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Originally published in The Washington Post. Metro is taking control of the Silver Line extension, the transit agency announced Thursday, moving the long-delayed project a step closer to passenger service. Riders could begin boarding trains this fall if testing and safety accreditations are completed. The handover to the transit agency from the Metropolitan Washington Airports… Read more »

Originally published on WUSA 9. A letter signed by six local members of Congress urges NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to "do the right thing" and release the results of an investigation into the Washington Commanders and their workplace environment ahead of a Congressional hearing.  On Wednesday, June 22, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will begin a… Read more »

Originally published on Business Insider.  Thirty-seven House Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday to levy a 1,000% tax on AR-15-style rifles in an effort to try and severely restrict access to the weapons through a maneuver that wouldn't require any GOP support. Rep. Donald Beyer of Virginia formally rolled out the "Assault Weapons Excise Act" alongside 36 House… Read more »

Originally published on Patch. Arlington Science Focus School welcomed NASA astronauts and a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut to the school Friday morning as part of an Artemis Generation event where students got a chance to ask the astronauts questions. Hosted by Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), chairman of the U.S. House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Space and… Read more »

Originally published on Business Insider. The recent string of high-profile shootings in the US is prompting one House Democrat to draft a measure designed to severely restrict access to the AR-15-style weapons used by gunmen in the carnage. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, wants to impose a 1,000% excise tax on such semiautomatic… Read more »

Originally published on Falls Church News-Press. Speaking at an event at the City of Falls Church’s new Meridian High School today, Vice President Harris announced the availability of $500 million in funding from the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program that was established by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The announcement was made by the Vice President… Read more »

Originally published on Patch. Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan visited Meridian High School in Falls Church on Friday to kick off the Biden administration’s new national initiative to make school bus fleets less polluting. Over the next five years, the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program will help school… Read more »

Originally published on Business Insider. For nearly two years, proxy voting has been a ubiquitous, if contested, feature of the House of Representatives. Instituted in May 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the procedure has allowed countless members of Congress to cast votes on behalf of colleagues that attest, in writing, that they are "unable to physically attend… Read more »

Originally published on Falls Church News-Press. Falls Church’s U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, founder of the bipartisan House Fusion Energy Caucus and member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, keynoted a White House Summit on Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy last month. Beyer told the News-Press that he has long been a supporter of nuclear… Read more »

Originally published in: Patch Northern Virginia residents are now starting to notice higher noise levels from flight pattern changes approved by federal officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport without proper community engagement just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) said Wednesday. In late January 2020, the Federal Aviation… Read more »