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Scandals Pile Up For Interior Chief Ryan Zinke

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Huff Post Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) skewered Zinke in a series of posts to Twitter on Thursday, comparing him to the ousted EPA chief. “Pruitt was not the only Trump Cabinet member with terrible ethics problems, and Zinke’s issues also stem from ignoring ethics guidelines while empowering industry,” Beyer wrote. Click here to read the full article

Halliburton probe makes 11 federal investigations into Interior secretary’s decisions

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Think Progress In a statement released following the announcement on Wednesday, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) linked Zinke’s behavior to that of former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt, who remains the subject of more than a dozen ongoing federal investigations. Beyer serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over the Interior Department. “Scott Prui...

Va. congressman introduces measure to fund Park Police body camera program

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Tags: Oversight

WTOP A Virginia congressman has introduced an amendment he hopes will ensure funding that will continue a body camera pilot program for U.S. Park Police. Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat who represents Virginia’s 8th Congressional District that includes Arlington County, the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County, proposed a change to the Interior Appropriations Bill that will se...

Lawmakers are working to ensure that what happened with Pruitt never happens again

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Think Progress The EPA OIG has previously expressed that a lack of funding is preventing the watchdog from investigating Pruitt’s scandals. An amendment proposed by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) would reduce the Department of Interior’s Office of the Secretary by $1 million and increase the EPA OIG budget by the same amount. Read the full article here

Paul Ryan says economy is booming, but warns that new tariffs 'are not the solution'

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ABC News Beyond tariffs, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said Republicans had ruined the economy for working-class Americans. “The Trump Administration and the GOP Congress have one major legislative accomplishment: gutting Medicare and Social Security to slash taxes for CEOs and the wealthy," Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., a member of the Joint Economic Committee, told ABC News in a written statement. "Because of...

House Dem amendment seeks to ensure Pruitt probes are completed

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The Hill “Scott Pruitt’s self-dealing makes all swamp creatures blush. Throughout his tenure at the EPA he never missed an opportunity to exploit his public office for personal gain and the fact that Republicans looked the other way is shameful,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who introduced the proposed amendment along with Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). Click here to read the full article

Democratic lawmaker: Pruitt not 'living up to the faith that he says he has'

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CNN Virginia's Democratic Rep. Don Beyer said there is a "cognitive clash" between outgoingEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's religious words and his conduct in office. "I don't want to say his faith isn't real, but he's certainly not living up to the faith that he says he has," Beyer told CNN's Jim Acosta on "The Situation Room" on Thursday. Beyer was reacting to Pruitt'...

Dems seek probe into allegations Pruitt altered calendars

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The Hill Two House Democrats want the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog to investigate allegations that Administrator Scott Pruitt sought to keep certain events off his publicly released calendar. In a Thursday letter to EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins, Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) say Pruitt’s “secret” calendars, as described in a Tuesday CNN report,...