Due to a lapse in government funding, the federal government shut down as of midnight on October 1, 2025. I firmly believe that government shutdowns are bad, and they are harmful. I continue to urge President Donald Trump and my Republican colleagues in Congress to govern responsibly and negotiate a deal that funds the government and keeps Americans from losing their health care. More than 72,000 ... Read More »
Rep. Don Beyer today announced that Nancy Eslick, who most recently served as Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator of the Resilience, Environment & Food Security (REFS) Bureau at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will receive the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award at his Ninth Annual Women's Conference: The Ripple Effects of Resilience on Mon... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (MD-D) introduced the Help Federal Employees During Shutdowns (Help FEDS) Act. The bill ensures federal employees who are required to work during a government shutdown are eligible to apply for unemployment insurance (UI). “Government funding runs out in less than 32 hours, and over half of Americans are living paycheck to pa... Read More »
This week, congressional Republicans are holding both House and Senate in recess, refusing to meet or negotiate legislation to stop catastrophically large health care premium increases caused by their Big Ugly Bill. As the approaching government funding deadline puts more attention on health care costs, Republicans are increasingly relying on mass deception about the effects of their bill’s massiv... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) and James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) issued a statement: “We take seriously our responsibility to provide oversight and ensure that all federal agencies meet their obligations under the law. Today, we visited the ICE field office in Chantilly, Va., after a month of attempting to gain access following serious ... Read More »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), with 83 U.S. House Representatives, today wrote Acting National Park Service (NPS) Director Jessica Bowron to solicit information regarding the impacts of the June 9 memo directing all NPS units to identify any public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties that are “subjectively negative” about either past or living Americans, or that fa... Read More »
In case you missed it, U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) and U.S. Rep. James Walkinshaw (VA-11) on Monday joined Protect Our Care Virginia to discuss the ongoing Trump-GOP health care disaster and the urgent need to stop GOP premium hikes by making Affordable Care Act enhanced Premium Tax Credits p... Read More »
This past Friday, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Don Bacon (NE-02) were joined by Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) to introduce the bipartisan “No Coffee Tax Act,” that will repeal the Trump administration’s tariffs on coffee and lower costs for consumers. The U.S. is the largest importer of coffee in the world. Brazil, the top source for U.S. coffee, has face... Read More »
Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Don Beyer (VA-8) and Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced bicameral Billionaire Income Tax Act bills in an effort to establish a level of fairness in federal taxation and prevent millionaires and billionaires (and one prospective trillionaire) from avoiding significant liability. The measure would tax wealth gains as they occur. Congressman Cohen made the... Read More »
On Wednesday, September 10, Representative Don Beyer led 26 of his colleagues in demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio release the congressionally mandated 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report, which was due to Congress on June 30 and is critical to combatting the scourge of human trafficking. The report comes from the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP), which recent... Read More »
Congressman Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia district with one of the highest concentrations of federal employees in the country, today shared an invitation to a constituent services event to be held on Saturday, September 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event will offer practical financial guidance tailored for current and former federal workers. Held in partnership with Falls Chu... Read More »
Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) today announced the introduction of the Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support Act to help facilitate effective student-led mental health crisis response. “Too many young Americans are struggling with their mental health and suffer in silence. We can do more in Congress to support teenage mental health, including by facilitating student-led peer-to-peer edu... Read More »
Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) released the following statement: “The rise in political violence—which has inflicted tragedy upon the families of Republican activist Charlie Kirk and M... Read More »
Augusta Medical Group announced days ago that it would permanently close three health clinics in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The clinics were located in Buena Vista, Churchville, and Weyers Cave, all in the rural I-81 corridor that runs through the western part of the Commonwealth. Augusta’s announcement of the closures said they were “part of Augusta Health’s ongoing response to the One Big Bea... Read More »
Friday morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the August jobs report, which found that employment in the United States “has shown little change since April.” The U.S. economy has averaged just 27,000 jobs added per month over the past four months, a sharp drop from previous years, amid a clear and dramatic slowdown caused by President Trump’s chaotic and destructive tariff regime. The econo... Read More »
