Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act to help hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities prepare for extreme weather and natural disasters without compromising patient care and routine services. The bill would expand the role of… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve federal coordination of methane monitoring technologies and methane emission data-sharing, to better support the methane mitigation industry and prevent revenue loss due to leaks.
“Identifying methane leaks is critical for the success of the American energy and methane mitigation… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today led 24 House Democrats in demanding that the National Park Service (NPS) immediately halt implementation of new rules that impose up to triple baseline fees on non-U.S.-resident visitors for passes and entry to national parks. Under the new rules, non-U.S. resident visitors must pay an additional $170 surcharge on annual park passes and an additional… Read more »
Today, 86 Congressional Democrats demanded the Trump administration withdraw four proposed rules that would blow massive holes in the Endangered Species Act — the law that has saved 99 percent of listed species from extinction.
In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman… Read more »
Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Lands, Waters, and Nature Task Force, led by Co-Chairs Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Doris Matsui (CA-07), released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (H.R. 1366) and Pet and Livestock Protection Act (H.R.… Read more »
The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Improving Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act… Read more »
Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced a bill to protect residents and small businesses from rising electricity costs caused by artificial intelligence data centers.
The annual electricity consumption in the U.S. hit a record high in 2024 and is expected to keep rising. It’s driven in part by the growing demands for artificial… Read more »
Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ryan Zinke (R-MT) today introduced the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act to make permanent the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Wildlife Crossings Program and authorize funding through 2031. The Wildlife Crossings Program is a competitive grant program established under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to address the… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today introduced the Innovative Practices for Soil Health Act, bipartisan legislation to improve soil health on farms and support sustainable alternatives to annual agriculture. The legislation would ensure United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) conservation programs are better able to support… Read more »
As new data centers are being built across the U.S. to support the expansion of AI, a group of 20 federal lawmakers led by Rep. Kevin Mullin (CA-15), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, are raising concerns about how increasing demands on the electrical grid could impact household energy bills. In letters to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Edison Electric… Read more »
