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Congressmen Cohen and Beyer Reintroduce the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act

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Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Don Beyer (VA-8) today reintroduced the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act with 60 of their Congressional colleagues. The measure would prevent the wealthiest Americans from escaping federal income taxes or paying lower tax rates than ordinary Americans. President Biden proposed it in this year’s budget and called for Congress to act in this year’s State of the U...

ESA Caucus Co-Chairs Introduce Resolution Commemorating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act

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Today, the Co-Chairs of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Caucus Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act. The resolution emphasizes the need to prioritize conservation efforts to address the biodiver...

Beyer, Norton, Wexton Urge Interior Department Reform And Review On Sixth Anniversary Of Ghaisar Shooting

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U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today urged Secretary Deb Haaland to implement reform at the Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve transparency in its law enforcement agencies. Their letter, sent on the sixth anniversary of the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Northern Virginian Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police, al...

Beyer Statement On Negotiations For Ceasefire And Release Of Hostages

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on reported negotiations in Qatar coordinated by American officials for an agreement that would see a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages, and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians: “I support negotiations seeking a deal on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. “While the immediat...

Virginia Delegation Members Request Investigation of Site Selection Process for New FBI HQ

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Today, members of Virginia’s congressional delegation wrote to the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to request an investigation into concerns raised by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the site selection process for a new FBI headquarters. The letter was signed by US Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Repres...

SEEC Praises the Unveiling of Biden’s National Climate Assessment

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The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement after the publication of the Biden Administration’s Fifth National Climate Assessment...

Statement Of Virginia Leaders On Selection Process For New FBI HQ

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Today, Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), Governor Glenn Youngkin, and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) issued a statement following new reports regarding the selection process run by the General Services Administration (GSA) to det...

Rep. Beyer Announces Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi as Keynote Speaker at Annual Women’s Conference

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Rep. Don Beyer announced today that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will be his special guest and keynote speaker at his Seventh Annual Women’s Conference: Unite. Ignite. Inspire on Saturday, November 4. Nancy Pelosi served as the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Pelosi made history again i...

Beyer Statement On Republicans’ Supplemental Israel Funding Bill

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee, issued the following statement today on House Republican legislation that would cut IRS funding and increase federal deficits while ignoring key elements of President Biden’s supplemental funding request to address national security needs: “It is extraordinarily cynical for Republicans to try to exploit an internationa...

On The Conflict In Israel And Gaza

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On October 7th, Hamas launched a series of horrifying terrorist attacks against Israeli communities, resulting in a huge number of civilian deaths. Israel responded to these attacks by vowing to destroy Hamas. The ensuing bombardment has seen enormous and tragic civilian losses in Gaza. I am profoundly concerned about the escalating conflict, which has now entered its fourth week and claimed the l...

Virginia Congressional Democrats Push DOJ Again to Investigate Youngkin Administration’s Purging of Voter Rolls

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On Monday, October 30, 2023, Virginia’s Democratic Congressional delegation sent a follow-up letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the Youngkin Administration’s improper removal of nearly 3,400 eligible voters from the rolls. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-VA), and Representatives Robert C...

Rep. Beyer To Honor Tanya J. Bradsher, The First Woman Confirmed To Serve As Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, At Annual Women’s Conference

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Rep. Don Beyer announced today that Tanya J. Bradsher will receive the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award during his Seventh Annual Women’s Conference on November 4. Bradsher was nominated by President Biden to serve as the 10th Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2023, and sworn in on September 20, 2023. She is the first woman conf...

Beyer Statement On President Biden’s AI Executive Order

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Rep. Don Beyer, vice-chair of the bipartisan Congressional AI Caucus, today welcomed President Biden’s landmark Executive Order establishing rigorous standards for AI safety and security, bolstering American leadership in AI worldwide, and protecting Americans’ rights. “President Biden’s Executive Order on AI is an ambitiously comprehensive strategy for responsible innovation that builds on previo...

Wyden, Bennet, Beyer Introduce Bicameral Bill to Overhaul Unemployment Insurance

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Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and U.S. Representative Don Beyer, D-Va., today introduced legislation to update and expand unemployment insurance so that the program better meets the needs of the modern workforce and is ready to respond should America face a future recession. “The past few years have clearly shown that our unemployment insuran...

Heeding Lawmakers’ Call, IRS Announces Direct File Pilot Program

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United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), and Don Beyer (D-Va.) released the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its 2024 pilot of Direct File, a program that will all...