2019s congressional delegation including Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Congressman Jeff Crank (CO-05) to send several letters to Governor Polis regarding their concern for Colorado\u2019s escalating crime crisis:\n\nColorado Reps. Evans, Boebert and Crank Demand Polis Take Action on Colorado\u2019s Crime Crisis\n\nReps. Evans, Boebert and Crank Urge Polis to Work With Them on Colorado's Public Safety Crisis\n\nRep. Evans' speech was made shortly after the largest single Fentanyl bust in Colorado\u2019s history \u2014 and the 6th largest in the nation \u2014 on November 17, 2025. The record seizure contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine, and another 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder.\n\nFor context, 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills can kill 850,000 Coloradans, and 1kg of pure fentanyl can kill 500,000 people, so that seizure was enough to kill 6.85 million people \u2014 every human in Colorado.\n\nColorado is in the midst of a severe fentanyl crisis, with its drug overdose rates declining at a significantly lower rate than most other states, remaining higher than before the pandemic and costing Coloradans more than $13 billion a year. Additionally, reflective of that tragic statistic, the state has the second highest teen overdose rates in the country according to a 2024 study.\n\nTo combat the crisis, Congressman Evans has introduced the bipartisan No Fentanyl on Social Media Act with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), which targets the online trafficking of fentanyl to minors and requires federal action to shut down the digital pipeline.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-evans-and-salinas-introduce-bipartisan-bill-advocating-military-spouses", "Reps. Evans and Salinas Introduce Bipartisan Bill Advocating for Military Spouses", "2025-12-04", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced the bipartisan PCS Leave for Military Spouse Federal Workers Act, a bill that will build on the Office of Personnel Management\u2019s (OPM) \u201csuggested\u201d time off guidance, and requires federal agencies to provide at least 5 days of administrative leave to a military spouse who's employed by the federal government, and who are relocating with their active-duty partner.\n\n\u201cAs a veteran who has received Permanent Change of Station orders multiple times, I know firsthand the sacrifice that military spouses like my wife make to support their partners,\u201d said Rep. Gabe Evans. \u201cI\u2019m proud to co-lead the PCS Leave for Military Spouse Federal Workers Act which codifies the Office of Personnel Management's guidance and ensures that servicemembers\u2019 husbands and wives working at a federal agency receive at least five days administrative leave when given PCS orders.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen a servicemember gets orders to relocate, their spouse should not have to exhaust their personal time off or forgo pay just to move,\u201d said Rep. Andrea Salinas. \u201cOur bill ensures that military spouses employed by the federal government have the paid leave they need to relocate with the dignity, stability, and support they deserve. This assistance allows families to manage the practical realities of relocating \u2014 like enrolling their children in new schools, finding childcare, and setting up a new home \u2014 without added strain.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur 2023 national survey shows that active-duty spouses who are employed full time are more likely to report excellent family well-being, yet too many lose income or employment stability when the military requires a move. Ensuring a window of administrative leave is a meaningful way to support military spouses, strengthen financial stability, and recognize the essential role that military families play in the readiness of our all-volunteer force.\u201d \u2014 Shannon Razsadin, Military Family Advisory Network CEO.\n\n\u201cSupporting military families means recognizing the unique challenges that come with frequent relocations. Providing 40 hours of administrative leave for federal employees who are military spouses during a PCS move is not just a thoughtful accommodation \u2014 it\u2019s a smart policy. It helps retain talented individuals, reduces job instability, and makes military service more sustainable for whole families.\u201d \u2014 Kathy Roth-Douquet, Blue Star Families\n\nBackground\n\nOn average, military families move every 2.5 years. Oftentimes, a servicemember\u2019s spouse bears a significant burden during this process, which is financially, emotionally, and physically exhausting. Forevery single move, they have to find child care, enroll their children in new schools, and organize and set up their home. This burden can be especially daunting for working spouses, especially if their employer doesn\u2019t provide them with paid leave to focus on the move.\n\nDue to the high rates of under and unemployment among military spouses, the federal government started the Military Spouse Preference Program, which provides employment preference to spouses of active duty servicemembers for federal jobs.\n\nWhile this is beneficial to military families, the federal government doesn\u2019t require agencies to provide paid leave for military spouses employed by the federal government who accompany their spouse on a PCS move. As a result, some military spouses who are federal workers have to take leave without pay or use their own vacation days in order to help move their family.\n\nTo combat this, at the end of 2023, The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) circulated a memo encouraging agencies to offer up to 5 days of admin leave for federal employees who have to relocate due to their spouse\u2019s PCS orders. However, this memo did not require agencies to do so, only recommending that they do.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/secure-rural-schools-reauthorization-heads-final-vote-following-push-neguse", "Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Heads to Final Vote Following Push from Neguse and Colleagues", "2025-12-04", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 4, 2025\n\nBill noticed a mere 12-hours after a bipartisan, bicameral group of more than 80 lawmakers called for action in the U.S. House of Representatives to aid rural, forested counties.\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Yesterday, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, alongside Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), led a bipartisan coalition of more than 80 lawmakers in sending a letter to House Republican leadership requesting urgent reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The bill, which already unanimously passed the Senate in June, would reauthorize the program through Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 and provide lapsed payments for FYs 2024 and 2025.\n\nFollowing the letter from Neguse and colleagues, this morning, the House noticed fast-track consideration of the bill for next week. It is slated to be up under suspension of the rules.\n\n\u201cThe Secure Rural Schools program has been a lifeline for rural counties, supporting not just students and schools, but investments in local infrastructure and public safety. And for folks in my district, this means federal funding for wildfire prevention, search-and-rescue operations, trail and road maintenance, and other key services,\u201d said Congressman Neguse.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Republican leaders in the House have heeded the calls of our bipartisan coalition by bringing the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act to the Floor for a vote, so we can urgently get this program back up and running. This isn\u2019t just about policy \u2014 it\u2019s about delivering real, tangible results for our rural and mountain communities.\u201d\n\nAuthorization for the SRS program lapsed in September 2023, with the last full authorized payments going out to counties in the spring of 2024 and only partial payments from revenue-sharing delivered for 2025, resulting in decreases of up to 80 percent for some counties. These gaps in funding leave rural and mountain counties struggling to fund schools, road maintenance and emergency services.\n\nView the full text of the lawmakers\u2019 letter to House Republican leadership HERE.\n\nBackground\n\nEstablished in 2000, the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, which is overseen by the United States Forest Service (USFS), helps fund essential services in rural and mountain communities that are home to federal lands, which are tax-exempt. It provides financial support back to county governments where these National Forests are located. These funds are then distributed to help eligible counties, including many of those in Colorado\u2019s Western Slope, maintain local roads, support schools, conduct wildfire mitigation, and more.\n\nCongressman Neguse has been a champion for the SRS program since his election to Congress. In 2019, he introduced legislation to reauthorize SRS and was successful in securing a two-year extension to the program. In 2021, he ensured the continuation of SRS payments by securing another extension as part of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. He introduced legislation in 2023 to reauthorize the program for an additional three years, and is continuing to partner with Rep. LaMalfa on those reauthorization efforts in the 119th Congress.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-protect-small-businesses-cut-red-tape-and-costs-main-street", "Rep. Crank Votes to Protect Small Businesses, Cut Red Tape and Costs for Main Street", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) voted in favor of The DUMP Red Tape Act and the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act which both work to protect Main Street America.\n\nThe Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive (DUMP) Red Tape Act gives small businesses a direct line to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy to report burdensome regulations that are affecting their businesses.\n\nThe Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act requires the SBA to ensure that any new SBA regulations cost small businesses ZERO dollars.\n\n\"It is imperative that we make it easier for small businesses to grow and thrive in our communities,\" said Rep. Jeff Crank. \"These two bills will ultimately set up our local Colorado businesses to cut through red tape and ensure no business owners are burdened with extra costs that come with new rules coming out of Washington, DC.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nDUMP Red Tape Act:\n\nSmall businesses need a permanent hotline to share how federal regulations and other agency actions may impact their ability to operate and grow.\n\nRequires Advocacy to annually report the feedback received through the hotline.\n\nSmall Business Regulatory Reduction Act:\n\nThe Biden-Harris Administration imposed a historic $1.8 trillion in increased regulatory costs on businesses, while crushing the American economy with record-high inflation.\n\nIn response, President Trump issued Executive Order 14192, \u201cUnleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,\u201d to alleviate American businesses from overly burdensome regulations.\n\nAs the backbone of our economy, Main Street and local businesses need assurance that it can continue to grow without unnecessary costs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-statement-on-dod-s-investigation-of-secretary-hegseth", "Crow Statement on DoD\u2019s Investigation of Secretary Hegseth", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Department of Defense\u2019s Office of Inspector General found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s actions likely jeopardized America\u2019s national security and endangered American troops:\n\nAfter reviewing the Inspector General\u2019s report, Congressman Crow said:\n\n\u201cPete Hegseth risked our servicemembers\u2019 lives by sharing classified information about ongoing military operations on unsecured systems. If any general, lieutenant, or private had done the same thing as Pete Hegseth, they would immediately face accountability.\n\n\u201cWith Pete Hegseth, there is no leadership or accountability. Without change, our servicemembers remain at risk.\n\n\u201cPete Hegseth\u2019s recklessness endangered lives. Sadly, this Inspector General report is just the latest confirmation of just how unqualified he is to lead our brave men and women in uniform.\n\n\u201cPete Hegseth needs to resign or be fired.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-evans-and-dingell-introduce-bipartisan-bill-stop-fentanyl-trafficking", "Reps. Evans and Dingell Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Stop Fentanyl Trafficking on Social Media", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) introduced the bipartisan No Fentanyl on Social Media Act legislation directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in coordination with the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on how minors to access fentanyl through social media platforms and to provide recommendations to address this growing threat.\n\n\u201cAs a former cop in Colorado, I have seen firsthand the devastating impacts that drug trafficking has on minors. As a father, I know how important it is that we do everything possible to protect our kids and future generations. With social media becoming increasingly prevalent and accessible to children in our country, it is more vital now than ever that we address the ways deadly drugs like fentanyl are trafficked into our communities so that we can keep young people and families safe.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans\n\n\u201cHaving personally witnessed the danger of the opioid crisis in my own family, I have seen its devastating consequences and know we must do everything we can to combat it on all fronts. Unfortunately, we are seeing newer ways that young people are finding and buying fentanyl, including on social media. There must be safeguards in place to prevent kids from accessing fentanyl so easily through these platforms. This legislation will make sure we better understand how social media is contributing to the opioid crisis, and what we can do to address it.\u201d \u2014 Congresswoman Dingell\n\nThe report required under the No Fentanyl on Social Media Act would examine not only instances where minors explicitly seek out the purchase of fentanyl on social media, but also cases where they unknowingly receive counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl or fentanyl analogues. The report will assess platform design features, trafficking tactics, the effectiveness of platform policies, and actions taken by law enforcement, medical experts and others to combat this crisis.\n\nBackground\n\nThe introduction of this bill comes shortly after the largest single Fentanyl bust in Colorado\u2019s history \u2014 and the 6th largest in the nation \u2014 on November 17, 2025. The record seizure contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine, and another 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder.\n\nFor context, 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills can kill 850,000 Coloradans, and 1kg of pure fentanyl can kill 500,000 people, so that seizure was enough to kill 6.85 million people \u2014 every human in Colorado.\n\nColorado is in the midst of a severe fentanyl crisis, with its drug overdose rates declining at a significantly lower rate than most other states, remaining higher than before the pandemic and costing Coloradans more than $13 billion a year. Additionally, reflective of that tragic statistic, the state has the second highest teen overdose rates in the country according to a 2024 study.\n\nPrior to the bipartisan No Fentanyl on Social Media Act, Congressman Evans introduced the bipartisan Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act with Congressman Adam Gray (D-CA-13), establishing new grant programs to help state and local law enforcement agencies and non-profits stop fentanyl dealers, protect officers in the field and educate young people about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit drugs.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-senator-cortez-masto-move-wildfire-prevention-bill-through", "Congressman Neguse, Senator Cortez Masto Move Wildfire Prevention Bill Through Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, co-chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, advanced the Western Wildfire Support Act through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. In a Subcommittee Hearing, lawmakers received testimony on Neguse\u2019s proposal to provide comprehensive resources to prevent wildfires, enhance firefighting efforts, and support communities impacted by year-round wildfire seasons. The bill is championed by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in the U.S. Senate.\n\nThe hearing was previously delayed by the Republican Shutdown, but public reporting notes that the subcommittee\u2019s consideration of over two dozen public lands and wildfire bills signals a revived hope for public lands legislation to become law this congress.\n\n\u201cWith fires raging year-round, it is more important than ever that we equip at-risk communities across the western United States with the support they need to confront the escalating dangers posed by natural disasters. I\u2019m hopeful that commonsense will prevail and that this bill will finally be given full consideration. It\u2019s past time for us to work together to provide urgent support to the firefighters, businesses, and families impacted by wildfires,\u201d said Congressman Neguse.\n\n\u201cCommunities in the West need support preventing and combatting wildfires now \u2013 there is no time to waste,\u201d said Senator Cortez Masto. \u201cI am glad to see my bipartisan, bicameral bill moving through the legislative process, and I urge my colleagues in both the House and the Senate to deliver these much-needed resources to wildland fire fighters and local governments.\u201d\n\nNeguse and Cortez Masto collaborated earlier this year to introduce the Western Wildfire Support Act which improves on three key tenets: preparation, suppression, and recovery. The bill addresses each by authorizing funding for cutting-edge firefighting equipment, creating new training programs for federal and local firefighters, and supporting recovery efforts across wildfire-impacted landscapes and surrounding communities \u2014 implementing several priorities recommended by Colorado wildfire officials and local stakeholders.\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Joe Neguse, who co-chairs the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, has led the charge in helping communities better prepare for and mitigate wildfire risk, as well as ensuring they have access to the resources they need to recover. Last month, Neguse was named the most effective Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives in both the Environment and Public Lands policy areas for the 118th Congress. A recognition that reflects his work to successfully enact bills that bolster disaster response and preparedness, promote the preservation of public lands, and more.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-senator-gallego-move-wildfire-mitigation-bill-through", "Congressman Neguse, Senator Gallego Move Wildfire Mitigation Bill Through Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse\u2019s Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act advanced through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. In a Subcommittee Hearing, lawmakers received testimony on Neguse\u2019s proposal to provide recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries. The legislation is championed by Senator Gallego (D-AZ) in the United States Senate.\n\nThe hearing was previously delayed by the Republican Shutdown, but public reporting notes that the subcommittee\u2019s consideration of over two dozen public lands and wildfire bills signals a revived hope for public lands and wildfire legislation to become law this congress..\n\n\u201cThe Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act closes gaps in current federal rules and regulations to enhance the capacity to mitigate wildfire risk, reduce the frequency and severity of wildfires, and protect vulnerable communities. Our critically important bill, rooted in the nonpartisan work of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, would benefit communities across the Rocky Mountain West. We\u2019ll continue to work to advance this bipartisan bill in the House, and look forward to continuing our bicameral efforts to usher it across the finish line,\u201d said Congressman Neguse.\n\n\u201cArizona, like many western states, is a patchwork of state, federal, Tribal, and private land. If fires are moving across these lands faster than different levels of government can coordinate and prepare for them, the fire has the advantage. As our wildfire seasons grow longer and our wildfire landscapes change, we need stronger research and better coordination to manage these fires and keep communities safe. The Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act would help get us there by improving the working relationship between federal agencies and their state, Tribal, and local counterparts.\" Senator Gallego said at the hearing.\n\nNeguse and Gallego teamed up earlier this year to introduce the Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act as part of a larger policy package to improve national wildfire mitigation, research, and management. This legislative package was derived from a 2024 report issued by the USDA\u2019s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, which was created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and tasked with outlining a holistic approach to addressing the rising threat of wildfires. A one-pager on the package and statements from endorsers can be found HERE and HERE.\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Joe Neguse, who co-chairs the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, has led the charge in helping communities better prepare for and mitigate wildfire risk, as well as ensuring they have access to the resources they need to recover. Last month, Neguse was named the most effective Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives in both the Environment and Public Lands policy areas for the 118th Congress. A recognition that reflects his work to successfully enact bills that bolster disaster response and preparedness, promote the preservation of public lands, and more.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/neguse-announces-nearly-4-million-funding-transportation-across-colorados", "Neguse Announces Nearly $4 Million in Funding for Transportation Across Colorado\u2019s Western Slope", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 2, 2025\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse announced more than $8 million in funding for four projects across the 2nd Congressional District from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Program, which provide financial assistance to transit systems across the country for buses and bus facilities capital projects. Of the total announced, nearly $4 million was awarded to Steamboat Springs, Winter Park and Eagle County.\n\nNeguse supported the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s substantial increase in funding for these programs.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m excited to welcome more than $8 million to modernize and advance Colorado\u2019s sustainable transportation system. This funding will support critical infrastructure and the transition to low-emission vehicles across the district \u2014 from our rural mountain communities to our cities and suburbs,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cNot only will this investment help improve public health and promote a cleaner commute, but it will bolster public transit operations, ensuring everyone has access to reliable transportation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Town of Winter Park is grateful to the Federal Transit Administration for this $1.1 million investment in our transit maintenance facility. This support helps the town continue to build a reliable transit system for Grand County,\u201d said Nick Kutrumbos, Mayor of the Town of Winter Park.\n\n\u201cWe are grateful to receive this federal grant, which will allow Core Transit to take a major step forward in improving the rider experience and accessibility across our system,\u201d said Tanya Allen, Executive Director of Core Transit in Eagle County. \u201cBy upgrading and adding bus shelters identified through community feedback in our 10-Year Plan, we\u2019re ensuring that our investments directly reflect the needs and priorities of the people we serve.\u201d\n\n\"With the help of these funds, the purchase of two buses will allow Steamboat Springs Transit to retire two old diesel buses and move toward a modern, fully hybrid/electric fleet, serving one of the top rural transit systems in the nation.\u201d said Gail Garey, Steamboat Springs City Council President Pro Tem.\n\nThe Buses and Bus Facilities Program provides funding for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses and related facilities. The Low or No Emission Program provides funding to local governments for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses as well as acquisition, construction and leasing of required supporting facilities.\n\nA full list of projects in the 2nd Congressional District is below.\n\nLocation\n\nProject Name\n\nAmount Awarded\n\nCity of Fort Collins\n\nTransfort Fleet Replacement and Modernization Project\n\n$4,838,610\n\nSteamboat Springs\n\nSteamboat Springs Transit - Bus Acquisition Project\n\n$1,504,000\n\nWinter Park\n\nWinter Park Transit Maintenance Facility Paving Project\n\n$1,056,120\n\nEagle County\n\nSafer Stops and Shelters\n\n$1,060,000\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Neguse has led the charge to increase funding for the Low or No Emission grant program over his time in Congress. In previous years he has written a letter, joined by his 35 colleagues, that urged for an increase in funding for the Low or No Emission grant program; the House later that year passed H.R. 7617 that included a $50 million increase in funding. The year prior, Congressman Neguse had also fully secured an increased funding for the program by advocating for the same $50 million appropriations increase during.\n\n###\n\nIssues: Local Issues", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/neguse-announces-nearly-5-million-funding-transportation-fort-collins", "Neguse Announces Nearly $5 Million in Funding for Transportation in Fort Collins", "2025-12-01", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse announced more than $8 million in funding for four projects across the 2nd Congressional District from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Program, which provides financial assistance to transit systems across the country for buses and bus facilities capital projects. Of the total announced, $4,838,610 was awarded to the City of Fort Collins\u2019 Transfort Fleet Replacement and Modernization Project.\n\nNeguse supported the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s substantial increase in funding for these programs.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m excited to welcome more than $8 million to modernize and advance Colorado\u2019s sustainable transportation system. This funding will support critical infrastructure and the transition to low-emission vehicles across the district \u2014 from our rural mountain communities to our cities and suburbs,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cNot only will this investment help improve public health and promote a cleaner commute but it will bolster public transit operations, ensuring everyone has access to reliable transportation.\u201d\n\n\u201cOn behalf of the City of Fort Collins and Transfort, I want to express my sincere gratitude for this Low or No Emissions grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration. This support will allow us to replace aging CNG buses with newer, more reliable vehicles that will strengthen our transit system and improve daily service for riders. We deeply appreciate this federal partnership and the vital role it plays in keeping our community moving.\u201d said Mayor Jeni Arndt.\n\nThe Buses and Bus Facilities Program provides funding for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses and related facilities. The Low or No Emission Program provides funding to local governments for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses as well as acquisition, construction and leasing of required supporting facilities.\n\nThe full list of projects awarded in the 2nd Congressional District is below.\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Neguse has led the charge to increase funding for the Low or No Emission grant program over his time in Congress. In previous years he has written a letter, joined by his 35 colleagues, that urged for an increase in funding for the Low or No Emission grant program; the House later that year passed H.R. 7617 that included a $50 million increase in funding. The year prior, Congressman Neguse had also fully secured an increased funding for the program by advocating for the same $50 million appropriations increase during.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1505", "Pettersen\u2019s Bipartisan SUPPORT Act Signed Into Law", "2025-12-01", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after President Trump signed into law her bipartisan bill, the Support for Patients and Communities Act. The legislation authorizes funding for critical prevention, treatment, and recovery substance use disorder (SUD) programs.\n\nRep. Pettersen\u2019s work on SUD programs is inspired by her mother, who struggled with a decades-long battle with addiction after being overprescribed opioids for a back injury. Rep. Pettersen has since fought to expand access to treatment to help people like her mother receive the care they need \u2013 including passing a bill that directed Colorado to apply for a Section 1115 Waiver to cover residential and inpatient treatment for individuals struggling with addiction. In the first year, this waiver increased access to substance use disorder treatment by 60%, with over 48,000 Coloradans able to access the care they needed. Colorado also saw a 35% decline in fentanyl-related deaths in this past year.\n\n\u201cAs the Trump administration continues to dismantle treatment and recovery services and take away health care from people struggling with addiction, protecting these programs is more important than ever,\u201d said Pettersen. \u201cIn my fight to save my mom\u2019s life, I saw how broken our system is, and I\u2019ve been working every day to fix it. Colorado has led the way in expanding treatment and reducing fentanyl deaths, and this law helps ensure that progress continues nationwide \u2014 especially under an administration that has dismantled the progress we have made. I\u2019ll always fight so every person struggling has access to the medical care they need to recover and rebuild their lives.\u201d\n\nSpecifically,the Support for Patients and Communities Act will:\n\nExpand access to naloxone for first-responders and community members;\n\nProvide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for pregnant and postpartum women;\n\nAddress SUD workforce shortages by expanding loan repayment programs and fellowship opportunities for healthcare providers;\n\nIncrease access to peer-led recovery support services;\n\nFund Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers; and\n\nPromote the prevention of overdoses through prescription drug monitoring programs.\n\nThe legislation is endorsed by over 160 vital substance use disorder treatment and recovery organizations, including Faces and Voices of Recovery, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, and Mental Health Colorado.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-votes-denounce-socialism-all-its-forms", "Congressman Gabe Evans Votes To Denounce Socialism In All Its Forms", "2025-11-26", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans voted in favor of Representative Maria Salazar's H.Con.Res.58. The House Concurrent Resolution, titled Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism passed with broad bipartisan support, despite members of Colorado\u2019s own delegation \u2014 Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) \u2014 voting against it.\n\n\u201cI joined my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to denounce Socialism in all its forms. As the only Latino member of Colorado\u2019s congressional delegation representing a district that is 40% Hispanic, I\u2019ve heard firsthand about the consequences that socialist policies have on families. Countries like Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela have all suffered at the hands of this extremist ideology \u2014 leading to poverty, famine, and other humanitarian devastation.\n\nWe must condemn the toxic system of Socialism that enables authoritarians like Castro, Maduro, and Chavez to strip away the natural rights of all people and continue to support the principles of liberty, economic freedom, and prosperity that allow our citizens to pursue the American Dream.\u201d - Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nBackground:\n\nThis House Concurrent Resolution resolves that Congress denounces socialism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.\n\nSocialism has repeatedly led to famine and mass murders, and the killing of over 100,000,000 people worldwide.\n\nFollowing the recent election of a democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani, to be the next mayor of New York City, this resolution affirms that House Republicans and Democrats condemn socialist policies which inevitably lead to tyranny and death and are antithetical to the American Dream.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/el-congresista-gabe-evans-vote-para-condenar-el-socialism-en-todas-sus-formas", "El Congresista Gabe Evans Vote Para Condenar El Socialism En Todas Sus Formas", "2025-11-26", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "El congresista Gabe Evans vot\u00f3 a favor de H.Con.Res.58 presentada por la congresista Maria Salazar. La Resoluci\u00f3n Concurrente de la C\u00e1mara de Representates, titulado Condenando los horrors del socialismo, fue apropado con un amplio apoyo bipartidista, a pesar de que miembros de la propia delegacion de Colorado \u2013 las representates Diana Degette (CO-01) y Joe Neguse (CO-02) \u2013 votaron en contra.\n\n\u201cLa semana pasada, vot\u00e9 con mis colegas de ambos partidos para condenar el socialismo en todas sus formas. Como el unico miembro Latino en la delegacion de Colorado que representa un distrito que es 40% hispano, he o\u00eddo directamente las consecuencias que las pol\u00edticas socialistas causan a las familias. Naciones como Cuba, la Uni\u00f3n Sovi\u00e9tica, y Venezuela han sufrido por esta ideolog\u00eda extremista, que provoca pobreza, el hambre, y otras devastaciones humanitarias.\n\nDebemos condenar la ideolog\u00eda peligrosa del socialismo, la cual que permiti\u00f3 lideres autoritarios como Castro, Maduro, y Chavez eliminar los derechos naturales de todas las personas y continuar apoyando los principios de libertad, la libertdad econ\u00f3mica*, y prosperidad que apoderan a nuestros ciudadanos luchar por el Sue\u00f1o Americano.\u201d \u2013 El congresista Gabe Evans\n\nContexto:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/joint-statement-in-response-to-fbi-inquiry", "Joint Statement in Response to FBI Inquiry", "2025-11-25", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) released the following joint statement:\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass Members of Congress.\n\n\u201cYesterday, the FBI contacted the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms requesting interviews.\n\n\u201cNo amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution.\n\n\u201cWe swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. We will not be bullied. We will never give up the ship.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-evans-boebert-and-crank-urge-polis-work-them-colorados-public-safety", "Reps. Evans, Boebert and Crank Urge Polis to Work With Them on Colorado's Public Safety Crisis", "2025-11-25", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today Reps. Gabe Evans (CO-08), Lauren Boebert (CO-04), and Jeff Crank (CO-05) sent a letter to Governor Jared Polis following his September 17th response to their request for a second special legislative session focused on Colorado's escalating crime crisis.\n\nThe members urged the Governor to stop directing blame and work collaboratively to implement meaningful public safety solutions.\n\nAn excerpt from the letter reads:\n\n\u201cWe received your September 17th response to our calls to address Colorado\u2019s crime wave with a second special legislative session. While incredibly disappointed that you, the most powerful elected official in a state with a $44 billion dollar budget, chose to blame everyone and everything except your own policies and your record \u2014 we know that our constituents\u2019 lives are too important to play political games with. Coloradans deserve to live free of fear in their own homes and communities without having their very safety turned into a game of \u2018gotcha.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Representatives Gabe Evans, Lauren Boebert and Jeff Crank\n\n\u201cAs a former cop in Colorado, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how Polis\u2019s policies have put criminals ahead of Coloradans and weakened public safety across our state,\u201d said Rep Evans.\u201cColorado now ranks as the second most dangerous state in the nation, and families are paying the price. It\u2019s time for the Governor to take accountability for the crisis he created, put public safety first, and work alongside us on real solutions that protect our communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cColorado is now one of the most dangerous states in America because of the Democrat\u2019s pro-crime policies,\u201d said Rep Boebert. \u201cCriminals are emboldened, families live in fear, and the Governor refuses to use the tools and resources available to protect them. It\u2019s time to stop making excuses and start protecting Coloradans.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the governor of Colorado, Polis needs to own up to the crime wave that he has created,\u201d said Rep. Crank. \u201cColorado has now been crowned the second most dangerous state in the nation, and that\u2019s solely due to his soft on crime policies. I stand with Rep. Evans and Boebert, who prioritize the safety of our communities. Polis has the tools to make Colorado safer. We\u2019ll see when he actually starts to use them.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nColorado is currently experiencing one of the worst crime waves in the nation. According to the U.S. News and World Report, Colorado now ranks as the second most dangerous state in America, and Denver\u2019s violent crime rate surpasses that of Washington D.C.\n\nA recent statewide survey found:\n\nMore than half of Coloradans do not feel safe where they live.\n\n65% worry about violent crime on a daily basis.\n\nThis public safety crisis stems from a series of soft-on-crime policies enacted under Governor Polis, including the continuation of Colorado\u2019s sanctuary state status and a bond system that repeatedly releases career criminals and drug traffickers back into communities.\n\nIn his September 17th letter, Governor Polis claimed the state lacked resources \u2014 despite refusing to access billions in federal law enforcement dollars, including funds available through the 287 (g) program and the BIDEN Reimbursement Fund.\n\nThe Members\u2019 letter outlines several bipartisan efforts currently underway in Congress that would directly support Colorado, including:\n\nThe Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act (H.R. 909) \u2014 ensuring stable, long-term funding for victims of crime across the state.\n\nCongressman Evans bipartisan Combatting Fentanyl Poisoning Act \u2014 Directing $15 million annually to help state and local law enforcement target fentanyl traffickers, protect officers, and educate young people about counterfeit pills and social-media-driven drug sales.\n\nRecent release of $22 billion in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds from the Department of Justice \u2014 funds that directly support communities, survivors, and prosecutors.\n\nDespite these available resources and bipartisan opportunities, Governor Polis used the most recent special session not to address rising crime \u2014 but to raise taxes on small businesses and double down on funding for illegal immigrants, leaving public safety concerns unaddressed.\n\nRep. Evans, Boebert, and Crank reaffirmed their commitment to working across the aisle to secure real, lasting solutions to Colorado's public safety crisis \u2014 and called on Governor Polis to uphold his own \u201cDisagree Better\u201d pledge by engaging in genuine collaboration instead of political deflection.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-statement-republicans-political-stunt-resolution", "DeGette Statement on Republicans\u2019 Political Stunt Resolution", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement on the House Republicans\u2019 resolution denouncing socialism:\n\n\u201cHouse Republicans just returned from a seven-week taxpayer-funded recess, and instead of doing anything to lower costs, they are wasting time and money on this pointless resolution.\n\n\u201cMy colleagues on the other side are more focused on performative political stunts like this while families in Denver are seeing health care and groceries get more expensive. This is a precursor to their plan to gut Social Security and Medicare, and I will always fight tooth and nail to protect these essential programs.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/hurd-suozzi-bacon-gottheimer-introduce-bill-avert-healthcare-affordability", "Hurd, Suozzi, Bacon, Gottheimer Introduce Bill to Avert Healthcare Affordability Crisis: The Bipartisan Hope Act", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congressmen Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) co-led the introduction of the Bipartisan Healthcare Optimization, Protection, and Extension (HOPE) Act. This bill would address the healthcare affordability crisis by extending the enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) for two years and adding new income caps and guardrails against fraud in the process.\n\n\u201cFamilies across Colorado are already stretched thin by high health-care costs, and without action from Congress, premiums are set to rise sharply at the end of this year. I joined this bipartisan effort because doing nothing would leave too many families in rural communities facing unaffordable increases that they cannot absorb. The HOPE Act provides a temporary, responsible extension of the current premium tax credits so families do not see sudden cost spikes through no fault of their own. This bill also includes the strongest guardrails ever applied to the ACA Exchanges. We crack down on fraudulent brokers and misleading marketing practices, require documented consumer consent for plan changes, expand audit requirements, and remove \u2018ghost beneficiaries\u2019 by directing regular checks against the federal Death Master File. These reforms protect taxpayers, strengthen program integrity, and prevent vulnerable consumers from being taken advantage of. The HOPE Act is a practical, bipartisan solution that maintains affordability, enhances transparency, and improves accountability while Congress works toward long-term reforms that will make our health-care system more stable and more affordable. I will continue working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pursue responsible, commonsense solutions that put families first,\u201d said Congressman Hurd.\n\n\u201cThe number one issue in our country is affordability. The rising price of health care is a pressing concern for Americans who want both parties to work together to deliver relief,\u201d said Congressman Suozzi. \u201cTime is running out for people of good faith to broker a solution. This bill is a commonsense compromise that prevents devastating premium spikes, in some cases, thousands of dollars a month. The Bipartisan HOPE Act also strengthens the premium tax credit with added safeguards against fraud and abuse, reflecting priorities shared on both sides of the aisle. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who were willing to sit down, negotiate in good faith, and work toward a real, practical solution for the American people.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m glad we\u2019re moving the debate forward on extending and reforming the Affordable Care Act subsidies. I\u2019ve made clear to my colleagues on both sides that Congress needs a smart, bipartisan agreement that prevents our constituents\u2019 health insurance premiums from skyrocketing. That\u2019s why I worked with Reps. Tom Suozzi, Jeff Hurd, and Josh Gottheimer to introduce the HOPE Act, which would extend the enhanced premium tax credits for two years and apply new income caps and fraud protections. This may not be the final package Congress adopts, but it\u2019s a responsible compromise that can help break the gridlock and protect families from higher costs,\u201d said Congressman Bacon.\n\nCongressman Gottheimer said, \u201cIt\u2019s time to come together, Democrats and Republicans, put aside the partisan BS, and deliver a real solution that will cut health insurance premiums. The Bipartisan HOPE Act will do just that \u2014 give hope to Jersey families struggling with the cost crisis on everything from health care to food to electric bills. Whether it\u2019s this solution or another, failure is not an option.\u201d\n\nThe bill would extend the enhanced PTCs for enrollees earning less than $200,000 per year for a family of four. The bill would phase out the enhanced PTCs for enrollees earning between $200,000 and $300,000 for a family of four.\n\nMoreover, the bill would create new guardrails to prevent \u201cghost beneficiaries,\u201d crack down on fraud, and enhance delivery clarity. The bill cracks down on broker fraud by implementing several measures, including those presented in the Insurance Fraud Accountability Act, to codify CMS\u2019s authority to remove bad actors from ACA marketplaces, penalize bad actors, implement new consumer protections, and more. It also directs ACA marketplaces to regularly confirm enrollee eligibility with the Death Master File and requires marketplaces to better notify recipients the value of PTCs they are receiving from the federal government.\n\nFinally, recognizing that many would-be recipients may have been discouraged from purchasing health insurance by previously high premiums, the bill would extend open enrollment to May 15.\n\nYou can find a one-pager on the Bipartisan HOPE Act here. The bill text is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-hurd-and-garamendi-introduce-airport-tifia-financing-certainty-act-expand", "Reps. Hurd and Garamendi Introduce Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act to Expand Aviation Infrastructure Investment", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Representative Jeff Hurd (CO-03) introduced the Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act (H.R. 6168), legislation that allows airports to continue to apply for and receive Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program funding for needed infrastructure improvements. This bill ensures that airports can access these critical funds to keep our airports safe and efficient.\n\n\u201cAirports are critical gateways for commerce, tourism, and connectivity in communities across Colorado and the nation,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cBy expanding their access to TIFIA financing, we can help airports of all sizes invest in the infrastructure improvements needed to serve passengers safely and efficiently, all without placing undue burden on local taxpayers. I\u2019m grateful to Rep. Garamendi for his leadership on this issue and for working with me to advance this bipartisan effort to strengthen airport infrastructure nationwide.\u201d\n\n\u201cFour years ago, when Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, it included my critical provision to make low-interest federal financing available to modernize our nation\u2019s airports. Because of that provision, Sacramento International Airport received $36.1 million in low-cost financing, delivering essential infrastructure improvements for travelers in my district,\u201d said Rep. Garamendi. \u201cToday, I\u2019m proud to join Rep. Hurd in introducing the Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act, which would expand and make permanent this successful loan program\u2014helping ensure our airports are efficient, clean, and, most importantly, safe for the millions of Americans who rely on them every day.\u201d\n\n\u201cU.S. airports face $173.9 billion in infrastructure needs over the next five years. To meet growing passenger demand and modernize critical facilities, airports need access to a variety of applicable financing tools. The Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act would restore and expand the successful TIFIA loan assistance program for airports\u2014providing a much-needed financing option to address pressing infrastructure projects across our nation\u2019s airports,\u201d said Airports Council International North America President and CEO Kevin M. Burke.\u201cSince this important investment tool expired on September 30, 2025, Reps. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) and John Garamendi (D-CA) have demonstrated strong, bipartisan leadership in introducing this important legislation to permanently extend TIFIA eligibility to airports. We appreciate their commitment to strengthening airport infrastructure and look forward to working with Congress to advance this critical legislation.\u201d\n\n\u201cAirports like ours need to expand to keep up with the growth in the region and in the size of commercial passenger aircraft. TIFIA is a game-changer for airport terminal projects, providing a low-cost financing option for Airports to use to help fund very large projects,\u201d said Grand Junction Regional Airport CEO Angela Padalecki. \u201c We are grateful to Congressman Hurd for his support in making TIFIA for Airports permanent, and we look forward to using TIFIA to expand the passenger terminal at Grand Junction Regional Airport.\u201d\n\nThe TIFIA program provides federal credit assistance in the form of direct loans, loan guarantees, and standby lines of credit for transportation infrastructure projects of national or regional significance. The Airport TIFIA Financing Certainty Act updates the existing program in three ways:\n\n- Expanding eligibility to include all projects that build or improve aviation facilities and equipment, improving access, mobility, and safety.\n\n- Removing the investment-grade rating requirement for airport projects, clearing a complex and burdensome hurdle to TIFIA financing.\n\n- Raising the expedited-processing threshold to $100 million in loan amounts, helping more mid-sized airport projects benefit from faster approval.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-joint-statement-in-response-to-president-donald-trump", "Congressman Crow Joint Statement in Response to President Donald Trump", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Congressman Chris DeLuzio (D-PA-17), Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) released the following joint statement:\n\n\u201cWe are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.\n\n\u201cBut this isn\u2019t about any one of us. This isn\u2019t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President\u2019s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.\n\n\u201cIn these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t Give Up the Ship!\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-gabe-evans-and-dave-min-introduce-bipartisan-bill-reduce-wildfire-risk", "Reps. Gabe Evans and Dave Min introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Wildfire Risk", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) joined Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) to introduce the bipartisan, Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Ben Lujan (D-NM) making the bill both bipartisan and bicameral.\n\nThe Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act would establish research centers at higher education institutions across the country to support wildfire research and develop new technologies to enhance wildfire preparedness.\n\n\u201cAs a former Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter pilot who has fought Colorado wildfires, I know how critical it is to support wildfire research that reflects the unique risks facing each region,\u201d said Rep. Evans. \u201cThis bipartisan effort will strengthen the development of mitigation strategies, and give states the tools they need to protect our communities and natural landscapes for generations to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cWildfires are becoming more deadly, and without strong research and modern tools to address these growing threats, our communities will continue to pay the price,\u201d said Rep. Min. \u201cI\u2019m proud to lead this legislation to ensure we are better equipped to save lives and neighborhoods.\u201d\n\n\u201cNational Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is pleased to endorse the Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act, which will provide critical resources for research and technology that will help protect American communities from the wildfire crisis,\u201d said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. \u201cIf we are to properly address devastating megafires and improve wildland firefighter safety, we must also develop the next generation of experts to support wildland fire research.\"\n\n\u201cExtreme weather has pushed wildfires to grow in size and severity, making our current wildfire models inadequate,\u201d said Daniel Correa, Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of American Scientists. \u201cThe Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act is a significant investment in understanding how wildland fire risks continue to evolve. It establishes a strong foundation that first responders and forest managers can rely on. We commend Congressmen Dave Min and Gabe Evans for their leadership investing in innovative next-generation fire and vegetation models to protect human health, ecosystems, and our communities.\u201d\n\nThe Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act would direct the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to establish a minimum of eight wildfire research centers at colleges and universities to develop region-specific solutions to catastrophic wildfires. Each center would:\n\n\u2705 Develop, maintain, and operate next-generation fire and vegetation models and technologies to support wildland fire mitigation and address the specific needs of the region they are situated in.\n\n\u2705 Develop a career pathway training program to help carry out wildland fire research and technology development.\n\n\u2705 Consult with regional advisory boards, which include membership from land management agencies, state, local, and Tribal governments, private industry, and more.\n\nThis bill is supported by Megafire Action, the National Association of Federal Employees, the Nature Conservancy, and the National Association of State Foresters.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/colorado-representatives-jeff-hurd-and-joe-neguse-issue-statement-vote-approve", "Colorado Representatives Jeff Hurd and Joe Neguse Issue Statement on Vote to Approve Shoshone Water Rights Acquisition", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Colorado\u2019s Western Slope lawmakers, Representatives Jeff Hurd (CO-03) and Joe Neguse (CO-02), issued the following statement on the Colorado Water Conservation Board\u2019s vote to approve the Shoshone Water Rights Acquisition:\n\n\u201cAs representatives for Western Colorado, we stand alongside our rural communities in commending the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) for approving the acquisition of an interest in the Shoshone Water Rights for instream flow use. This is an important step towards supporting the health of the Colorado River and the communities that depend on it, and an effort that we both have long supported. We remain committed to ensuring that the $40 million secured is fully delivered to complete this project.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-jeff-hurd-highlights-sba-disaster-loans-available-rio-blanco", "Congressman Jeff Hurd Highlights SBA Disaster Loans Available for Rio Blanco County Businesses Affected by Lee and Elk Fires", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congressman Jeff Hurd highlighted the U.S. Small Business Administration\u2019s approval of low-interest disaster loans for small businesses and private nonprofit organizations affected by the Lee and Elk Fires in Rio Blanco County. The SBA disaster declaration covers Rio Blanco, Garfield, Moffat, and Routt counties in Colorado.\n\nEconomic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million are available with interest rates as low as 4% for businesses and 3.625% for nonprofits, with terms up to 30 years. The loans can cover payroll, operating expenses, and other bills that businesses would have been able to pay if the disaster had not occurred. Interest does not accrue, and payments are not due for 12 months from the first loan disbursement.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the SBA for providing this critical lifeline to help the small businesses and nonprofits that are the backbone of Rio Blanco County\u2019s economy get back on their feet,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cThe Lee and Elk Fires caused tremendous damage to our community, and many business owners have been struggling to cover basic operating expenses. These loans will provide the working capital they need to keep their doors open and continue serving our neighbors during this recovery period.\u201d\n\nBeginning December 1, the SBA will open a Business Recovery Center at Meeker Town Hall to assist with applications. SBA representatives will be available to answer questions and help business owners navigate the application process. The center will be open Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, through December 12.\n\n\u201cBusiness owners shouldn\u2019t wait to reach out,\u201d Rep. Hurd added. \u201cEven if you\u2019re uncertain about your eligibility, SBA staff are ready to guide you through the process and connect you with the resources you need.\u201d\n\nBusinesses can apply online at sba.gov/disaster or call (800) 659-2955.\n\nRead the full SBA press release here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/colorado-representatives-joe-neguse-and-jeff-hurd-issue-statement-vote-approve", "Colorado Representatives Joe Neguse and Jeff Hurd Issue Statement on Vote to Approve Shoshone Water Rights Acquisition", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Colorado\u2019s Western Slope lawmakers, Representatives Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Jeff Hurd (CO-03), issued the following statement on the Colorado Water Conservation Board\u2019s vote to approve the Shoshone Water Rights Acquisition:\n\n\u201cAs representatives for western Colorado, we stand alongside our rural communities in commending the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) for approving the acquisition of an interest in the Shoshone Water Rights for instream flow use. This is an important step towards supporting the health of the Colorado River and the communities that depend on it, and an effort that we both have long supported. We remain committed to ensuring that the $40 million secured is fully delivered to complete this project.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-named-most-effective-democratic-member-us-house-advancing", "Rep. Neguse Named Most Effective Democratic Member of U.S. House for Advancing Environment and Public Lands Policy", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "November 20, 2025\n\n\u201cIn Colorado, the great outdoors and our treasured public lands are central to our way of life. The Center for Effective Lawmaking\u2019s findings underscore our peoples\u2019 shared commitment to protecting our environment and public lands for generations to come.\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 This week, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse was named the most effective Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives in both the Environment and Public Lands policy areas for the 118th Congress. The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) released these rankings as part of their Interest & Legislative Effectiveness Scores (ILES) for 2023 to 2025, identifying the top performing lawmakers in each area, by party, for both the House and the Senate. Neguse already earned the title of the 2nd most effective House Democrat, the 7th overall most effective lawmaker in the entire House, and most effective lawmaker of the Colorado House delegation when the organization released Legislative Effectiveness Scores (LES) for the 118th Congress earlier this year.\n\nThe Colorado Congressman successfully had 12 bills signed into law last Congress, including notable wins like the enactment of the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act, Drought Preparedness Act, Water Data Improvement Act, Biking on Long Distance Trails (BOLT) Act, Improving Outdoor Recreation Coordination Act, Forest Service Flexible Housing Partnerships Act, Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act, and more.\n\nThis year, despite Republicans holding a majority in the House, Congressman Neguse has once again proved to be a successful champion for these issues: defeating plans to sell off millions of acres of public lands across the West, securing a pay increase for Federal wildland firefighters and a commitment from the U.S. Forest Service to better protect frontline personnel, and acquiring millions of dollars in Joint Chiefs funding to restore and protect lands in Colorado.\n\n\u201cAs the representative for a congressional district that spans nearly 12,000 square miles \u2014 across three national forests, a national park and countless acres of public lands \u2014 I can think of no greater honor than for our office to be recognized for our efforts to protect the environment and safeguard our state\u2019s treasured public lands. In Colorado, the great outdoors are central to our way of life, and the Center for Effective Lawmaking\u2019s findings underscore our peoples\u2019 shared commitment to ensuring that everyone can enjoy clean air, clean water, and the benefits of the outdoors for generations to come. I\u2019m incredibly proud of the work we accomplished in the 118th Congress and remain committed to delivering results for all those I\u2019m privileged to represent,\u201d said Congressman Neguse.\n\nRead the full report HERE.\n\nA statement shared by the Center for Effective Lawmaking on Neguse\u2019s scores reads: \u201cOur analysis found that Representative Neguse ranked as the most effective Democratic House Member in the policy area of Environment in the last Congress. This is in addition to our previous analysis showing him ranked as one of the most effective Democratic House Members in the last Congress overall, as well as one of the most effective Representatives in terms of having their sponsored standalone bills substantially incorporated into the laws of other members of Congress. We congratulate the Representative for his hard work and setting an example for promoting the importance of effective lawmaking.\u201d\n\nCongressman Joe Neguse has represented Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District since 2019. He serves as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands and as a senior member of House Leadership. This recognition from Center for Effective Lawmaking adds to his growing list of commendations for effective lawmaking. In March, he was recognized by GovTrack.us for writing the 2nd most laws of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 118th Congress. He was also listed as the overall Member of Congress with the most amount of bipartisan support on his proposals.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1467", "Republicans Reject Pettersen\u2019s Amendments Highlighting Trump Administration\u2019s Abuses of Power", "2025-11-19", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after House Republicans rejected her amendments to H.Con.Res. 58, a resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism. Rep. Pettersen supports the resolution denouncing socialism, and offered three simple, factual amendments highlighting the authoritarian tactics used by despotic leaders throughout history and tactics that Americans are now witnessing from the Trump administration.\n\n\u201cRepublicans claim they care about rejecting the horrific actions of abusive regimes but refuse to call out the authoritarianism we\u2019re seeing unfold right before our eyes,\u201d said Pettersen. \u201cTrump is unhinged \u2014 he\u2019s weaponized our judicial system to target anyone who disagrees with him, worked to silence the press dedicated to exposing his corruption, and has terrorized immigrant communities \u2013 including citizens, legal residents, and even children \u2013 and deployed the military against our country\u2019s own citizens. I know that this isn\u2019t who we are as a country. If Republicans were serious about calling out despotic regimes, then where is their courage to speak out when it\u2019s happening right here? That\u2019s why I introduced three amendments to highlight the dangers that threaten our very foundation, but unfortunately, Republicans rejected every single one of them.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, Pettersen\u2019s amendments would have included language highlighting:\n\nThe dangers of despotic leaders who abuse the judicial system to target and punish their political opponents.\n\nHow authoritarian regimes use military forces and masked government agents to arrest, intimidate, and silence civilians, including children.\n\nThe ways these leaders control the press, universities, and access to information to consolidate power and suppress opposing views.", 1, "2026-04-07T15:46:19Z", "2026-04-07T20:18:39Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1468", "Congress Passes Pettersen & Swalwell\u2019s Bill to Simplify Air Travel for Parents with Breast Milk", "2025-11-19", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "This week, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) announced that the House of Representatives passed the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening (BABES) Enhancement Act unanimously, a bipartisan victory that will make air travel safer, more consistent, and more humane for parents traveling with breast milk, formula, and feeding equipment. The bill will now go to the President to be signed into law.\n\nPettersen\u2019s bipartisan BABES Act is co-led in the House by U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced companion legislation in the Senate, co-led by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI).\n\nThe legislation requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to strengthen and streamline its screening protocols for breast milk, formula, and related feeding equipment. These improvements will ensure parents can navigate airport security without unnecessary delays, confusion, or the risk of damaging essential nutrition products.\n\n\u201cAs a mom, I know firsthand how difficult it can be to travel when you are breastfeeding or worried about how to feed your child,\u201dsaid Congresswoman Pettersen. \u201cLike so many moms, I've experienced the frustration of having to throw out milk or pumping supplies, despite them being TSA-approved. Outdated regulations or lack of training shouldn\u2019t add to an already stressful situation. We need clear policies about how TSA handles breast milk, baby formula, and pumping supplies so parents can travel without worrying that they will be confiscated, contaminated or mishandled. I\u2019m glad to see it pass in the House with bipartisan support, a commonsense step to support families and keep our kids safe and healthy.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a husband and father, I know how overwhelming traveling with a newborn can be. Having a baby in your arms is already a challenge and the last thing mothers should worry about is whether their breast milk or formula will be mishandled at the checkpoint,\u201dsaid Congressman Swalwell. \u201cThis is a huge win for traveling mothers. The BABES Act ensures TSA officers receive proper training and follow robust hygienic standards so parents can travel with confidence. This is about giving families peace of mind and making sure babies have the nutrition they need. I\u2019m proud this bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am proud to co-lead this much-needed law to protect families and the essential breastmilk, formula and baby food their children depend on,\"said Congresswoman Salazar. \"For years, I\u2019ve heard heartbreaking stories of parents and breastfeeding mothers facing inconsistent policies at airport checkpoints, because of the absence of clear TSA standards. That's wrong, and the government should never stand between parents and their child's nourishment while traveling. This bill guarantees clear rules, proper training, and full transparency so parents can travel knowing their baby food will be protected, not mishandled or thrown away.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a mother, I understand how stressful traveling with a young child can already be,\u201d said Congresswoman Luna. \u201cParents should not have to worry about whether TSA will mishandle breast milk or formula. The BABES Act brings needed consistency, hygiene, and common sense to these screenings so families can travel with confidence. I am glad to join my colleagues in advancing this bipartisan, pro-family legislation.\u201d\n\n\u201cAfter pushing for this for years, I\u2019m proud that Congress passed this long-overdue legislation to make it easier for new moms to travel with their breast milk and the breastfeeding equipment they need to pump and feed their babies,\u201d said Senator Duckworth. \u201cOur bipartisan legislation will ensure the TSA keeps its employees up to speed on their own policies and updates those policies as necessary. It\u2019s the least we can do to help parents travel through airports with the dignity and respect they deserve.\u201d\n\nBackground & Need for the Legislation\n\nUnsanitary screenings of breast milk and formula put infants at risk. Lactating parents must breastfeed or pump every few hours to avoid complications like clogged ducts or mastitis. Clear standards and consistent TSA training are essential to keeping families safe.\n\nThe BABES Act will require TSA to:\n\nDevelop clear, updated guidelines for screening breast milk, formula, and feeding equipment in consultation with nationally recognized maternal health organizations;\n\nEnsure TSA officers receive enhanced and consistent training on these procedures;\n\nImprove communication with parents about their rights at security checkpoints;\n\nUpdate its guidance every five years to reflect changing needs and technology.\n\nIt is also cosponsored by Reps. Andr\u00e9 Carson (D-IN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Tim Kennedy (D-NY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Luis Correa (D-CA), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), George Latimer (D-NY), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).\n\nSince coming to Congress, Pettersen has been a champion for working families and children in Colorado. As a mom of two, she has pushed back against Trump\u2019s policies that would increase costs for child care, health care, and other basic necessities for families.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-07T15:46:19Z", "2026-04-07T20:18:39Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-release-epstein-files-fights-transparency-and-accountability", "Rep. Crank Votes to Release Epstein Files, Fights for Transparency and Accountability", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) released the following statement after voting to release all documentation on the Epstein files:\n\n\"I have consistently supported transparency and accountability regarding the business dealings, investigation, and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein,\" said Rep. Crank. \"The American people deserve transparency into Epstein\u2019s crimes, and I support the release of all documents that shed light on what occurred while protecting the identity of the victims. I am also continuing to support the House Oversight Committee\u2019s thorough investigation into this matter which has so far released over 60,000 pages of additional documents.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-leads-resolution-to-block-illegal-us-military-strikes", "Crow Leads Resolution to Block Illegal U.S. Military Strikes", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced a War Powers Continuing Resolution to block the Trump Administration from conducting unauthorized & illegal military strikes.\n\nCongressman Crow was joined by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY-05), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA-09), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT-04), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02), and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).\n\n\u201cWe need to stop the flow of illegal drugs into our communities, but President Trump does not have the legal authority to launch military strikes in the Western Hemisphere,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cIn the briefings I\u2019ve had on these strikes, I have yet to see a coherent strategy from this administration on their illegal actions. After decades of overseas wars, trillions of dollars spent, and thousands of lives lost, the American people deserve a public debate and vote on military actions and putting our servicemembers in harm's way.\u201d\n\nCrow\u2019s resolution comes in the wake of at least 21 unauthorized military strikes against boats in the Western Hemisphere that were not authorized by Congress. The Congressman supports bipartisan efforts to ensure that the federal government has the resources necessary to prevent drugs from entering the U.S. illegally, but this is not a problem we can bomb our way out of. This resolution clarifies that Congress has not authorized the use of lethal military force to address the harms of drug trafficking.\n\nCongressman Crow has been vocal about the need for Congress to re-assert its authority over the use of military force. In September, he introduced a Joint War Powers Resolution with the Senate to block future military action without approval from Congress following the unauthorized use of force in the Caribbean Sea. He also serves as the top Democrat on the bipartisan Cartel Task Force within the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This bipartisan task force is working to identify legislative actions that can combat the threat from dangerous cartels in the Western Hemisphere, including narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, the arms trade, and other illegal and destabilizing activities.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-huffman-castor-schakowsky-clarke-reintroduce-frack-pack-protect", "DeGette, Huffman, Castor, Schakowsky, Clarke Reintroduce Frack Pack to Protect Communities from Fracking Pollution", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-01), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Yvette Clarke (NY-09) reintroduced the Frack Pack, a set of five bills aimed at closing loopholes that allow the oil and gas industry to skirt key environmental and public health protections. The legislative package would hold the industry accountable for pollution that threatens clean air, safe drinking water, and the health of communities across the country.\n\nThe Frack Pack includes the FRAC Act, the CLEANER Act, the FRESHER Act, the SHARED Act, and the CLOSE Act.\n\n\u201cFor too long, oil and gas companies have enjoyed special exemptions from our nation\u2019s bedrock environmental laws that no other industry gets,\u201d said DeGette. \u201cThe Frack Pack would finally put an end to that double standard. These commonsense reforms will protect our air, water, and communities while ensuring greater transparency and accountability in the fracking process. I\u2019m proud to work with leaders like Reps. Huffman, Castor, Schakowsky, and Clarke on these important bills.\u201d\n\n'\"The fossil fuel industry gets to dump their runoff into stormwater thanks to special exemptions for no good reason \u2013 polluting our water supply and putting communities at risk,\" said Rep. Jared Huffman. \"Why should Big Oil billionaires get to skirt the rules? They shouldn\u2019t. The FRESHER Act closes this loophole to even the playing field and stop them from destroying communities so we can get this public health and environmental crisis under control.\"\n\n\u201cFamilies deserve clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, and the CLEANER Act is a practical step to make that a reality,\u201d said Rep. Kathy Castor. \u201cBy holding polluters accountable and closing loopholes that let dangerous toxins seep into our waterways and neighborhoods, we can make communities healthier. Encourage Congress to move this bill and build a healthier, safer future for every community.\u201d\n\n\"Hydraulic fracking is a serious risk to our water, no matter how much Big Oil and Gas insist it is safe. The truth is, these companies are not even required to report when their fracking activity contaminates the local water supply,\" said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. \"The SHARED Act is commonsense legislation that would require oil and gas companies to regularly test nearby water sources and disclose the results. Families deserve to know that the water coming out of their tap is safe to drink and use. I am committed to holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Protecting our clean water is not optional, it is essential.\"\n\n\"When a regulatory loophole within the Clean Air Act enables fracking and other environmentally harmful practices to bring dangerous toxins and climate-changing emissions into our communities unimpeded, it\u2019s clear legislative action is necessary to correct the shortcoming and protect the public health. The \u2018aggregation exemption\u2019 has, for too long, allowed for an unacceptable status quo in climate policy in America, and it is past time for that to change,\" said Rep. Yvette D. Clarke. \"I am proud to introduce my legislation, the CLOSE ACT, to address this destructive exemption, just as I am proud to support the Frack Pack as a comprehensive solution towards amending the loopholes that put polluters first and leave the American people last.\"\n\nTheFRAC Act would eliminate the \"Halliburton Loophole,\" established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, under which fracking fluids are exempted from regulation under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The FRAC Act would require fracking companies to publicly disclose the chemicals they are pumping into the ground and give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate the process under its Underground Injection Control program. The oil and gas industry remains the only economic sector exempt from this important program.\n\nTheCLEANER Act would make oil and gas companies responsible for cleaning up and disposing of hazardous waste that comes from their operations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle C, the country's hazardous waste management law.\n\nThe FRESHER Act closes the loophole for oil and gas companies in the Clean Water Act and creates a study to better understand the effect of storm water runoff from oil and gas companies.\n\nThe SHARED Act would require testing for water contamination near fracking sites.\n\nThe CLOSE Act would decrease toxic air pollution that comes from oil and gas exploration and production activities and add hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act. Hydrogen sulfide is an air toxic released during oil and gas exploration and production. Additionally, it would reverse the exemption of oil and gas companies from the Clean Air Act\u2019s aggregation requirement, which allows multiple activities or facilities to be collectively permitted as one single source.\n\nRep. DeGette has led efforts in Congress to strengthen oversight of the oil and gas industry and to protect public health from the known impacts of fracking both in the West and across the country. She first introduced the FRAC Act in 2009 and has continued to advocate for greater transparency and accountability in the industry\u2019s practices.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gabe-evans-votes-release-epstein-files", "Congressman Gabe Evans Votes to Release the Epstein Files", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today Representative Gabe Evans joined a bipartisan group of members who voted in favor of H.R. 4405; The Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation that requires the Department of Justice to publicly disclose all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein.\n\n\u201cAs a former police officer who has worked directly on cases involving sex offenders and human trafficking, I know how deeply these crimes scar victims and families. I will always stand with the victims, and pursuing justice for them will continue to guide my decisions. While transparency is essential, we must be sensitive to the survivors who are not yet ready to have their information shared publicly. Today\u2019s vote helps bring long-overdue answers to light while reaffirming our duty to protect and support the victims.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nBackground\n\nThe United States v. Epstein is a high-profile case involving serious charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy. The case was dismissed following Epstein's death, and since then, serious efforts have been made to make various documents related to the case publicly available.\n\nH.R. 4405, The Epstein Files Transparency Act was brought to the floor after House Res. 581, introduced by Thomas Massie (KY-04), reached 218 signatures \u2014 bypassing leadership and triggering a mandatory vote.\n\nEarlier this Congress, Representative Evans voted to pass H.Res.688; authorizing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to request all Department of Justice (DOJ) documents related to Epstein, as well as estate and bank records from the Department of the Treasury. This resolution included binding subpoena authority, 11 deposition subpoenas, and 3 written declarations, while providing sufficient protections for the privacy of the victims.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1466", "Rep. Pettersen Statement on Vote to Release Epstein Files", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Brittany Pettersen", "P000620", "pettersen.house.gov", "pettersen", "https://pettersen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting on legislation \u2013 H.R. 4405 \u2013 to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish documents related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The bill advanced despite months of opposition from the Trump administration who went to extreme lengths to try and quell efforts to release the files.\n\n\u201cDonald Trump and his allies have pulled every trick in the book to protect child predators and sex traffickers and have bullied any Republican who sought to work with Democrats to release the Epstein files. Trump is mentioned over 1,500 times, and we have to wonder what else he is hiding. He has caved publicly at the eleventh hour only after it became clear that enough Republicans were going to support its passage \u2014 but he continues to pursue a White House cover up behind the scenes.\n\n\u201cEven though Trump could release these files TODAY if he chose to, Congress is forcing his hand and voted overwhelmingly for the release of ALL of the Epstein files. We won\u2019t stop fighting until this passes the Senate and becomes law. No more secrets. We must bring justice for the survivors, accountability for every single perpetrator, and the truth for the American people.\u201d\n\nPettersen signed a discharge petition to advance the legislation after Republican leadership refused to move the bipartisan bill. This procedural tool allows Members to force a vote on legislation by collecting 218 signatures \u2013 a majority of the House of Representatives \u2013 and bypass leadership.", 1, "2026-04-07T15:46:19Z", "2026-04-07T20:18:39Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-hurd-secures-vital-funding-veteran-services-huerfano-county", "Congressman Hurd Secures Vital Funding for Veteran Services in Huerfano County", "2025-11-14", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Congressman Jeff Hurd (CO-03) announced that he secured $450,000 in Community Project Funding for the Veterans Enhanced Transportation Services (VETS) Project at Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center (SPRHC) in Huerfano County. This funding will enable SPRHC to purchase two new disability-accessible vehicles for the SPRHC Veterans Community Living Center, replacing aging buses that are past their service life and prone to mechanical failures.\n\n\u201cOur veterans deserve safe, reliable transportation to access the care and community activities they\u2019ve earned through their service,\u201d said Congressman Hurd. \u201cThe current buses at Spanish Peaks are breaking down, lack air conditioning in 100-degree heat, and have unreliable mobility lifts that pose safety risks. This funding will provide vital access to care and restore deserved independence for the veterans who call this facility home.\u201d\n\nThese new vehicles will provide safe, climate-controlled transportation for veterans accessing specialty healthcare services at the center, participating in outdoor recreation, attending community events, and taking historical trips. They will also serve additional patient transportation needs across SPRHC\u2019s extremely rural service area.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-statement-on-house-passage-of-government-funding-bill", "Congressman Crow Statement on House Passage of Government Funding Bill", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) issued the following statement after the House passed a bill to reopen the government that does not address the ongoing health care crisis. The bill now heads to the President's desk:\n\nIn a statement, Congressman Crow said:\n\n\u201cAfter an 8-week vacation, House Republicans finally brought Congress back to Washington to pass a deeply flawed funding \u2018deal.\u2019 This is not a bill that works for Colorado. It does nothing to address the rising cost of health care, and it will leave hundreds of thousands of Coloradans at risk of seeing their premiums double.\n\n\u201cColorado families deserve better than an alleged promise from Republicans who have repeatedly gone back on their word and who routinely hand Congressional authority over to a president who flaunts the law. They deserve enforceable guarantees to protect their health care and our democracy.\n\n\u201cAs has been the case throughout this Administration, this bill does nothing to help working Americans. Tariffs are driving up the price of food, energy, and other goods; buying a home is becoming increasingly out of reach; and now, the cost of health care is going through the roof\u2013all while Donald Trump builds himself a $300 million ballroom, Cabinet officials buy private jets, and billionaires receive a massive tax cut.\n\n\u201cTrump and Republicans have created an affordability crisis for working Americans and refuse to come to the table to fix it. I cannot support a bill that will make a bad situation worse and hand the American people a raw deal.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congressman-crow-on-fighting-trump-and-standing-up-for-colorado", "ICYMI: Congressman Crow on Fighting Trump and Standing up for Colorado", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow was profiled by The Washington Post\u2019s David Ignatius in his latest piece, \u201cThis Rising House Democrat is a Voice for the Angry Middle.\u201d The article highlights how Congressman Crow is going where the fight is to stand up against Trump on behalf of Coloradans & ensure Congress is speaking for working families everywhere.\n\nIgnatius wrote: \u201cFor a Democratic Party at a crossroads, Crow offers an unusual mix: He\u2019s a former Catholic who supports abortion rights; he has been a hunter since he was 12 but advocates gun-safety legislation. He\u2019s a decorated warrior who\u2019s wary of war; and perhaps most important, he sympathizes with some of Trump\u2019s supporters but thinks the president threatens American democracy. Those might seem like contradictions, but they can be bridges, too.\u201d\n\nCongressman Crow told Ignatius about the Democratic Party: \u201cThere is a perception that Democrats talk down to certain folks in this country. There is a perception that Democrats are weak and scared of their own shadow, and you see that playing out in elections. We have lost vast swaths of rural America and working-class America, largely because of the way we\u2019ve communicated with folks.\u201d Crow continued, \u201cFolks in those districts are not going to go to the ballot box and say: \u2018Wow, the Democrats are just totally crushing it right now.\u2019 You win by having great candidates with local messages.\u201d\n\nIgnatius also spoke with other leading Democrats about Congressman Crow\u2019s mission.\n\nFormer Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod argued that leaders like Congressman Crow who have working-class, military backgrounds can help the party rebuild its base. \u201cAs Democrats became more urban and college-educated, they approached working people as missionaries and anthropologists,\u201d said Axelrod. \u201cThey need to connect with these folks, genuinely and respectfully, and challenge a system they feel is tilted against them.\u201d\n\nOther highlights from the piece include:\n\n\u201cIn our conversations, he seemed like someone who might bridge the huge gap between the party\u2019s centrist and progressive factions,\u201d said Ignatius.\n\nIgnatius also wrote: \u201cCrow seems eager to play a larger role now in opposing Trump. In a House speech in September, he painted a dark picture: \u2018The walls of our democracy are being disassembled, brick by brick. Federal troops are patrolling our streets to intimidate and instill fear. \u2026 They\u2019re firing our most experienced generals and admirals who may disagree with the president.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cHe closed his speech this way: \u2018There\u2019s a tradition in the paratroopers, that the leader of the unit jumps out of the plane first and then the others follow. I\u2019m ready to jump.\u2019\u201d\n\nRead the full profile here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-again-fund-government-pay-our-troops-and-federal-workforce", "Rep. Crank Votes (Again) to Fund the Government, Pay our Troops and Federal Workforce", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) released the following statement after voting to fund the government:\n\n\"After weeks of the Senate minority holding the government hostage, we were finally able to make progress on reopening the federal government,\" said Rep. Crank. \"The Democrats owned this shutdown, and there is no denying it. It is a shame that they chose their own partisan games over paying our troops and the federal workforce. Colorado's Fifth Congressional District and Americans across the nation suffered due to their inaction to fund the government, and as a result, essential programs ran dry.\n\n\"Thankfully, the Continuing Resolution now heads to President Trump's desk, and we will have a government that is once again open and accessible for the American people.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-statement-government-funding-vote-house-representatives", "DeGette Statement on Government Funding Vote in House of Representatives", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement ahead of the vote in the House of Representatives to end the government shutdown.\n\n\u201cWhile health care costs are skyrocketing, House Republicans have been on vacation for over 7 weeks. Donald Trump has been laying off thousands of federal workers, trying to withhold SNAP benefits, threatening TSA and air traffic controllers, gallivanting around Asia, throwing parties at Mar-a-Lago, pardoning his election denial team, and demolishing the White House. He\u2019s doing all of this while refusing to acknowledge that costs are up because of his policies, even saying that he doesn\u2019t 'want to hear about affordability.\u2019\n\n\u201cI have consistently said that I am ready to pass a bill that reopens the government and ends the Republican health care crisis. Unfortunately, the Senate bill fails to lower the cost of health care while including pure grift of giving eight senators the ability to sue the federal government for $1 million. Heath care costs in Denver are doubling on average, and my constituents are going to be forced to choose between staying on their health insurance or affording daily essentials while the Republican abuse of power continues.\n\n\u201cI am a HELL NO on this bill because it does nothing to lower health care costs while greenlighting the Trump administration\u2019s agenda of contempt and corruption.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-evans-votes-once-again-fund-government-restore-pay-troops-and-federal", "Rep. Evans Votes Once Again to Fund Government, Restore Pay for Troops and Federal Workers", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today Congressman Gabe Evans voted in favor of the Senate-passed Continuing Resolution (CR) and three full-year appropriations bills to reopen the government \u2014 restoring funding, ensuring federal workers, air traffic controllers and our military get their pay and fully funding key programs that Americans rely on.\n\n\u201cFor 42 days, Democrats have held the American people hostage; rejecting a clean bipartisan CR 15 times \u2014 the same clean, bipartisan CR they supported 13 times under Biden \u2014 denying pay to our troops and federal workers, while putting SNAP and other essential resources at risk. Today House Republicans are ending the Schumer shutdown, reopening our government, and fully funding three full-year appropriations bills that put America first by strengthening military and veteran programs, supporting our farmers and agricultural producers, and protecting vital resources like SNAP and WIC. I\u2019m proud to vote for this package that restores certainty and critical services to Colorado\u2019s 8th District.\u201d - Congressman Gabe Evans\n\nToday\u2019s vote:\n\n\u2705 Reopens the government immediately with a bipartisan CR.\n\n\u2705 Guarantees backpay for federal workers, service members, law enforcement, and air traffic controllers.\n\n\u2705 Immediately and fully funds SNAP\n\n\u2705 Fully funds FY26 appropriations for Military Construction- VA, Agriculture, and the Legislative Branch.\n\nBackground:\n\nOn September 19th, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a clean bipartisan CR that would fully fund the government and ensure vital resources like SNAP and WIC benefits remained available for those who rely on them. The bill was sent to the Senate, where for over six weeks Democrats, including Colorado\u2019s Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, voted against the bill 15 times despite voting for the same bill 13 times under the Biden administration.\n\nDuring this period, the Democrats\u2019 shutdown denied paychecks to troops, air traffic controllers, federal law enforcement, and other federal workers, created uncertainty for families depending on nutrition assistance, and kept vital support from farmers and agricultural producers. House Republicans continued working to alleviate the harm caused by the prolonged closure and deliver a responsible solution that reopens the government and provides long term stability for American families.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-introduces-five-bills-to-improve-veterans-services-and-strengthen-veteran-benefits", "Crow Introduces Five Bills to Improve Veterans Services and Strengthen Veteran Benefits", "2025-11-11", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger, will introduce a package of legislation to improve services that veterans and their families rely on and strengthen the benefits they earned through their service.\n\nCongressman Crow has long worked to address the challenges faced by veterans when they return home from service. Crow will introduce bills that would: combat veteran suicide; enhance mental health care; expand access to educational opportunities for veterans\u2019 families; lower recidivism for veterans involved in the criminal justice system; and improve care for veterans struggling with ALS.\n\n\u201cI went to war three times for this country, and throughout my time in Congress, I have worked hard to ensure my fellow veterans are equipped to transition to civilian life,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cChallenges still remain, but our veterans simply can\u2019t wait any longer for the help they need. That\u2019s why I\u2019m introducing five bills to address challenges facing our veterans so that they and their families have the resources to thrive.\u201d\n\nAs an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, ensuring America\u2019s military servicemembers and their families get appropriate care and resources is a top priority for Congressman Crow. Earlier this year, he introduced the Support Modern Approaches in Recovery Technology for Traumatic Brain Injury (SMART for TBI) Act, bipartisan legislation that would improve care for active-duty servicemembers suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the 117th Congress, he supported the PACT Act, which expands care to millions of servicemembers exposed to toxic chemicals.\n\nRead more about each of the bills Crow will introduce below.\n\nCombatting Veteran Suicide\n\nCongressman Crow is introducing the Veterans\u2019 Sentinel Act, bipartisan legislation to address suicides on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) campuses by requiring comprehensive analysis of the underlying causes and enhancing congressional oversight of these facilities. Veterans make up less than eight percent of the population, yet in 2023 represented a disproportionate 13.8% of all suicide deaths among adults in the US annually.\n\nThis bill would establish a working group focused on accurately collecting and analyzing the data, while also requiring the VA Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress detailing on-campus veteran suicides and suicide attempts and recommendations for improving prevention efforts.\n\nCongressman Jake Ellzey (R-TX-06) will join Congressman Crow in introducing this bill.\n\nClick here for a one-pager detailing more information about this bill.\n\nEnhancing Mental Health Care\n\nCongressman Crow is introducing the Building Resources and Access for Veterans' Mental Health Engagement (BRAVE) Act, which would enhance veterans\u2019 access to mental health care at the VA. It would achieve this by strengthening the VA\u2019s mental health workforce and and services, and would renew the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program\u2014a grant program that provides funding for local organizations combatting veteran suicide.\n\nCongresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) will join Congressman\n\nCrow in introducing this bipartisan legislation.\n\nClick here for a one-pager detailing more information about this bill.\n\nExpanding Access to Education for Veterans\u2019 Families\n\nCongressman Crow is introducing the Veterans Earned Education Act, a bipartisan bill that expands educational opportunities for dependents of servicemembers who qualify for the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. Under current transfer guidelines, servicemembers may not transfer these benefits unless they have already completed at least six years of service and agree to serve an additional four years from the date of the transfer request. This requirement places an additional burden on some of our most deserving servicemembers - those who have dedicated their lives to service and those who are medically retired. The bipartisan Veterans Earned Education Act would expand educational opportunities for the dependents and spouses of those servicemembers without imposing additional service obligations.\n\nCongressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) will join Congressman Crow in introducing this bipartisan legislation.\n\nClick here for a one-pager detailing more information about this bill.\n\nImproving Care for Veterans with ALS\n\nCongressman Crow is introducing the Veterans with ALS Reporting Act. Data suggests that veterans are twice as likely to develop ALS \u2013 which is why the VA recognizes ALS as a service-connected disease and assigns a 100% disability rating upon diagnosis. However, very little is known about why this link exists or what can be done to protect those who serve.\n\nCongressman Crow\u2019s bipartisan bill would require the VA to study the prevalence of ALS within the military and veteran communities, and create a strategy to improve access to clinical trials for veterans with the condition.\n\nALS Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL-07), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA-41) will join Congressman Crow in introducing this bill.\n\nClick here for a one-pager detailing more information about this bill.\n\nLower Recidivism for Veterans in the Criminal Justice System\n\nCongressman Crow is introducing the Justice Involved Veterans Support Act, bipartisan legislation to reduce recidivism and provide support to veterans involved with the criminal justice system across the country.\n\nMore than half of these veterans face mental health challenges, such as PTSD and depression, or substance abuse disorders, such as alcoholism and drug addiction. While existing services such as Veteran Treatment Courts and Veterans Justice Outreach programs have been shown to lower recidivism and facilitate access to VA services, many justice-involved veterans do not know that these services exist. The Justice Involved Veterans Support Act would create a pilot program to help identify veterans involved in the criminal justice system so they can better access these resources.\n\nCongressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) will join Congressman Crow in introducing this bipartisan legislation.\n\nClick here for a one-pager detailing more information about this bill.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-demands-transparency-from-the-trump-administration-over-lethal-boat-strikes-in-the-western-hemisphere", "Congressman Crow Demands Transparency from the Trump Administration over Lethal Boat Strikes in the Western Hemisphere", "2025-11-06", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in a new bipartisan letter, is calling for answers about a series of lethal military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific. Congressman Crow was joined on this letter by Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), and Mike Turner (R-OH-10).\n\nThe letter asks the administration to clarify the legal basis for the strikes, whether the administration intends to seek congressional authorization, whether the individuals being targeted truly pose an active threat to the United States, and what processes exist to verify targets. It also calls for a classified briefing to the Armed Services Committee on how individuals and vessels are identified and what post-strike review mechanisms are in place.\n\n\u201cWe need to stop the flow of illegal drugs into our communities, but I have yet to hear a strategy from this administration on how they are going to accomplish that. Congress, and the American people, need answers,\u201d said Congressman Crow. It seems like this administration has learned nothing from 25 years of war, trillions of dollars spent, and thousands of lives lost. This is not a problem we can bomb our way out of, Americans want restraint and lasting security, not more endless conflicts.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe support efforts to reduce the flow of deadly drugs,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cBut every U.S. military action must adhere to the legal, moral, and ethical standards that set America apart from its adversaries.\"\n\nCongressman Crow has been vocal about the need for Congress to re-assert its authority over the use of military force. He introduced a War Powers Resolution to block future military action without approval from Congress following the unauthorized use of force in the Caribbean Sea. He also serves as the top Democrat on the bipartisan Cartel Task Force within the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This bipartisan task force is working to identify legislative actions that can combat the threat from dangerous cartels in the Western Hemisphere, including narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, the arms trade, and other illegal and destabilizing activities.\n\nA PDF of Congressman Crow\u2019s letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Mr. President:\n\nWe write as bipartisan Members of Congress who share your goals of protecting American families from the deadly toll of narcotics and of halting the flow of these substances into our country. We understand that beginning on September 2, 2025, the United States military began carrying out lethal strikes against boats reportedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean and has conducted fifteen such strikes to date. In a notification to Congress dated September 15, 2025, your administration provided a justification for the use of lethal military force, and on October 30, 2025, representatives briefed members of the House Committee on Armed Services on the strikes. We remain committed to public safety and have questions about the strategy and legal status of these strikes.\n\nAccordingly, we respectfully request that you provide thorough answers to the questions below no later than November 14th, 2025.\n\nDo you intend to request an Authorization for the Use of Military Force from Congress for this operation? If you do not believe that to be necessary, please explain your rationale.\n\nThe September notification states that the United States is now in a non-international armed conflict with drug-trafficking organizations, which represents a major shift in how our country fights transnational crime. Under what specific legal authority are these strikes being conducted?\n\nFor decades, counter-drug operations in this region have been conducted via visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) missions with DoD in a supporting role. Why have you pivoted to employing lethal strikes instead of using those resources in support of law enforcement\u2013based interdiction and arrest operations?\n\nWhat is your plan to brief Congress at the appropriate classification level on the military intelligence used to designate certain transnational criminal organizations as terrorist groups and to positively identify the vessels and individuals subject to these strikes?\n\nCartels often force low-income individuals into maritime smuggling through threats or deception. What evidence confirms that those killed were cartel operatives, rather than coerced, deceived, or trafficked civilians? What review mechanisms exist to investigate and assess strikes? Will Congress receive post-strike identity verification and target assessment reports for every engagement?\n\nYour administration has deemed the individuals on these boats to be unlawful combatants posing an imminent threat to U.S. security that warrants lethal engagement. At the same time, survivors of the October 16 strike were repatriated to their home country with no agreement for their prosecution. Could you clarify how this approach aligns with your stated legal and policy rationale?\n\nWe strongly support the effort to reduce the flow of narcotics into this country. This effort, like every action the United States military takes, must be done within the legal, moral, and ethical framework that sets us apart from our adversaries. We look forward to hearing your answers on this critical national security issue. We respectfully request a response by November 14th, 2025. Thank you for your attention.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-hurd-introduces-crystal-reservoir-conveyance-act-restore-critical", "Congressman Hurd Introduces Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act to Restore Critical Water Source for Ouray", "2025-11-05", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Jeff Hurd (CO-03) introduced the Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act, legislation that transfers Crystal Reservoir and approximately 45 acres of surrounding federal land from the U.S. Forest Service to the City of Ouray.\n\nThe U.S. Forest Service drained the reservoir in 2024, leaving the city and local agricultural producers without a critical water supply. This bill enables Ouray to take ownership, repair Full Moon Dam, and refill the reservoir\u2014restoring an essential water source, wildfire response asset, and beloved recreation destination.\n\n\u201cCrystal Reservoir has served Ouray for over 90 years, providing essential water storage, supporting wildfire response, and offering recreation opportunities families treasure,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cOuray is ready to take on the responsibility of restoring it. This legislation allows local leaders to repair the dam and ensure this resource serves the community for generations to come.\u201d\n\nThe conveyance occurs at no cost to the city in exchange for assuming all future costs and liability. The bill includes strong protections for:\n\n\u2022 Permanent free public access for recreation, fishing, and trails\n\n\u2022 No commercial development except for dam operations\n\n\u2022 Land maintained as open space in perpetuity\n\n\u2022 Compliance with Colorado water law\n\n\u2022 Reversionary clause if terms are violated\n\nThe legislation is supported by the City of Ouray, Towns of Ridgway and Silverton, Ouray and San Juan Counties, Ouray County Sheriff, Colorado River District, Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership, Trust for Land Restoration, Ouray Trail Group, and numerous local organizations.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-hurd-bacon-suozzi-gottheimer-release-bipartisan-principles-temporarily", "Reps. Hurd, Bacon, Suozzi, Gottheimer Release Bipartisan Principles to Temporarily Extend and Reform Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits", "2025-11-03", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representatives Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Don Bacon (R-NE), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) released a statement of principles for lowering health care costs and temporarily extending and reforming the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (APTCs). The principles focus on a temporary extension with reasonable income caps and reform.\n\nHurd, Bacon, Suozzi, and Gottheimer released the following quote:\n\n\u201cCongress is gridlocked, and too many Americans have lost faith that we can work together. But here\u2019s the truth: Democrats and Republicans can sit down, listen to one another, and find common ground, especially when it comes to lowering health care costs.\n\nWe may not agree on every ideal outcome, but we\u2019ve identified a fair, reasonable path forward on the future of the Affordable Care Act\u2019s Enhanced Premium Tax Credits. Compromise isn\u2019t rocket science, and it shouldn\u2019t be treated like a weakness.\n\nOur hope is that this shared statement of principles will inspire bipartisan collaboration across Washington and help get Congress back to work for the American people.\u201d\n\nBelow, find the statement of principles:\n\nPrinciples to Temporarily Extend and Reform Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits\n\n\u00b7 Temporary: A two-year extension of APTCs\n\n\u00b7 Income Cap: An income cap phased out between $200,000 and $400,000.\n\n\u00b7 Reform: Guardrails to prevent improper payments of APTCs\n\nPrevent \u201cGhost Beneficiaries\u201d: Requirements that ACA marketplaces confirm recipient eligibility with the Death Master File\n\nCrack Down on Fraud: Establish a \u201cpreponderance of evidence\u201d standard of proof to determine when an agent or broker should be allowed to continue operating in the ACA marketplaces\n\nEnhance Delivery Clarity: Requirements that marketplaces better notify recipients of the value of APTCs they are receiving from the federal government\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/colorados-house-gop-reps-elevate-concerns-co-county-commissioners-over-snap", "Colorado's House GOP Reps. Elevate Concerns of CO County Commissioners Over SNAP, Call for Clean CR", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) was joined by Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04), Congressman Jeff Crank (CO-05) and Congressman Jeff Hurd (CO-03) in sending a letter to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer highlighting the concerns of county commissioners in their district over the looming lapse in SNAP benefits and demanding the Senate pass the clean CR.\n\n\"These commissioners are pleading with you and your colleagues \u2013 including Sens. Hickenlooper and Bennet \u2013 to put politics aside and pass the clean CR to avert a SNAP crisis. With SNAP primarily administered at the county level, these commissioners are on the front lines, seeing the direct impacts of this shutdown on their community. Every day since October 1st, they\u2019ve heard firsthand from worried mothers with hungry children about their fear of not being able to access their benefits, jeopardizing their ability to put food on the table next month.\" - Reps. Evans, Boebert, Crank and Hurd\n\nThis week, 36 commissioners representing 17 different counties and nearly 2 million Coloradans signed onto an open letter to the United States Senate, urging them to pass the clean CR approved by the House of Representatives on September 19th. They cited their concerns over the upcoming expiration of SNAP benefits in November and the needs of their constituents.\n\nReps. Evans, Boebert, Crank and Hurd sent their own letter to Minority Leader Schumer echoing the concerns of these commissioners and imploring Sen. Schumer to work with his fellow Senate Democrats to support the clean CR and reopen the government as fast as possible.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-evans-and-problem-solvers-colleagues-welcome-governors-push-bipartisan", "Rep. Evans and Problem Solvers Colleagues Welcome Governors\u2019 Push for Bipartisan Permitting Reform", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Problem Solvers Caucus Permitting Reform Working Group Co-Leads Reps. Gabe Evans (R, C0-08) and Scott Peters (D, CA-50) and Co-Chairs Reps. Tom Suozzi (D, NY-03) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R, PA-01) released the following statement on the National Governors Association\u2019s recently released permitting reform priorities:\n\n\u201cWe welcome the National Governors Association\u2019s release of their permitting reform priorities. It is encouraging to see so much overlap with the Problem Solvers Caucus Permitting Reform Framework, released last month. This alignment underscores broad bipartisan agreement on key reforms, including:\n\nAdopting a common interagency digital permitting system to streamline and modernize the process\n\nUrging FERC to take a stronger role in permitting transmission, while reforming the broken National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor System\n\nExpanding categorical exclusions in low-disturbance areas such as existing rights of way, low-disturbance transmission and generation, and geothermal exploration\n\nReforming the National Environmental Policy Act by better encouraging early community engagement, streamlining the litigation process, and ensuring that federal funding alone cannot subject applicants to onerous federal reviews\n\nMaking it easier to permit nuclear energy production projects\n\nThis letter is a wake-up call to Congress that our states need us to act on permitting reform to ensure we can meet energy demand, reduce costs, and compete against China in energy innovation. Our bipartisan Permitting Reform Framework is a roadmap to do just that. We look forward to working with the National Governors Association as part of the growing coalition focused on meeting today\u2019s environmental challenges investing in a secure grid for this century. We will continue working with our colleagues in Congress to pass commonsense permitting reform into law.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-works-to-reopen-government-as-republican-shutdown-threatens-food-assistance", "Crow Works to Reopen Government as Republican Shutdown Threatens Food Assistance", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), in a new letter, is calling on President Trump and congressional Republicans to reopen the government as 42 million Americans\u2013including 1 in 10 Coloradans\u2013 are at risk of losing their food assistance benefits.\n\n600,000 Coloradans are projected to lose their food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) unless Congress acts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it will halt money sent to states, including Colorado, starting November 1. In addition to SNAP, funding for the USDA\u2019s Emergency Food Assistance Program \u2014 which provides food to food banks \u2014 will also cease on November 1 unless government funding is restored.\n\n\u201cWhile Donald Trump builds himself a $300 million ballroom, Secretary Kristi Noem buys herself two new luxury jets, Republicans give billionaires a massive tax cut, and the President gives a $40 billion taxpayer-funded bailout to corrupt foreign leaders, working Coloradans are being hurt by this government shutdown and going hungry,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cRepublicans have created a health care crisis in this country. Yet they are not focused on making life more affordable and lowering costs. As people suffer, they can\u2019t even show up for work. It\u2019s truly shameful.\u201d\n\nCongressman Crow has repeatedly called on Speaker Johnson and congressional Republicans to bring the House back to negotiate, pass a budget, and end the shutdown.\n\nA PDF of Congressman Crow\u2019s letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Madam Secretary,\n\nRight now, millions of Americans are struggling to afford food due to the Administration\u2019s ill-conceived trade war. Just this year, we\u2019ve seen household staples like eggs, coffee, and ground beef hit record high prices. Now more than ever, millions of families across the country depend upon the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to make ends meet. For far too many veterans, seniors, and children, SNAP benefits are the difference between having food or not. Now, due to the government shutdown, they are facing crippling levels of uncertainty about whether they will be able to afford food next month.\n\nA potential lapse in benefits would be felt by Americans of all ages and affect every corner and congressional district in the country. As the largest food assistance program in the United States, SNAP serves 42 million people. That includes 16 million children, 8 million seniors, 4 million people with disabilities, and 1.2 million veterans.\n\nThat is why we were deeply concerned to see your comments suggesting that SNAP will run out of funding in two weeks and that no SNAP benefits will be issued in November. USDA\u2019s shutdown plan acknowledges that \u201cCongressional intent is evident that SNAP\u2019s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds...\u201d USDA still has significant funding available in SNAP\u2019s contingency reserve \u2013 which Congress provides precisely for this reason \u2013 that can be used to fund the bulk of November benefits.\n\nWe urge USDA to use these funds for November SNAP benefits and issue clear guidance to states on how to navigate benefit issuance. Additionally, while the contingency reserve will not cover November benefits in full, we urge USDA to use its statutory transfer authority or any other legal authority at its disposal to supplement these dollars and fully fund November benefits.\n\nThere are clear steps the administration can and must take immediately to ensure that millions of families across the country can put food on their table in November. Choosing not to ensure SNAP benefits reach those in need this November would be a gross dereliction of your responsibilities to the American people. We appreciate your consideration of these requests.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-demands-answers-hhs-harmful-rollback-protections-unaccompanied", "DeGette Demands Answers from HHS on Harmful Rollback of Protections for Unaccompanied Children", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Interim Director Angie Salazar demanding answers about troubling actions by the Trump administration that appear to endanger unaccompanied children in federal custody. ORR is the agency within HHS that is tasked with caring for unaccompanied children from other countries.\n\n\u201cCongress gave ORR one job when it comes to unaccompanied children: to protect their safety and well-being,\u201d said DeGette. \u201cInstead, it appears the Trump administration has turned ORR into an arm of ICE, putting kids in harm\u2019s way, prolonging their detention, and coercing them into unsafe situations. Children who come to the United States alone are among the most vulnerable people in our care. It\u2019s our duty to treat them with compassion, to keep them safe, and to ensure they\u2019re not traumatized by the very system meant to protect them.\u201d\n\nThe letter outlines a series of recent policies and practices under HHS and ORR that have weakened long-standing child welfare safeguards and blurred the line between the agency\u2019s care responsibilities and immigration enforcement. These actions include sharing sensitive information about children and their families with ICE, allowing ICE to conduct interviews with children in federal shelters, and offering cash incentives to encourage detained minors to return to the dangerous conditions they fled.\n\nDeGette also raises concerns that ORR\u2019s expanded coordination with ICE has created a new wave of family separations, this time involving children already living in the U.S. whose sponsors have been arrested or deported.\n\nDeGette requested detailed answers from HHS and ORR about these policies and demanded all relevant documents and guidance related to coordination between the two agencies.\n\nA full copy of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-rep-evans-seven-house-gop-colleagues-send-letter-president-trump", "ICYMI: Rep. Evans, Seven House GOP Colleagues Send Letter to President Trump Following Reports of Potential Beef Imports from Argentina", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "In case you missed it\u2026 Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) and seven of his House Republican colleagues sent a letter to President Trump urging him to give American producers an opportunity to meet increased demand following reports that the United States may increase beef imports from Argentina.\n\nEvans was joined by Representatives Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Troy Downing (R-MT), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), and August Pfluger (R-TX). In the letter, they highlight how American ranchers supply the world\u2019s highest-quality beef and should not be undercut by foreign imports produced under lower standards. They call on the administration to ensure that any future trade decisions are made with \u201cfull transparency, sound science, and a firm commitment to the U.S. cattle industry.\u201d\n\n\u201cWeld County leads Colorado and ranks among the top in the nation for agricultural production, raising some of the highest quality beef in the world. While Republicans and the Administration have worked to support our producers through efforts like the Working Families Tax Cut Act, the proposal to purchase Argentinian beef raises serious concerns. Colorado farmers and ranchers deserve leaders who will stand with them, especially in the face of Governor Polis and state Democrats\u2019 relentless anti-ag policies. That\u2019s why I\u2019m working with the President to reduce grocery prices and tirelessly advocate for U.S. beef.\" - Congressman Gabe Evans\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve all received a number of questions and calls from our constituents over the last few days, so we are asking for clarity on the administration\u2019s long-term plans. Our farmers and ranchers stand ready to deliver on the President\u2019s America-First agenda. North Dakotans take great pride in producing the safest, highest-quality beef in the world\u2014and we should be building on that success. When it comes to beef, no one does it better than the United States.\u201d - Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)\n\n\u201cSouth Dakota's cattle producers set the standard for quality and safety in beef production. I understand the President's efforts to strengthen trade and keep food affordable, but those efforts should not undermine the farmers and ranchers who put dinner on our tables. Any decision to import foreign beef must hold countries to the same gold-standard regulations our producers meet every day. American ranchers play by the rules, produce the best beef in the world, and they deserve a fair shot to compete.\u201d- CongressmanDusty Johnson (R-SD)\n\n\u201cMontana beef is the envy of the world and a keystone of Montana's economy. Our ranchers take pride in their work, and our people crave the quality beef they know and love. Developing strong trade relations is important, but more important is nurturing the American agriculture we have right here at home. I\u2019m proud to join my colleagues in cattle country in this effort to ensure the voices of our ranchers are heard loud and clear.\u201d - Congressman Troy Downing (R- MT)\n\n\u201cOur American ranchers have dedicated their lives to delivering the highest\u2011quality beef while upholding the gold standard in food safety. No one creates a better product at a better value than American farmers and ranchers. Prioritizing America\u2019s food producers is essential to an American-First agenda, which I will continue to support.\" - Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)\n\nKEY LETTER EXCERPTS:\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s cattle producers are among the most resilient and hardworking in the nation. They\u2019ve endured droughts, blizzards, and volatile markets while continuing to raise safe, high-quality beef that feeds families across America and around the world. Their work is a source of immense pride to our districts and to the broader U.S. agriculture community.\n\n[...]\n\n\u201cThe United States maintains the gold standard for food safety and animal health. These safeguards are enforced daily by USDA inspectors and are a key reason consumers trust American beef. Any import policy must hold foreign suppliers to those same rigorous standards. Introducing beef from countries with inconsistent safety or inspection records could undermine the confidence that U.S. ranchers have worked decades to earn.\n\n[...]\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s producers can compete with anyone in the world. If given an opportunity, they will continue to respond quickly to the market demand for more quality American beef in our grocery\n\nstores.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/assistant-minority-leader-neguse-denounces-trump-administrations-refusal", "Assistant Minority Leader Neguse Denounces Trump Administration\u2019s Refusal to Release Emergency SNAP Funding", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Yesterday, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig, and Representatives Budzinski, Carbajal, Brown, Stansbury, and Adams hosted a press conference on the Trump administration\u2019s suspension of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.\n\nTrump\u2019s Department of Agriculture, led by Secretary Brooke Rollins, is sitting on congressionally appropriated funds and has the authority to use them as a contingency. Instead, they\u2019ve refused to release the money\u2014cutting off support for 42 million people, including 16 million children, 8 million seniors, and 4 million people with disabilities.\n\nNEGUSE: Thank you for being here first and foremost \u2014 for showing up. As you can see, I'm joined today by my colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus \u2014 who are showing up. The only people missing apparently here in Washington are House Republicans. They are on week six. Week six \u2014 hard to believe \u2014 of their paid vacation. They refuse to reopen the House, while families go hungry. While civil servants across our country are furloughed, House Republicans are missing in action. It is shameful. And it should offend every American, the way in which House Republicans have debased the Article I branch of our government. They have an obligation to be here with us to work in good faith to reopen the government.\n\nNow, that is the backdrop to the topic that has brought us together this morning, which is that the Trump administration has made a conscious and deliberate choice to suspend SNAP benefits. They've done so, notwithstanding, as you'll hear from Ranking Member Craig and the tremendous leaders who joined me today, that the funds are sitting in a contingency account. Over $5 billion available today, that could be used, that must be used under the law so that hungry families don't starve.\n\nAnd for my Republican colleagues, who suggest all sorts of fanciful rationales for why the administration has been unwilling to do so. I would just simply say it is outrageous that the Trump administration can come up with $40 billion to bail out Argentina \u2014 and refuses to spend the money that Congress has appropriated to feed hungry families in America. Outrageous. And House Democrats won't stand for it.\n\nThe full press conference can be viewed HERE courtesy of C-SPAN.\n\nIt is available for download HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-joins-effort-block-unauthorized-war-venezuela", "Congressman Neguse Joins Effort to Block Unauthorized War in Venezuela", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Neguse joined his House colleagues in support of H.J.Res.126, a War Powers Act resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress. Neguse did so following reports that the Trump administration is considering engaging in increased hostilities against Venezuela \u2014 including potential land strikes within the country \u2014 after conducting a series of unconstitutional strikes in the Caribbean.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump does not have the legal authority to launch military strikes inside Venezuela without a specific authorization by Congress \u2014 and I am deeply troubled by reports that suggest this administration believes otherwise,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cAny unilateral directive to send Americans into war is not only reckless, but illegal and an affront to the House of Representatives powers under Article I of our Constitution. The American people oppose being dragged into yet another endless war, this time in Venezuela, and our constitutional order demands deliberation by the U.S. Congress \u2014 period.\u201d\n\nFull text of H.J.Res.126 is available HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/degette-statement-republican-inaction-leading-doubling-health-care", "DeGette Statement on Republican Inaction Leading to Doubling of Health Care Costs in Colorado", "2025-10-27", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "DENVER, CO \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after the Colorado Division of Insurance announced that health care costs are going to double on average for Coloradans who get their health insurance through Connect for Health Colorado.\n\n\u201cFor months, Democrats have been sounding the alarm about the Republican-forced health care crisis. Now, inaction by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, who have been on vacation for over a month, will cause health care costs to double for many of my constituents and hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. Costs are already too high under Donald Trump, and many families will now be forced to choose between staying on their health care or buying groceries.\n\n\u201cAs the top Democrat on the Health Subcommittee, I am heading back to Washington because this is not acceptable. Republicans need to end their vacation and come back to the table with a real plan, not a concept, to fix their mess.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Colorado Division of Insurance, hundreds of thousands of Coloradans enrolled in the state\u2019s individual marketplace, Connect for Health Colorado, will see an average premium increase of 101%, meaning their premiums will double in cost.\n\nDeGette recently hosted a press conference with Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway and Connect for Health CEO Kevin Patterson to address this issue and call on Republicans to act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-calls-faa-reverse-course-new-rmma-flight-maps-amid-community-safety", "Rep. Neguse Calls on FAA to Reverse Course on New RMMA Flight Maps Amid Community Safety Concerns", "2025-10-27", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Lafayette, CO \u2014 Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) wrote to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imploring them to immediately reconsider and reverse the new flight maps for the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA), implemented in June of this year.\n\nNeguse\u2019s letter was written in response to reports that the FAA did not consult airport leadership, municipal leadership, or the community at large before rerouting airplane traffic coming in and out of RMMA. A recent memo released by the FAA outlines the challenges facing the regional airport that have led to it becoming the leading airport for Potentially Significant Events (PSEs), which include both runway incursions and airborne safety incidents. In fact, the memo details that RMMA has had more safety incidents than the Denver International Airport, the sixth busiest in the entire world, further emphasizing the need to alter flight paths in a responsible, collaborative way.\n\nThe FAA\u2019s memo acknowledges that RMMA\u2019s high density of air traffic is one of the contributing factors to the ongoing issues. Given this complexity, the decision to implement new flight maps without consulting airport leadership, municipal officials, or the local community has raised legitimate concerns about the oversight in managing such changes.\n\nRead Neguse\u2019s full letter HERE and below.\n\nColoradans living near RMMA continue to suffer from issues of noise pollution and safety concerns associated with the airport\u2019s operations. Over the years, Congressman Neguse has led letters, put forth legislation, and held a town hall to tackle this issue, among others. He is also a member of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus, which seeks to raise awareness on the issue of aircraft noise and find meaningful solutions to the problem.\n\nOctober 20, 2025\n\nBryan Bedford\n\nAdministrator\n\nFederal Aviation Administration\n\n800 Independence Avenue SW\n\nWashington, DC 20591\n\nAdministrator Bedford,\n\nI write to implore the Federal Aviation Administration to immediately reconsider and reverse the new flight maps for the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) that were implemented in June of this year. As you know, these flight maps were not implemented in consultation with the local community, municipal leaders, or the airport leadership, and as such, should be revisited.\n\nAt minimum, any changes to flight paths coming in and out of any airport should be done in consultation with airport leadership. However, as I understand it, RMMA\u2019s Director has stated he was not consulted or warned about changes to the airspace.\n\nAccording to a memo released by your agency, the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colorado leads the country in the number of \u201cPotentially Significant Events,\u201d or safety incidents. In fact, it has had more safety incidents than the Denver International Airport, the sixth busiest in the entire world. This memo goes on to note that, \u201cgiven the number of PSEs and high density of traffic, it is imperative the operation be structured in a manner that reduces risk in the air and on the surface.\u201d Of course, the most effective way of reducing risk and promoting safety is to include the airport leadership, municipal leaders, and the surrounding community in any flight path changes.\n\nFurthermore, the new RMMA flight path now covers parts of Louisville, Paragon Estates, and the Spanish Hills area of Boulder County. Many of the homes and residents in this area were victims of the recent Marshall Fire, the most destructive fire in our state\u2019s history. These residents have been rebuilding their homes for years, and now, they are falling victim to the noise pollution and safety concerns associated with RMMA\u2019s operations.\n\nThe FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law No: 118-63) provides very specific avenues for the FAA to engage communities before implementing new flight paths. The new law created the Community Collaboration Program, for example, to improve engagement with communities regarding flight procedure changes, enhance the responsiveness of the noise complaint process, and implement outreach strategies.\n\nRMMA has become both one of the highest density and least safe general aviation airports in the country. As such, it\u2019s critically important that the FAA properly consider new flight paths by engaging airport leadership, municipal leaders, and affected communities, so as not to further jeopardize the safety of the surrounding communities. For these reasons, I urge you to revisit and reverse these new flight paths at RMMA.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-leads-co-house-republican-delegation-letter-senators-bennet-and", "Rep. Crank Leads CO House Republican Delegation Letter to Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper on Senate Minority-Led Government Shutdown", "2025-10-25", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, as first reported by CBS Colorado, the Colorado Republican House of Representatives Delegation, including Reps. Lauren Boebert (CO-04), Gabe Evans (CO-08), and Jeff Hurd (CO-03), sent a letter to Colorado Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, urging them to support the clean Continuing Resolution (CR).\n\n\"Obviously, we want them to do what they've done 13 times in the Biden Administration and many times throughout their career,\" Crank told CBS Colorado. \"That is to simply continue with what is called a clean, continuing resolution. But it just basically says that we are going to continue funding government at its current level to give us more time to get some of these appropriations bills done.\"\n\nExcerpts from the letter read:\n\n\"Throughout your years in public service, both of you have supported clean CRs as a responsible way to keep the government open while Congress continues negotiations on long-term, bipartisan funding bills\u2014including 13 times under the Biden administration. Your recent votes depart from that precedent and risk undermining the stability and reliability of the institutions you have long defended.\n\n\"This shutdown is already having tangible effects across Colorado. Because of your continued opposition:\n\nMany of the 55,000 federal employees in our state are facing financial hardship\n\n\u201cMore than 600,000 Coloradans may struggle to eat next month\u201d if SNAP is not funded\n\nFood pantry visits by military families have increased 30%\n\nImportant Veterans Affairs programs have been paused\n\nOver $36 million in FEMA emergency preparedness and disaster relief funding to address wildfire and flooding damage in Colorado is on hold.\n\nColorado\u2019s GDP is decreasing $289 million per week.\n\n\"Thankfully, President Trump has taken strong steps to pay our troops and protect the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. But the situation will continue to deteriorate until Congress acts. We strongly urge you to put Colorado first and support the clean, bipartisan funding bill to reopen the government. Until then, our constituents will continue to suffer because of your inaction.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/neguse-bennet-urge-fcc-put-colorado-communities-over-corporate-interest-reject", "Neguse, Bennet Urge FCC Put Colorado Communities Over Corporate Interest, Reject Nexstar Media-Tegna Merger", "2025-10-24", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "October 24, 2025\n\nLafayette, CO \u2014 Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet implored Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to put community interest over corporate profit and reject the Nexstar Media-Tegna merger. The $6.2 billion deal between the two broadcast companies is in direct violation of a federal law, enforceable by the FCC, that prevents a single company from controlling television stations that collectively reach more than 39% of U.S. households. Barring action from the agency, the merger would create a local TV giant, granting the Nexstar Media Group ownership of 265 stations across 44 states and increasing its reach to about 80% of U.S. households.\n\n\u201cWe write to express significant concern about the proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA Inc that is currently under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) review. If approved, this deal would violate the national broadcast ownership cap and could have devastating consequences for our home state of Colorado. That\u2019s why we implore your agency to put Americans first and reject this deal that will ultimately put corporate profit above the needs of our communities,\u201d wrote Neguse and Bennet.\n\nFor Colorado, the Nexstar Media\u2013Tegna merger would consolidate local TV news stations, giving corporate owners greater control over programming and the framing of local coverage\u2014undercutting staff and resources while removing a local voice from syndicated programs.\n\n\u201cThe national broadcast ownership cap promotes competition and incentivizes stations to maintain local newsroom activity and retain local journalism jobs. Without it, our media coverage will become more nationalized and local coverage will decrease. [...] As you know, acquired stations often replace diverse, community-specific reporting with centrally produced content, reducing ideological variety and distancing local broadcasting from the very communities it\u2019s meant to serve.\u201d\n\nCarr and Nexstar Media Group already shared public headlines in September after reports suggested the company pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its affiliate stations in response to remarks by the FCC Chairman, who warned networks that failed to do so: \u201cWhen we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.\u201d\n\nThis behavior raised significant public concern that the Trump administration was using the FCC to pressure media outlets and exert political influence over their coverage.\n\nThe Colorado lawmakers concluded: \u201cApproving this merger is not in the public interest, nor is it within the authority of the FCC. Congress made it clear that only Congress, not the FCC, has the authority to unilaterally lift or eliminate the national broadcast ownership cap. As such, this proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA Inc. would violate federal law and jeopardize local news stations and local coverage. For this reason, we urge you to reject this merger and maintain the integrity of our local media.\u201d\n\nRead their full letter HERE and below:\n\nOctober 23, 2025\n\nBrendan Carr\n\nChairman\n\nFederal Communications Commission\n\n45 L Street NE\n\nWashington, D.C., 20554\n\nChairman Brendan Carr,\n\nWe write to express significant concern about the proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA Inc that is currently under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) review. If approved, this deal would violate the national broadcast ownership cap and could have devastating consequences for our home state of Colorado. That\u2019s why we implore your agency to put Americans first and reject this deal that will ultimately put corporate profit above the needs of our communities.\n\nCongress set the national broadcast ownership cap in statute via Section 202(c)(1)(B) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104) and further strengthened this cap via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Public Law 108\u2013199). The ownership cap currently stands at 39 percent of U.S. TV households, after applying the FCC\u2019s ultra-high-frequency (UHF) discount. The Nexstar Media Group is already the largest owner of broadcast television stations nationally, reaching about 39 percent of U.S. TV households after applying the UHF discount, and 70 percent of households with the discount removed. By allowing Nexstar to acquire TEGNA, which currently owns 64 stations in 51 markets, Nexstar would increase its reach to about 80 percent of U.S. households, if the UHF discount is removed. This is a clear violation of the national broadcast ownership cap, and therefore the law.\n\nThe national broadcast ownership cap promotes competition and incentivizes stations to maintain local newsroom activity and retain local journalism jobs. Without it, our media coverage will become more nationalized and local coverage will decrease. We have seen this play out in Colorado in the past \u2013 when Fox 31 and Channel 2 merged operations, Channel 2 was largely folded into Fox 31 and much of Channel 2\u2019s independent programming was discontinued. As you know, acquired stations often replace diverse, community-specific reporting with centrally produced content, reducing ideological variety and distancing local broadcasting from the very communities it\u2019s meant to serve.\n\nA merger like this could jeopardize stations in Colorado, and reduce consumer access to varied and locally-oriented programming. In Denver, two stations \u2013 Nexstar-owned Fox31 and TEGNA-owned 9News and its sister station KTVD \u2013 could potentially be folded together. And the possibility of anticompetitive consolidation is not confined to Colorado \u2013 similar concerns exist in Indianapolis, New Orleans, and Tampa.\n\nApproving this merger is not in the public interest, nor is it within the authority of the FCC. Congress made it clear that only Congress, not the FCC, has the authority to unilaterally lift or eliminate the national broadcast ownership cap. As such, this proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA Inc. would violate federal law and jeopardize local news stations and local coverage. For this reason, we urge you to reject this merger and maintain the integrity of our local media.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-neguse-and-hurd-lead-colorados-house-delegation-defense-ranchers", "Reps. Neguse and Hurd Lead Colorado\u2019s House Delegation in Defense of Ranchers & Producers, Push Back Against Plan to Purchase More Argentine Beef", "2025-10-24", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "October 24, 2025\n\nLafayette, CO \u2014 Today, Colorado\u2019s Western Slope lawmakers, Congressmen Joe Neguse and Jeff Hurd, convened the state\u2019s bipartisan House delegation in support of local ranchers and rural economies. They issued the following statement in response to public comments from President Donald Trump suggesting the United States should buy more beef from Argentina to support the South American country\u2019s struggling economy, and implored his administration to reverse course. It was co-signed by Colorado Representatives Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, Jason Crow, Diana DeGette, Gabe Evans, and Brittany Pettersen.\n\n\u201cColorado\u2019s beef industry \u2014 and the farmers, ranchers, and producers who have sustained it across generations \u2014 is essential to the vitality of our state\u2019s economy and our nation's food security. While we understand the importance of fair, strong trade relationships and diverse markets, we urge the administration to reconsider the increase in imports of Argentine beef that could pose risk to the domestic cattle market and the countless individuals across our state whose livelihoods depend on it. Together, we must advocate for Colorado\u2019s cattle producers and consumers alike, prioritizing American beef and working to strengthen our agriculture industry for the future,\u201d stated Colorado\u2019s U.S. House members.\n\nTrump\u2019s proposal was met with immediate resistance from across party lines, and sparked concern among American cattle producers, ranchers, and agricultural leaders. For the state of Colorado, an economic analysis released in September estimated that a reduction in beef exports could result in more than 260 jobs lost and nearly $80 million in reduced economic output.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-congressman-crow-outlines-his-new-vision-for-american-foreign-policy", "Transcript: Congressman Crow Outlines His New Vision for American Foreign Policy", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger and Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, presented his new vision for American foreign policy. A transcript of the speech as delivered is included below.\n\nI've been on Capitol Hill for seven years now, in this job, on the Armed Services Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Intelligence Committee. Have led the bipartisan Veterans caucus, the Army caucus. I've done a lot of work in this field. But all of this policy has always brought me back to the start of my career as a teenager, when I first raised my right hand, and took an oath to this country, and at that point, was Private Crow, the lowest ranking person you can be in the military.\n\nI was at the very receiving end of all the policy that's made here in this town. Since that time, from Private Crow to Congressman Crow, the world indeed has been turned upside down. All that we had assumed and taken for granted has been thrown into question. The biggest divide that I see right now, and how we view this problem, is those who believe that Donald Trump is the cause of it, versus those who believe that Donald Trump is a symptom of it.\n\nAnd that requires looking back over the last 30 years, and looking at it through the lens of the people that I grew up with in a working class town in the Upper Midwest, those who I fought with, and those who I now serve. In those last 30 years, we've had over 20 years of failed military interventions, $3 trillion, three million combat tours, over 7000 of our own dead, tens of thousands of others dead, and what's not in those numbers is the unequal burden that was borne by the working class.\n\nWhat I learned as a young man is that when people pound their chest and bang the war drums in Washington, D.C. and talk about going to do tough things, they're not talking about themselves. They're talking about young kids from towns many of us haven't heard of that have to pick up rifles, jump into helicopters, get inside tanks, and do the tough stuff.\n\nMeanwhile, while all of this was happening, the middle class was gutted by NAFTA and free trade and neoliberal economic policies, that were supposed to deliver for everybody, raised the water for all boats, delivered instead, disproportionate impacts. The industrial portions of our country were left behind in many trade deals and automation. Also, we had a pandemic that shattered Americans' sense of safety, and once again, the impact felt disproportionately.\n\nIt's one thing to jump on a zoom if you're in a white collar office job, but most of the people that I represent couldn't do that. They're in the service industry, construction, healthcare, and they lost their jobs or had to show up anyway. Also, meanwhile, we have a surging China that is competing against us, and out competing us in many key ways, and the largest land war in Europe.\n\nAll of this to say that the veil has been pierced, and the last decade of elections have made something very clear: Americans simply no longer trust the foreign policy establishment in this country. And they shouldn't. Because it's actually failed them in so many remarkable ways.\n\nSo this isn't predominantly a policy discussion. It's a discussion about trust, about where we are now, but how we're going to restore trust to get back to having policy discussions with the people that we're supposed to serve. Because what is very clear, again, is that America wants something very different. I believe that the way that we answer four key questions will determine whether or not people will trust us again and give us the opportunity to serve.\n\nThe first question you should ever ask a Member of Congress before they ever start talking about foreign policy is: are you willing to reclaim your foreign policy powers?\n\nOur Founders believed that Congress had a fundamental role in our foreign policy, from trade to treaties, to war powers, and to appropriations. For decades, Congress has ceded and given up many of those powers. Our Founders knew that these things were too important to be entrusted simply to the Executive because it needed accountability to those closest to the people. And there's no one closer to the people than members of Congress, who have to go home every weekend and stand before their constituents and answer questions. We saw over the last 25 years Congress giving blank checks to presidents Republican and Democratic Congresses did it, and they did it to Republican and Democratic presidents across the board.\n\nNobody here can ever tell me that our 25 years of failed foreign military interventions would have ended differently, or sooner, had members of Congress been forced regularly to go to high school gymnasiums, Rotary Clubs, and any other organization in their community, and explain why Americans should give their sons and daughters to war efforts and billions of their hard earned dollars. It absolutely would have ended differently.\n\nSo any member of Congress must be willing to repeal and replace our AUMFs and reinsert itself in our trade and treaty powers. Because if you're concerned about the bombing of Iran, the bombing of the Houthis, the strikes in the Caribbean, well, Congress is letting that happen. If you think that our counterterrorism strategy in Africa has largely failed, well, Congress could change that. And if you're troubled by the weaponization of our National Guard across our country and our president claiming to go to war with the American people? Well, Congress could stop that too. So no Member of Congress can legitimately talk about foreign policy unless they're willing to take that first step.\n\nThe second question, are we willing to follow our own rules? Americans believe in rules. This town loves to talk about the \u2018Rules Based International Order.\u2019 First of all, nobody outside this town really understands what that means. But secondly, a lot of Americans just think it's bullshit. Not the rules, but our unequal application and our inconsistency in following those rules.\n\nI saw very clearly when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, us making deals with warlords and strongmen. I know our history of aligning, at times, with autocrats because we want to keep oil prices low, we make short-term decision after short-term decision that undermines our credibility, and our ability to actually go to the world and make the case.\n\nAnd frankly, there is no more vivid example than the split screen between Ukraine, and the Israel-Gaza war. Ukraine, a just war, a country fighting for its survival and its sovereignty that merited our involvement, and still does, while at the same time us supporting and not being willing to apply our own rules to a war that brought over 60,000 civilian casualties in the Middle East and in Gaza. This town loves to talk about IHL, LOAC [Law of Armed Conflict], National Security Memorandum 20, the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, Leahy Vetting. These are all tools that could work, that would work if we actually are willing to apply our own standards and live by them. Americans do indeed want rules to avoid chaos and inconsistency, and it starts with following them ourselves.\n\nThe third question, are you willing to take on corruption seriously, both at home and abroad? The Trump administration has rapidly become the most corrupt in American history. Donald Trump is personalizing American power for the benefit of his family and a handful of associates. He has become a predatory pawn shop dealer looking to cut a deal with the next desperate customer who walks through the door.\n\nImposing tariffs on Brazil to support an ally, $20 billion bailout for Argentina, Pakistan giving a golf course deal for favorable treatment, hotel deals around the world too countless to even mention today, jets in exchange for security deals, and on and on. All while billions flow into meme coins from unknown foreign investors directly into the pocket of Donald Trump and the Trump family.\n\nTrump's doctrine is simple, it's pay to play for tech oligarchs and strong men, all of whom will support each other and steal our democracy and our self determination from us, so that only they will control politics, the economy, technology, information, and our daily lives. An ambitious anti-corruption agenda at home and abroad must be our second order priority behind recapturing war powers. And if members of Congress aren't willing to be serious about that, then they can't be taken seriously by all of you.\n\nThe next and final question is, are we willing to open the door to new talent? When I worked in construction, to help put my way through college, you'd start every day with a handshake, but what that handshake actually was, was a callous check. You're feeling somebody's hands and asking yourself, are they one of me? Are they one of us? Because more so than how smart you are, or what you may know, people want to be able to trust you.\n\nIt is just true that our foreign policy and national security system has become too insular and out of touch. We cannot run a system that's responsive and seen by the American people as responsive to their needs if it's with the same people, who have gone to the same three colleges, most of whom live within 50 miles of an ocean.\n\nThis town loves its policy dinners, its saloons, its retreats, its nice trips. When I first came to Congress and I started to go to these salons and these dinners, it didn't take me very long to realize it was the same people saying many of the same things. Americans simply don't see themselves in their leadership anymore.\n\nIt must reflect not only who we are, but how we think. Our ability to turn this around will be directly related to our ability to tap into the talent that this entire country has to offer. And that means mentoring programs. That means reaching into high schools and colleges around the country. It means changing, radically, our security clearance system so people with actual lived experience can still qualify for important jobs.\n\nAnd it also means creating a diplomacy and national security system that requires for advancement regular tours in the United States to conduct public diplomacy, to go to Kansas City and run a World Affairs Council, to go to Denver and help organize civic organizations focused on the global economy.\n\nA lot has happened in my almost seven years in Congress, but it all comes back to my time as an Arby's cashier, a construction worker, a paratrooper and a Ranger. In all of those cases, people simply wanted to trust you first. Most of these folks have lost faith in this town, and rightfully so. I share much of that anger and frustration. There is so much that we must do, but we will never be given the chance to do any of it unless we prove that we are willing to build an entirely new system based on fundamental principles. Thank you.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-hosts-17th-town-hall-year-granby", "Rep. Neguse Hosts 17th Town-Hall of the Year in Granby", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Granby, CO \u2014 As Republicans in Colorado\u2019s Congressional Delegation refuse to host public town hall meetings amid the ongoing government shutdown, Congressman Joe Neguse convened his 17th open, public town hall of the year this evening in Grand County \u2014 he is the only member of Colorado\u2019s House delegation to host a town-hall during the government shutdown.\n\n\u201cSpeaker Johnson has unilaterally refused to reopen the House, notwithstanding that the government has now been shut down for 22 days. Meanwhile, my Republican colleagues are off on a five-week paid vacation, and refuse to hold a single, in-person town-hall. The people of Colorado are fed up. Where is the representation for folks in our state\u2019s Republican-led districts?\u201d said Congressman Neguse.\n\n\u201cMy offices will remain open \u2014 always \u2014 and I\u2019ll continue to meet directly with constituents across Northwestern Colorado at our town-halls, open forums, and more. It is long past time for my colleagues across the aisle to do the same \u2014 to get back to work and get serious about negotiating in good-faith to reopen the government and address the healthcare crisis they created.\u201d\n\nDuring the event Neguse fielded questions about the ongoing lapse in federal appropriations, and constituent concerns regarding the country\u2019s current economic conditions. Local residents raised issues about the Argentina bailout and increased beef imports, which could devastate producers and ranchers in Grand, Routt, Eagle and Jackson counties. Many also voiced frustration over the tariffs, which they said have recklessly caused needless damage to small businesses on the Western Slope.\n\nThe Colorado Congressman continues to set the standard for constituent access, hosting more town halls than all of Colorado\u2019s members of the U.S. House of Representatives combined. Already this year, he\u2019s convened in-person community gatherings in Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, Nederland, Breckenridge, Louisville, Boulder, Steamboat Springs, Edwards, Frisco, Gold Hill, Allenspark, Red Feather Lakes, Laporte, and now Granby.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-outlines-his-new-vision-for-american-foreign-policy", "Congressman Crow Outlines His New Vision for American Foreign Policy", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger and Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, presented his new vision for American foreign policy.\n\nImage\n\nIn remarks delivered at the Center for American Progress (CAP), Congressman Crow offered a new affirmative vision for the future of American global leadership. His speech presented a foreign policy that is rooted in working-class interests and true American values. He discussed a few key pillars, Congress\u2019 role in our foreign policy and the need to reclaim its authority. The implications of America failing to live up to our values on the global stage. The crucial need to root out corruption both at home and abroad. And how we can find and recruit new talent to bolster our foreign policy institutions.\n\nAmerican Foreign Policy has Neglected the Working Class\n\n\u201cAnd that requires looking back over the last 30 years and looking at it through the lens of the people that I grew up with in a working-class town in the Upper Midwest, those who I fought with, and those who I now serve. In those last 30 years, we've had over 20 years of failed military interventions, $3 trillion, three million combat tours, over 7,000 of our own dead, tens of thousands of others dead, and what's not in those numbers is the unequal burden that was borne by the working class.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmericans simply no longer trust the foreign policy establishment in this country. And they shouldn't. Because it's actually failed them in so many remarkable ways.\u201d\n\nCongress\u2019 Role in our Foreign Policy\n\n\u201cBecause if you're concerned about the bombing of Iran, the bombing of the Houthis, the strikes in the Caribbean, well, Congress is letting that happen. If you think that our counterterrorism strategy in Africa has largely failed, well, Congress could change that. And if you're troubled by the weaponization of our National Guard across our country and our president claiming to go to war with the American people? Well, Congress could stop that too.\u201d\n\nLiving Up to our Own Standards\n\n\u201cI saw very clearly when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, us making deals with warlords and strongmen. I know our history of aligning, at times, with autocrats because we want to keep oil prices low, we make short-term decision after short-term decision that undermines our credibility, and our ability to actually go to the world and make the case.\u201d\n\nRooting out Corruption at Home & Abroad\n\n\u201cTrump's doctrine is simple, it's pay to play for tech oligarchs and strong men, all of whom will support each other and steal our democracy and our self-determination from us, so that only they will control politics, the economy, technology, information, and our daily lives.\"\n\n\u201cAn ambitious anti-corruption agenda at home and abroad must be our second order priority behind recapturing war powers. And if members of Congress aren't willing to be serious about that, then they can't be taken seriously by all of you.\u201d\n\nA Foreign Policy that Represents Every American\n\n\u201cIt is just true that our foreign policy and national security system has become too insular and out of touch. We cannot run a system that's responsive and seen by the American people as responsive to their needs if it's with the same people, who have gone to the same three colleges, most of whom live within 50 miles of an ocean.\"\n\n\u201cIt must reflect not only who we are, but how we think. Our ability to turn this around will be directly related to our ability to tap into the talent that this entire country has to offer. And that means mentoring programs. That means reaching into high schools and colleges around the country. It means changing, radically, our security clearance system so people with actual lived experience can still qualify for important jobs.\u201d\n\nAs a former Army Ranger, Congressman Crow knows that America\u2019s strength is derived from the strength of its values and has long promoted U.S. global leadership. He has long supported diplomatic efforts to ease tensions around the globe and has strongly spoken out against sending another generation of troops to fight another yet another series of endless conflicts.\n\nThe full speech can be viewed here, and transcript of the speech as delivered is included below:\n\nI've been on Capitol Hill for seven years now, in this job, on the Armed Services Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Intelligence Committee. Have led the bipartisan Veterans caucus, the Army caucus. I've done a lot of work in this field. But all of this policy has always brought me back to the start of my career as a teenager, when I first raised my right hand, and took an oath to this country, and at that point, was Private Crow, the lowest ranking person you can be in the military.\n\nI was at the very receiving end of all the policy that's made here in this town. Since that time, from Private Crow to Congressman Crow, the world indeed has been turned upside down. All that we had assumed and taken for granted has been thrown into question. The biggest divide that I see right now, and how we view this problem, is those who believe that Donald Trump is the cause of it, versus those who believe that Donald Trump is a symptom of it.\n\nAnd that requires looking back over the last 30 years and looking at it through the lens of the people that I grew up with in a working-class town in the Upper Midwest, those who I fought with, and those who I now serve. In those last 30 years, we've had over 20 years of failed military interventions, $3 trillion, three million combat tours, over 7000 of our own dead, tens of thousands of others dead, and what's not in those numbers is the unequal burden that was borne by the working class.\n\nWhat I learned as a young man is that when people pound their chest and bang the war drums in Washington, D.C. and talk about going to do tough things, they're not talking about themselves. They're talking about young kids from towns many of us haven't heard of that have to pick up rifles, jump into helicopters, get inside tanks, and do the tough stuff.\n\nMeanwhile, while all of this was happening, the middle class was gutted by NAFTA and free trade and neoliberal economic policies, that were supposed to deliver for everybody, raised the water for all boats, delivered instead, disproportionate impacts. The industrial portions of our country were left behind in many trade deals and automation. Also, we had a pandemic that shattered Americans' sense of safety, and once again, the impact felt disproportionately.\n\nIt's one thing to jump on a zoom if you're in a white-collar office job, but most of the people that I represent couldn't do that. They're in the service industry, construction, healthcare, and they lost their jobs or had to show up anyway. Also, meanwhile, we have a surging China that is competing against us, and out competing us in many keyways, and the largest land war in Europe.\n\nAll of this to say that the veil has been pierced, and the last decade of elections have made something very clear: Americans simply no longer trust the foreign policy establishment in this country. And they shouldn't. Because it's actually failed them in so many remarkable ways.\n\nSo, this isn't predominantly a policy discussion. It's a discussion about trust, about where we are now, but how we're going to restore trust to get back to having policy discussions with the people that we're supposed to serve. Because what is very clear, again, is that America wants something very different. I believe that the way that we answer four key questions will determine whether or not people will trust us again and give us the opportunity to serve.\n\nThe first question you should ever ask a Member of Congress before they ever start talking about foreign policy is: are you willing to reclaim your foreign policy powers?\n\nOur Founders believed that Congress had a fundamental role in our foreign policy, from trade to treaties, to war powers, and to appropriations. For decades, Congress has ceded and given up many of those powers. Our Founders knew that these things were too important to be entrusted simply to the Executive because it needed accountability to those closest to the people. And there's no one closer to the people than members of Congress, who have to go home every weekend and stand before their constituents and answer questions. We saw over the last 25 years Congress giving blank checks to presidents Republican and Democratic Congresses did it, and they did it to Republican and Democratic presidents across the board.\n\nNobody here can ever tell me that our 25 years of failed foreign military interventions would have ended differently, or sooner, had members of Congress been forced regularly to go to high school gymnasiums, Rotary Clubs, and any other organization in their community, and explain why Americans should give their sons and daughters to war efforts and billions of their hard earned dollars. It absolutely would have ended differently.\n\nSo, any member of Congress must be willing to repeal and replace our AUMFs and reinsert itself in our trade and treaty powers. Because if you're concerned about the bombing of Iran, the bombing of the Houthis, the strikes in the Caribbean, well, Congress is letting that happen. If you think that our counterterrorism strategy in Africa has largely failed, well, Congress could change that. And if you're troubled by the weaponization of our National Guard across our country and our president claiming to go to war with the American people? Well, Congress could stop that too. So, no Member of Congress can legitimately talk about foreign policy unless they're willing to take that first step.\n\nThe second question, are we willing to follow our own rules? Americans believe in rules. This town loves to talk about the \u2018Rules Based International Order.\u2019 First of all, nobody outside this town really understands what that means. But secondly, a lot of Americans just think it's bullshit. Not the rules, but our unequal application and our inconsistency in following those rules.\n\nI saw very clearly when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, us making deals with warlords and strongmen. I know our history of aligning, at times, with autocrats because we want to keep oil prices low, we make short-term decision after short-term decision that undermines our credibility, and our ability to actually go to the world and make the case.\n\nAnd frankly, there is no more vivid example than the split screen between Ukraine, and the Israel-Gaza war. Ukraine, a just war, a country fighting for its survival and its sovereignty that merited our involvement, and still does, while at the same time us supporting and not being willing to apply our own rules to a war that brought over 60,000 civilian casualties in the Middle East and in Gaza. This town loves to talk about IHL, LOAC [Law of Armed Conflict], National Security Memorandum 20, the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, Leahy Vetting. These are all tools that could work, that would work if we actually are willing to apply our own standards and live by them. Americans do indeed want rules to avoid chaos and inconsistency, and it starts with following them ourselves.\n\nThe third question, are you willing to take on corruption seriously, both at home and abroad? The Trump administration has rapidly become the most corrupt in American history. Donald Trump is personalizing American power for the benefit of his family and a handful of associates. He has become a predatory pawn shop dealer looking to cut a deal with the next desperate customer who walks through the door.\n\nImposing tariffs on Brazil to support an ally, $20 billion bailout for Argentina, Pakistan giving a golf course deal for favorable treatment, hotel deals around the world too countless to even mention today, jets in exchange for security deals, and on and on. All while billions flow into meme coins from unknown foreign investors directly into the pocket of Donald Trump and the Trump family.\n\nTrump's doctrine is simple, it's pay to play for tech oligarchs and strong men, all of whom will support each other and steal our democracy and our self-determination from us, so that only they will control politics, the economy, technology, information, and our daily lives. An ambitious anti-corruption agenda at home and abroad must be our second order priority behind recapturing war powers. And if members of Congress aren't willing to be serious about that, then they can't be taken seriously by all of you.\n\nThe next and final question is, are we willing to open the door to new talent? When I worked in construction, to help put my way through college, you'd start every day with a handshake, but what that handshake actually was, was a callous check. You're feeling somebody's hands and asking yourself, are they one of me? Are they one of us? Because more so than how smart you are, or what you may know, people want to be able to trust you.\n\nIt is just true that our foreign policy and national security system has become too insular and out of touch. We cannot run a system that's responsive and seen by the American people as responsive to their needs if it's with the same people, who have gone to the same three colleges, most of whom live within 50 miles of an ocean.\n\nThis town loves its policy dinners, it's saloons, it's retreats, it's nice trips. When I first came to Congress and I started to go to these salons and these dinners, it didn't take me very long to realize it was the same people saying many of the same things. Americans simply don't see themselves in their leadership anymore.\n\nIt must reflect not only who we are, but how we think. Our ability to turn this around will be directly related to our ability to tap into the talent that this entire country has to offer. And that means mentoring programs. That means reaching into high schools and colleges around the country. It means changing, radically, our security clearance system so people with actual lived experience can still qualify for important jobs.\n\nAnd it also means creating a diplomacy and national security system that requires for advancement regular tours in the United States to conduct public diplomacy, to go to Kansas City and run a World Affairs Council, to go to Denver and help organize civic organizations focused on the global economy.\n\nA lot has happened in my almost seven years in Congress, but it all comes back to my time as an Arby's cashier, a construction worker, a paratrooper and a Ranger. In all of those cases, people simply wanted to trust you first. Most of these folks have lost faith in this town, and rightfully so. I share much of that anger and frustration. There is so much that we must do, but we will never be given the chance to do any of it unless we prove that we are willing to build an entirely new system based on fundamental principles. Thank you.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-and-litigation-task-force-leaders-demand-russell-vought-end", "Rep. Neguse and Litigation Task Force Leaders Demand Russell Vought End Unlawful Purge of Federal Workforce", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "October 22, 2025\n\nLawmakers Implore OMB To Rescind Flagrantly Illegal \u201cReductions in Force\u201d Amid Republican Government Shutdown\n\nLafayette, CO \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, Chair of the Litigation Task Force, led fellow Democratic leaders in the House in sending a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding that he immediately cease using the Republican shutdown as a pretext to fire thousands more federal employees through flagrantly illegal \u201creductions in force\u201d (RIFs). This comes after a Monday court filing revealed the Trump administration\u2019s now-halted plan to illegally terminate hundreds of Coloradans working at public land agencies throughout the state.\n\n\u201cThe attempt to use a government shutdown to unlawfully terminate hard-working federal employees across Colorado is illegal, pure and simple. Donald Trump\u2019s unlawful and politically motivated attacks, unleashing his so-called \u2018Grim Reaper\u2019 Russell Vought on our civil servants, will inflict direct harm on both the state\u2019s robust federal workforce and all Coloradans who rely on the critical services these agencies provide. It is shameful. These acts of retribution are intended to stoke fear, and as Chair of the Litigation Task Force I intend to work in lockstep with my fellow Democratic colleagues to exercise every legal and legislative tool to reverse these decisions \u2014 starting by demanding accountability from Mr. Vought himself,\u201d said Congressman Joe Neguse.\n\nAs OMB Director, Vought has issued directives to federal agencies instructing them to use the temporary shutdown to justify permanent firings. His September 24, 2025, memorandum explicitly directed agencies to use the shutdown as an \u201copportunity\u201d to eliminate programs \u201cnot consistent with the President\u2019s priorities.\u201d\n\nIn the letter, Congressman Neguse, joined by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, and Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, explained that these directives are plainly illegal. A government shutdown does not give Vought or anyone else the power to dismantle entire federal programs or eliminate the legal requirements that Congress has imposed on agencies. In fact, administering RIFs during a shutdown itself violates the Antideficiency Act, which allows only specific, narrow categories of work to continue during a shutdown. Planning and implementing RIFs fits none of those categories.\n\nRecognizing this blatant illegality, a court has already issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking Vought from moving forward with his RIFs.\n\n\u201cYou are deliberately misrepresenting the law and cynically abusing the ongoing shutdown to inflict arbitrary punishment on our federal workforce,\u201d wrote Neguse and colleagues.\n\nIn the first eight months of this administration, Vought has fired or pushed out more than 200,000 career civil servants in a haphazard and chaotic manner that has endangered the health, safety, and welfare of the American people. Even President Trump has referred to Vought as his \u201cGrim Reaper.\u201d\n\nTerminations in Colorado include the unlawful firings of dedicated public servants at the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), as well as federal employees in the state working on disaster preparedness, disease outbreaks, substance abuse and mental health matters, and more.\n\nVought has expressed his disdain for such federal workers and his plans to dismantle the nonpartisan civil service before and during his leadership of OMB. Before joining the Trump administration, he declared that he wanted federal employees \u201cto be traumatically affected.\u201d He emphasized that his goal was to inflict maximum pain on federal workers and their families: \u201cWhen they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains\u2026We want to put them in trauma.\u201d\n\n\u201cYour unprofessional, arbitrary, and unlawful RIFs have already resulted in chaos and embarrassing mistakes at affected agencies. You are inflicting harm not only on the federal workforce but also on the American public. [\u2026] Federal employees serve the American people with dedication and professionalism. They deserve better than to be your political punching bag. Congress will not stand idly by while you abuse your authority,\u201d concluded Neguse and colleagues.\n\nRead their full letter HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-degette-conway-patterson-emphasize-negative-impact-expiring", "ICYMI: DeGette, Conway, Patterson Emphasize Negative Impact of Expiring Health Care Tax Credits", "2025-10-21", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "DENVER, CO \u2014 Yesterday, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway, and Connect for Health Colorado CEO Kevin Patterson held a press conference to discuss how Congressional Republicans failing to renew Affordable Care Act premium tax credits will drive up health care costs for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans.\n\n\u201cWe are facing a Republican-forced health care crisis because Donald Trump and my colleagues in Congress refuse to work with Democrats to extend vital ACA tax credits for hardworking Americans,\u201d said DeGette. \u201cThey had no problem forcing through an extension of tax cuts for billionaires, but helping everyday Coloradans afford health care is apparently too much for them. Republicans need to come back to Washington to stop health care costs from skyrocketing. I am grateful to Commissioner Conway and Kevin Patterson for their work to support and protect health care for Colorado families.\u201d\n\n\u201cI want to thank Congresswoman DeGette and the members of the Colorado congressional delegation who are pushing for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) that expire at the end of the year. As insurance commissioners across the country have been saying all year, without these subsidies, people enrolled in the ACA will receive catastrophic premium increases. These increases will lead to devastating choices like whether to buy groceries or maintain access to health care. In Colorado, we expect tens of thousands of people to lose coverage and access to healthcare. Congress needs to do the right thing and extend EPTCs as soon as possible,\u201d said Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not too late for Congress to extend enhanced Premium Tax Credits for our customers. Connect for Health Colorado stands ready to act. Our team is prepared to work as quickly as possible to ensure the customers we serve have reliable, high quality and affordable health insurance,\u201d said Kevin Patterson, Connect for Health Colorado CEO.\n\nThe Affordable Care Act established premium tax credits (PTCs) to help lower premiums for low-income Americans for qualified health plans offered through health insurance exchanges. The American Rescue Plan Act began enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) to provide larger subsidies to a greater number of households by increasing support for low- and middle-income Americans and limiting premiums to a percentage of income for all Americans. Nearly 20 million Americans received premium tax credits in 2024.\n\nDonald Trump and Congressional Republicans have so far refused to extend EPTCs, which expire in December 2025. If Republicans allow EPTCs to expire, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 4.5 million people will lose their health insurance and millions will see their premiums increase drastically.\n\nThe full press conference can be viewed here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-host-person-town-hall-grand-county", "Rep. Neguse to Host In-Person Town Hall in Grand County", "2025-10-21", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Lafayette, CO \u2014 This Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse will host a town hall in Grand County. Neguse will be joined by local leaders, provide an update on the ongoing government shutdown as well as his work for the people of Colorado\u2019s 2nd District, and take live questions from audience members.\n\nGrand County Town Hall\n\nWhen: Wednesday, October 22nd, at 5:30 p.m. MT (Doors open at 5:00 p.m. MT)\n\nWhere: Grand Fire Protection District- Station 1, 60500 U.S. Highway 40, Granby, CO 80446\n\nRSVP for this community gathering HERE.\n\nMedia availability will be provided. Please email Grace.Martinez@mail.house.gov for further details.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-slams-trump-administrations-plan-illegally-terminate-interior", "Rep. Neguse Slams Trump Administration\u2019s Plan to Illegally Terminate Interior Department Employees Across Colorado", "2025-10-20", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "October 20, 2025\n\n\u201cThe attempt to use a government shutdown to unlawfully terminate hard-working federal employees across Colorado is illegal, pure and simple.\u201d\n\nLafayette, CO \u2014 Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement regarding a court filing from this morning in which President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Interior (DOI) told a federal judge the agency intends to fire more than 2,000 government employees through a reduction in force, or RIF. The now-halted RIF was set to illegally terminate roughly 200 positions held by Coloradans at public land agencies throughout the state, including the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Collins and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS) state and national offices.\n\n\u201cThe attempt to use a government shutdown to unlawfully terminate hard-working federal employees across Colorado is illegal, pure and simple. The Trump administration\u2019s unlawful and politically motivated attacks on workers at our land management agencies \u2014 the NPS, BLM, USGS, and elsewhere \u2014 will inflict direct harm on both these civil servants and all Coloradans who treasure our lands and water. It is shameful. These acts of retribution are intended to stoke fear, and Democrats must use every legal and legislative tool to reverse these decisions and hold the administration accountable \u2014 which is exactly what we intend to do,\u201d said Congressman Joe Neguse.\n\nNeguse has been a vocal opponent of the administration\u2019s abuse of the Reduction in Force (RIF) process, joining with top House Democrats to introduce a series of bills that would prevent the Trump White House from carrying out politically motivated mass firings across the Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service. Learn more about this effort here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-evans-joins-republican-colleagues-letter-omb-supporting-pay-federal-law", "Rep. Evans Joins Republican Colleagues on Letter to OMB \u2014 Supporting Pay for Federal Law Enforcement", "2025-10-17", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) joined seven House Republicans in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) supporting efforts to pay federal law enforcement during the current government shutdown.\n\nPresident Trump rightfully directed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ensure military servicemembers do not miss a paycheck as a result of the Democrat-driven government shutdown. As the shutdown drags into its 17th day, Rep. Evans and his colleagues expressed congressional support for reported OMB efforts to provide shutdown pay to federal law enforcement as a next step.\n\nAn excerpt from the letter reads:\n\n\u201cFederal law enforcement are currently performing dangerous, mission-critical work without pay\u2014including Border Patrol, ICE agents, CBP officers, DEA, Secret Service, Federal Air Marshals, and Transportation Security Officers\u2026 This is especially true in this climate of increasingly hateful rhetoric and violence directed at these officers\u2014from the recent sniper assault on an ICE facility in Dallas to the nationwide harassment, endangerment, and doxxing of federal agents by extremist groups like Antifa, and by cartels placing assassination bounties on law enforcement officials,\u201d - the Members wrote.\n\nJoining alongside Congressman Evans on the letter are Reps. Tom Barrett (MI-07); Bill Huizenga (MI-04); Michelle Fischbach (MN-07); Wesley Hunt (TX-38); John James (MI-10); Celeste Maloy (UT-02); and Derek Schmidt (KS-02).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-shares-story-colorado-small-business-owner-facing-300-health-care", "Rep. Neguse Shares Story of Colorado Small Business Owner Facing 300% Health Care Premium Hike", "2025-10-17", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Image\n\nOctober 17, 2025\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s immoral. Plain and simple.\u201d\n\nLafayette, CO \u2014 In case you missed it, during House Democrat\u2019s Steering and Policy Committee Meeting on Health Care Cost Increases, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse underscored the devastating impacts of the Republican-manufactured healthcare crisis by sharing the story of a small business owner in Gunbarrel named Leslie.\n\nRight now, Leslie and her husband pay around $600 per month for health care through the small business exchange. But, if Republicans allow Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits to lapse, their insurance provider notified them that they should expect monthly premiums for 2026 to increase to approximately $1,900 \u2014 three times the current rate.\n\n\u201cRepublicans in Washington are pushing health care out of reach for Americans across the country, and sadly folks right here in Colorado are not exempt. Leslie and her husband are just one story out of the many small business owners and families in our state whose monthly bills are set to double \u2014 or even triple \u2014 unless Congress acts. It shocks the conscience that our neighbors \u2014 including those battling cancer, facing serious health challenges, and otherwise \u2014 will no longer be able to afford what could be lifesaving care. This isn\u2019t politics. This is life and death. And I would implore my colleagues across the aisle to get serious about working with Democrats to address the healthcare crisis they created,\u201d said Congressman Joe Neguse.\n\nWatch Rep. Neguse\u2019s full remarks in the Steering and Policy Committee Meeting HERE.\n\nView a video clip regarding Leslie\u2019s story HERE.\n\nHow Did We Get Here?\n\nIn July 2025, Congressional Republicans, under the direction of the Trump administration, enacted the Big Ugly Law, triggering $536 billion in Medicare cuts and stripping support for rural hospitals like those located throughout Colorado\u2019s Western Slope communities. Now, rather than working with Democrats to address the health care crisis they created and ensure an extension for ACA tax credits small businesses and families rely on, Republicans have shut down the federal government with Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to even call the House back into session.\n\n###\n\nIssues: Local Issues", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-evans-urges-financial-institutions-provide-relief-military-and-federal", "Rep. Evans Urges Financial Institutions to Provide Relief for Military and Federal Employees", "2025-10-16", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans sent a letter to banking associations and credit union associations across the state, urging them to support military servicemembers and federal employees impacted by the government shutdown.\n\nThe letter is in response to Senate Democrats decision to vote against the Continuing Resolution (CR) after the eighth round of voting, refusing to work alongside Republicans to fund the government and instead choosing to hold the country hostage over a $1.5 trillion deficit spending partisan wish list. This reckless form of legislating is punishing America\u2019s working-class families who, through no fault of their own, are facing missed paychecks and mounting financial strain.\n\nCongressman Evans\u2019 letter thanks the banks and credit unions that have taken the initiative to implement temporary financial relief programs, while actively calling on other financial institutions to demonstrate solidarity, by respectfully urging their members to waive penalties, suspend late fees, and provide additional immediate relief that safeguards the financial well-being of Coloradans across the state.\n\nAn excerpt from the letter reads:\n\n\"On September 30th, 2025, Senate Democrats failed to join unified Republicans on voting in favor of the Continuing Resolution (CR). This decision, spearheaded by Senate Minority Leader Schumer, caused a lapse in appropriations and now hardworking civil servants and brave men and women in uniform are left to deal with the devastating financial implications\u2026 I respectfully urge and request that your members implement compassionate and proactive measures to support servicemembers and federal workers during this government shutdown. These temporary relief measures will enable families that are missing paychecks to financially recover and come out stronger once Senate Democrats decide to join Republicans in protecting the working class.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-its-time-donald-trump-and-republicans-finally-see-writing-wall-and", "Rep. Neguse: \u201cIt\u2019s time Donald Trump and Republicans finally see the writing on the wall and work with Democrats to reopen the government and address the healthcare crisis.\u201d", "2025-10-16", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 On day 15 of President Trump\u2019s government shutdown, Republican leadership continues to refuse to call the House back into session. Meanwhile, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse and his Democratic colleagues are in Washington, D.C. ready to negotiate an agreement that reopens the government. Rep. Neguse joined Morning Joe and All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC to emphasize these efforts, see below for key highlights from each interview.\n\nNEGUSE: I'm here in Washington with my Democratic colleagues. Republicans are now on week four of their paid vacation. Speaker Johnson has unilaterally decided to refuse to reopen the House, notwithstanding that the government has now been shut down for 15 days. We are continuing to build pressure, and my, I just, I guess I would caution folks, you know, this goes back to a point that Joe [Scarborough] was referencing a bit earlier. At the end of the day, part of what Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to do is to create this perception that he has all the power and that ultimately, sort of in some ways, create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the American public. We\u2019ve got to resist the temptation on that front.\n\n[...]\n\nNEGUSE: Some of the Republicans are beginning to break ranks. And not just some Republicans, MAGA stalwarts. Marjorie Taylor Greene, publicly saying that costs are going up across the board and criticizing the Speaker's procedural strategy in terms of keeping the House closed for four weeks and the substantive strategy in terms of these ACA credits expiring and health care costs ballooning across the country for everyday Americans. That, I think, is sending shock waves through the MAGA ecosystem\u2026Let\u2019s also be clear, Republicans here in Washington, D.C. work for one person and one person only \u2014 and that is Donald Trump. So, insofar as Donald Trump refuses to negotiate in good faith with democrats, I don't see this ending here soon. But one hopes that he would finally see the writing on the wall and work with Democrats to reopen the government and address the healthcare crisis.\n\nWatch the full interview HERE.\n\nHAYES: Congressman, it is notable I think this is the only person I'm hearing break with the party on this, at least in the House. Some Senators seem open to it. What do you make of Marjorie Taylor Greene's endorsement of extending the credits?\n\nNEGUSE: Well, it's good to be with you, Chris. I would hesitate to proffer, you know, any guesses as to her motivations. But I think, my sense is\u2026It's not rocket science. I suspect that [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] has seen what everyone else has seen, which is that her constituents are being completely left behind by President Trump. Costs are going up across the board. Everything is getting more expensive in Donald Trump's America, and that includes health care, which, of course, is exacerbated by the decisions that Republicans made earlier this year to cut Medicaid, to close rural hospitals, and now, of course, their failure to extend these ACA tax credits.\n\nSo, I suspect that [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] is seeing the same thing that so many of my colleagues are seeing. And I do think there are more members on the Republican side of the aisle, who are both privately and publicly signaling deep disagreement with respect to the Speaker's strategy, which, by the way, Chris, just for the record, and I think it's important, perhaps can't be overstated is just completely baseless.\n\nI'm here at the Capitol, as you know, the House is now on week four of a paid vacation. The Speaker refuses to open up the House. We're now on day 14 of a government shutdown. It is absurd that the Speaker has not brought Republicans back to Washington. My Democratic colleagues, we\u2019re all here ready to get to work, to negotiate and reopen the government. But I just don't think that this position that he has taken is sustainable or tenable.\n\nWatch the full interview HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-withhold-pay-until-federal-government-funded", "Rep. Crank to Withhold Pay Until Federal Government is Funded", "2025-10-15", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "COLORADO SPRINGS, C.O. - Today, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) has released the following statement on the third week of the federal government shutdown:\n\n\"During this government shutdown, perpetuated by the Senate minority, our servicemembers pay has been jeopardized and our federal workers are missing paychecks\" said Rep. Crank. \"Until Congress fulfills its constitutional duty to fund the government, no member of Congress should receive pay. Congress must fulfill its constitutional duty and fund the federal government. Which, until then, I have requested the CAO to withhold my pay.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-gabe-evans-and-don-davis-introduce-bipartisan-bill-honor-service-through", "Reps. Gabe Evans and Don Davis introduce Bipartisan Bill to Honor Service Through Opportunity", "2025-10-14", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Gabe Evans", "E000300", "gabeevans.house.gov", "gabeevans", "https://gabeevans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08) joined Rep. Don Davis (NC-01) to introduce the bipartisan, Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans with Disabilities Act. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) making the bill both bipartisan and bicameral.\n\nThe Hiring Preferences for Veterans and Americans with Disabilities Act empowers state and local jurisdictions to give hiring preference to veterans, individuals with disabilities, and nonresident military spouses or dependents when selecting election workers. It also ensures military spouses and dependents cannot be denied these roles solely on the grounds that they do not maintain residency in the jurisdiction.\n\n\u201cAs an Army veteran and former cop, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how our military families contribute to Colorado\u2019s communities,\u201d said Congressman Gabe Evans. \u201cAs a former state legislator, I championed initiatives to support and expand opportunities for the disability community. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation helps to not only continue those efforts but gives our veterans and their families the chance to continue serving our country \u2014 this time by safeguarding our right to vote.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur veterans and military families deserve every opportunity available because they have made significant sacrifices for the American people.\u201d \u2014 Congressman Don Davis\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s veterans put their lives on the line in defense of our freedoms, and as they transition to civilian life after coming home, it\u2019s critical we ensure they can find purpose, community, and opportunity. I\u2019m proud to lead this commonsense bill to empower our veterans to continue serving our country through the electoral process.\u201d \u2013 Senator Tim Sheehy", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-hosts-veterans-resource-fair-in-aurora", "Congressman Crow Hosts Veterans Resource Fair in Aurora", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "AURORA \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), a former Army Ranger, today hosted a Veterans Resource Fair at the Colorado Freedom Memorial Event in Aurora. This event served as a one-stop shop for veterans and their families to get help with VA benefits, employment assistance, education resources, and more.\n\n\u201cAs a former Army Ranger, I know that too many veterans are struggling to get their hard-earned VA benefits and transition back fully to civilian life,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cThat\u2019s why I held a Veterans Resource Fair in Aurora with more than 20 different veteran service organizations in attendance to help veterans and their families get the resources they need and deserve. I\u2019ll never stop advocating for Colorado\u2019s veterans, servicemembers, and their families.\u201d\n\nThe event featured more than 20 veteran service organizations, including: Troops Into Transportation, Mind Spa, Marcus Institute for Brain Health, WarriorNOW, Medicine Horse Program, Canine Partners of the Rockies, Rocky Mountain Veterans Advocacy Project, Salute Colorado, Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado, Family Care Center, Adaptive Adventures, Project Healing Waters, State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, VA ECHCS, Rocky Mountain NOCO American Gold Star Mothers, Lowry Veterans Law Ltd., Sunshine Behavioral Health, Denver Regional Council of Governments, and Seiler-Berget Chapter 21 DAV.\n\nAs an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, ensuring America\u2019s veterans and their families get the appropriate care and resources is a top priority for Congressman Crow. In the 118th Congress, he introduced the Veteran\u2019s Sentinel Act, bipartisan legislation to respond to suicide by US veterans at Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) facilities by improving the accuracy of data collection and enhancing congressional oversight. Previously, he introduced the Justice Involved Veterans Support Act and supported the PACT Act, which expands health care to millions of servicemembers exposed to toxic chemicals.\n\nCongressman Crow has also worked to connect Coloradans with critical community resources. Last month, Crow hosted an Affordable Housing & Family Resource Fair to provide resources to Coloradans related to affordable housing, and earlier this year, he held his annual job fair with hundreds of Coloradans in attendance and dozens of employers from across the Denver Metro.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"], ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-announces-el-comite-de-longmont-winner-2025-polly-baca", "Congressman Neguse Announces El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont as Winner of 2025 Polly Baca Ra\u00edces Fuertes Community Service Award In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Lafayette, CO \u2014Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse and his staff announced that El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont has been named the winner of his annual Polly Baca Ra\u00edces Fuertes Community Service Award. He made note of the organization\u2019s decades of service to Colorado\u2019s Latino community. For 45 years, El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont has offered reliable and compassionate support by providing low cost or free services including ESL classes, one-on-one case management, immigration attorney consultations, and much more.\n\n\u201cAmid challenging times, El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont has been an anchor for our Latino community. And no group is more deserving of this year\u2019s Polly Baca Ra\u00edces Fuertes Community Service Award than their dedicated Board of Directors and staff,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cEl Comit\u00e9 de Longmont sets the bar high for community-based service through their unwavering commitment to human rights, dignity, and justice. We are truly grateful for all they do.\u201d\n\n\"This award is a testament to the strength, resilience, and unity of our community. We are honored to have walked alongside generations of families, working together to build a more equitable and inclusive future.\" said Edwina Salazar, President of El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont.\n\n\" The staff and board of El Comit\u00e9 are honor to have been recognized by the Congresssman and members of our community who served on the committee. We will strive to exemplify Sen. BACA's ideals and leadership as we continue to develop the organization and our programs to better meet community needs.\" said Lisa Moreno, Executive Director of El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont.\n\nEach year, the Polly Baca Ra\u00edces Fuertes Community Service Award honors individuals who represent the qualities of service to others and the uplifting of the Latino community that former State Senator Polly Baca embodies. Congressman Neguse established the award in 2020 to recognize an exemplary leader in the 2nd Congressional District who best exhibits commitment to the service of others. El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont is the first organization to receive the recognition; previous winners include individuals from across Northern Colorado.\n\nAbout El Comit\u00e9 de Longmont:\n\nEl Comit\u00e9 de Longmont has devoted more than four decades of service to the families and communities of Boulder County. Their commitment to service has ensured over 3,000 people per year are helped since their establishment \u2014 93% of whom qualify as very low-income with the majority of whom only speak Spanish. Their role in providing low cost or free services including citizenship and English-Second Language classes, case management, immigration attorney consultations, and more has played a critical role in resiliency in the Longmont community and Colorado as a whole.\n\nEl Comit\u00e9 de Longmont\u2019s staff is led by Lisa Moreno, who has more than 20 years of experience in public policy, community development, and social work. She is joined by Edwina Salazar who leads the Board of Directors and works tirelessly for the organization as well. The 13 staff along with the 11-member Board of Directors work tirelessly for human rights, dignity, and justice.\n\nThe organization was founded in 1980, after two young Latino men were shot by two Longmont Police Officers. 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