Press Releases
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Rep. Beyer To Honor Gun Violence Prevention Activist Naomi Wadler At Annual Women’s Conference
Rep. Beyer announced today that Alexandria’s Naomi Wadler will receive the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award for her advocacy in support of gun violence prevention. Wadler, 11, organized youth protests at her school in the wake of ...
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Beyer, Dingell, And Grijalva Lead 100+ Members In Call To Safeguard Endangered Species Act
Today, Reps. Don Beyer, Debbie Dingell, and Raúl M. Grijalva led a group of 105 Democrats in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urging them to withdraw recently proposed changes that weaken the Endangered Spe...
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Reps. Napolitano, Katko & Beyer Recognize September as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
This week Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32), John Katko (R-NY-24), and Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced H.Res. 1067 to recognize September as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. “September National Suicide Prevention Month is a time to educa...
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Udall, Carper, Grijalva, Dingell and Beyer Join Advocates in Defending Endangered Species Act
U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) and U.S. Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and Don Beyer (D-Va.) joined scientists, faith leaders, environmental advocates and the public to gather in suppor...
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Safe Climate Caucus: Methane Rule Rollback Is “Last Thing The Federal Government Should Be Doing”
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan today to gut safeguards on methane and other pollutants from the fossil fuel industry. Safe Climate Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08) and Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) released the followin...
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Beyer Statement On EPA OIG Finding That Scott Pruitt’s Excessive Spending on Security Detail Was Not Justified
Today the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report which found that over $3.5 million was spent on the personal security detail (PSD) of former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, without justifi...
Recent News
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The Park Police shot and killed a man. The next Park Service director has to look into it.
Washington Post | Ghaisar’s family, having exercised superhuman patience for months, last month filed suit against the government, seeking $25 million in damage — and an explanation. The congressman who represents the area where the shooting occurred...
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Dem lawmaker jabs Trump call for transparency by asking for his tax returns
The Hill | Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) fired back at President Trump after the president said he would be declassifying documents related to the Russia investigation out of a desire for “total transparency" by renewing the call for Trump’s tax returns. Tr...
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What Lawmakers From My State Are Doing About Equal Pay
Bustle | "One of my top priorities since coming to Congress has been ensuring equal pay for equal work and strengthening women’s rights. It has been shown time and again that when we lift everyone and expand opportunity to all, the entire county nati...
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Young activist honored
Roll Call | Virginia Rep. Don Beyer will be honoring Naomi Wadler, an 11 year old March for Our Lives organizer, with the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award on Oct. 13.