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Originally published in: The Alexandria Brief One day after regional officials gathered for the first comprehensive public briefing on the Potomac Interceptor sewer collapse, Congressman Don Beyer — who represents Alexandria and Arlington — led 13 colleagues from Maryland and DC in sending a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure demanding federal… Read more »

Originally published in: The Washington Post A planned $6 billion merger between President Donald Trump’s social media and cryptocurrency company and a fusion power firm may give a boost to efforts to innovate a new form of electricity but raises thorny questions about what the energy company has to gain, economists and ethics experts said. The companies say the merger is… Read more »

Originally published in: ARLnow A proposed exception to restrictions on military flights around Reagan National Airport is prompting outcry among some federal officials. U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D) and five other members of Congress representing Virginia joined the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as well as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in crying foul yesterday… Read more »

Originally published in: Axios House members in both parties are groaning about what they say is the out of control use of censure as a partisan tool — with one member even floating a proposal to raise the threshold for censuring his colleagues. Why it matters: Censure was once the gravest rebuke the House could give to its members short of expulsion, but its use has… Read more »

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Originally published in: The New York Times When Jill Hornick woke up on Monday morning, her first thought was that her timecard would be submitted that day for her job with the Social Security Administration in Chicago. But this Monday was different. The federal government was locked in a shutdown, and she received a paycheck for $0. “This is the only income I have,” she said. “And I… Read more »

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Originally published in: WJLA 7 U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D - Va.) and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D - Va.) held a roundtable with local and national aviation experts Friday to discuss aviation safety and safety at Reagan National Airport (DCA) following January's deadly mid-air collision. “The challenges that we all know is that air traffic in the greater Washington area is… Read more »

Originally published in: DC News Now Local officials said they would introduce a bill requiring federal law enforcement to use body-worn and dashboard cameras when Congress returns in September. This comes after Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) say officers have been using excessive force to make arrests as part of President Donald Trump’s “unnecessary and… Read more »

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