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Originally published in: ARLnow Arlington’s congressman is quarreling with the Department of Homeland Security following a visit to one of Virginia’s immigration detention centers. The federal department publicly criticized U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D) in a press release after he visited Farmville Detention Center on Friday. It accused him of prioritizing detainees with criminal… Read more »

Originally published in: ARLnow A new bill with the backing of U.S. Rep. Don Beyer is seeking to redraw congressional lines to combat gerrymandering and improve representation. The measure, called the Fair Representation Act, was introduced by Beyer and Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin on July 23. It would involve creating larger congressional districts with multiple representatives,… Read more »

Originally published in: Alexandria Living Magazine The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Friday reported that the unemployment rate in Virginia rose again in June, to 3.5 percent. The BLS report notes that “Virginia had the only rate increase” in the month of June. This was the sixth consecutive increase in Virginia’s unemployment rate, the first time the Commonwealth’s… Read more »

Originally published in: Science Democrats in the Republican-controlled Congress may lack the political clout to reverse the billions of dollars in federal research grants canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration since he took office in January. But they can at least shine a light on what that loss could mean to the country—and make the case for why Trump’s proposed budget… Read more »

Originally published in: The Nation During the tortured final congressional debate before the US House of Representatives approved the legislative monstrosity that Donald Trump dubbed “the one big, beautiful bill”—and that detractors have more accurately described as “the one big ugly bill”—US Representative Don Beyer delivered a moment of moral clarity. “From the Gospel of… Read more »

Originally published in: Government Executive A trio of federal lawmakers from Virginia on Friday demanded information from the Trump administration on its decision to relocate the Housing and Urban Development Department’s headquarters into the National Science Foundation’s building in Alexandria and shuttling the scientific agency to parts unknown. When officials from HUD and the… Read more »

Originally published in: Roll Call “Stygian” means having the characteristics of death, but the word kept a lawmaker alive in a spelling competition Wednesday night. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., got it correct to move on to the final round of the National Press Club’s Press & Politicians Spelling Bee, where he squared off against Jessica Mendoza, a podcast co-host at The Wall… Read more »

Originally published in WUSA 9 The Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters will move to the Alexandria building that currently houses the National Science Foundation, Secretary Scott Turner announced Wednesday.  The move will bring HUD's 2,700 D.C. employees across the Potomac River to work in Virginia. Still, as critics have noted, the move makes the future… Read more »

Originally published in: ARLnow Arlington’s congressman has pledged to support a resolution limiting U.S. military involvement in Iran. U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D) cast his support yesterday (Tuesday) for a war powers resolution that would prohibit any use of the U.S. military in “hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran” without a declaration of war or explicit… Read more »

Originally published in: WUSA 9 Thousands of people participated in 'No Kings' protests across Northern Virginia, Saturday, including one on King Street in Old Town, Alexandria. Others could be seen by drivers traveling on I-395 in Arlington. 'No Kings' protesters hung signs and flags on highway overpasses just a few miles from Saturday’s parade. “When you ignore the people,… Read more »