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My district office has moved to a new location! As of today, the office housing my constituent services team is located at: 1901 N. Fort Myer Drive, Suite 900 Arlington, VA, 22209  Constituents who require assistance may begin requests here, or call the district office at (703) 658-5403. Read more »

In recent weeks I’ve heard from a huge number of Northern Virginians in letters, calls, and at community events about the urgent need to address gun violence. Like you, I am horrified by recent mass shootings that have claimed so many innocent lives.  These tragedies, including the killing of 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, the killing of 10… Read more »

Many constituents have called my office asking about my positions on gun safety legislation following recent mass shootings. Here are answers to some of these questions, for more please see here and here. Do you support universal background checks? — Yes. I voted for HR 8 and HR 1446. Do you support red flag laws? — Yes, I co-lead the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.… Read more »

2022 Awardees  1st Place Hope and Peace by William Zhang (Thomas Jefferson HSST '24) Medium: Digital Art  2nd Place Ember by Mason Taylor (Wakefield HS… Read more »

Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro announced that the House Committee on Appropriations will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. Each Member is limited to no more than 15 Community Project Funding requests across all subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2023 and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. Please note: Congressman Beyer… Read more »

2021 Awardees 1st Place  Shadows of Democracy by Charlie Williams (Wakefield HS '21) Medium: Digital Photography 2nd Place Self-Portrait 2020 by Morgan Andrews (Washington Liberty HS '22) Medium:… Read more »

Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro announced that the House Committee on Appropriations will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 10 Community Project Funding requests across all subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2022 and there is no guarantee that all… Read more »

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) plans to advance surface transportation authorization legislation later this spring, building on H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, from the 116th Congress. Chairman Peter DeFazio announced that the T&I Committee will formally accept requests for projects from House Members. The T&I Committee process for… Read more »

What the Department of Commerce Can Do For Your Startup Congressman Don Beyer, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt S. Erskine, visited 1776 this afternoon for a roundtable and walkthrough at the incubator and venture fund’s recently opened Crystal City location. Beyer, Deputy Secretary Andrews, and… Read more »

It is shocking to hear that our dedicated public servants had their personal financial information exposed in a breach of the Office of Personnel Management. Our federal workforce keeps the country running; their personal information should be treated with the utmost importance and security. We must and we will do better, and I will work closely with OPM and others to ensure that… Read more »