Continue pushing to reverse any plans to eliminate funding for critical science institutions and oppose proposals that undermine American science research.

Joe Neguse · Colorado · Democratic

policy impact 3.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

We must continue to push for reversal of any plans to eliminate funding for these critical institutions or diminish the strength of our national labs, and stand strongly opposed to reckless and short-sighted proposals that undermine American science research.

Neguse commits to keep fighting attempts to cut funding for key science institutions and to oppose proposals that weaken U.S. science research.

Rep. Neguse Announces $4 Million in Federal Funding Released for Boulder NOAA Institute | Congressman Joe Neguse
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"we oppose the restructuring and weakening of NCAR, which would erode critical research capacity, disrupt long-standing partnerships, and diminish our ability to understand, anticipate, and respond to extreme weather-related risks."

Neguse joined a bipartisan public comment opposing proposed structural changes to NCAR and defending the institution's research capacity.

Reps. Neguse & Hurd, Sens. Bennet & Hickenlooper Lead 80 Lawmakers in Submitting Bipartisan Public Comment in Defense of NCAR | Congressman Joe Neguse
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We have serious concerns about how structural changes to the organization will affect national weather forecasting capabilities, national security functions, and the long-term return on federal investment. ... In sum, we oppose the restructuring and weakening of NCAR, which would erode critical research capacity, disrupt long-standing partnerships, and diminish our ability to understand, anticipate, and respond to extreme weather-related risks.

Neguse and other lawmakers state their opposition to restructuring NCAR and argue for preserving its federal research funding and capabilities.

3.13.26-ncar-nsf-letter-final.pdf
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led 80 of their colleagues in submitting a public comment opposing proposed structural changes to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder

Joined other lawmakers in opposing proposed changes to NCAR, a Colorado science institution.

Reps. Neguse & Hurd, Sens. Bennet & Hickenlooper Lead 80 Lawmakers in Submitting Bipartisan Public Comment in Defense of NCAR
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I write to alert you of allegations ... concerning ... the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) ... I believe [this] must be independently investigated immediately.

Neguse calls for an independent investigation into alleged efforts to dismantle NCAR and transfer its space weather program, signaling continued opposition to actions that would undermine critical science institutions.

Rep. Neguse Calls For Inspector General Investigation Into OMB, National Science Foundation & Allegations of Potential Sale of NCAR to For-Profit Corporation | Congressman Joe Neguse
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Evidence

Latest News: "Rep. Neguse Announces $4 Million in Federal Funding Released for Boulder NOAA Institute". The page says Neguse announced that $4.28 million in federal funding for the Global Monitoring Lab (GML) housed at NOAA in Boulder has been released by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Official House site shows Neguse helped secure release of NOAA science funding in Boulder during the current window, a concrete partial advance toward reversing funding-elimination plans.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Joe Neguse | Representing the 2nd District of Colorado
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

The press release says a bipartisan coalition led by Neguse submitted a public comment to NSF opposing proposed restructuring and weakening of NCAR, warning that divesting research aircraft or the supercomputing center would diminish weather forecasting and national security capabilities.

Neguse continued active opposition to efforts to dismantle a major science institution, but this was advocacy rather than a final reversal or completed policy outcome.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Neguse & Hurd, Sens. Bennet & Hickenlooper Lead 80 Lawmakers in Submitting Bipartisan Public Comment in Defense of NCAR | Congressman Joe Neguse
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

Neguse joined Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper and other Colorado lawmakers in sending a letter to USDA seeking information on plans to reorganize the Forest Service, including restructuring the agency and reassigning personnel.

Official House release shows Neguse still actively pressing back against federal agency restructuring in his current term. This is related context for the promise, but it does not by itself prove a science-funding reversal.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Press Releases | Congressman Joe Neguse
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 74%

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's effort to transfer the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center away from Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, finding NSF had not justified the move.

Concrete same-term setback for an effort to restructure a major science institution in Neguse's district. This supports partial progress toward preventing anti-science institutional changes, but it is a block rather than a completed policy win attributable to Neguse alone.

partial same_term A for effort

Judge blocks NCAR lab transfer
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

The administration reversed its plan to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative after backlash, with NSF halting removal plans and continuing operations and maintenance of the system.

A recent reversal shows at least one federal science-infrastructure dismantling plan was pulled back during the lookback window. It is broader than Neguse's district-specific fights, so it supports only partial delivery of the underlying promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

Assessments

delivered same_term

This promise is primarily effort-based: to keep pushing against cuts to science institutions and to oppose anti-research proposals. The evidence shows Neguse did that in the same term by joining oversight letters on federal restructuring, leading bipartisan opposition to NSF changes affecting NCAR, and helping secure release of NOAA funding for a Boulder science lab. While not every threatened science cut was fully reversed by him alone, the record supports that he continued the promised advocacy and achieved at least some concrete funding protection, which is enough to count this effort-focused promise as delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 84%

partial same_term A for effort

Neguse has taken concrete same-term actions consistent with the promise, including helping secure release of $4.28 million for NOAA's Boulder Global Monitoring Lab and leading bipartisan opposition to proposed weakening of NCAR. However, the evidence shows advocacy and funding release for specific institutions, not a completed broad reversal of all plans to eliminate funding or undermine American science research. This supports partial delivery with demonstrated effort rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%