U.S. Representatives Don Beyer, Jennifer McClellan, Suhas Subramanyam, Eugene Vindman, and James Walkinshaw, Democrats from Virginia, today urged the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to reject the proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy by Florida-based NextEra. In a letter submitted ahead of the SCC’s November 12 public comment deadline, the Members warned that the merger, as… Read more »
Today, Don Beyer (D-Va.), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led 37 other Democratic lawmakers in demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the Trump administration’s… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his new White House Chief of Staff:
“Trump’s elevation of Stephen Miller doubles down on the politics of hatred, lawlessness, and failure that the American people soundly rejected three days ago.
“Stephen Miller is the architect of Trump’s immigration policies that plunged quiet… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes Arlington National Cemetery and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), testified before the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) today, urging the Commission to reject the Trump Administration’s proposed 250-foot arch on Columbia Island.
The 12-member Commission, which oversees… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes Arlington National Cemetery and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), hailed Judge Chutkan’s injunction barring the Trump Administration from commencing construction on Trump’s vanity arch for 14 days. The judicial order came after Trump’s handpicked commission members voted to… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House and serves as the Senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement today:
“Donald Trump and J.D. Vance were elected on promises to lower prices and end wars. Instead, they plunged the country into an endless nightmare of inflation, corruption, and illegal… Read more »
Today, Reps. Mark Takano (CA-39), Don Beyer (VA-8), Sean Casten (IL-6), Bill Foster (IL-11), and Jay Obernolte (CA-23) introduced the Congressional Office of Technology Improvement and Enhancement Act to restore Congress’ capacity to confront emerging issues in science and technology.
For more than twenty years, Congress had the Office of Technology Assessment, an independent, bipartisan… Read more »
The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s proposal to roll back the Environmental… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House across the Potomac River from Washington D.C., today blasted President Trump’s announcement that he would destroy East Potomac Park to build an expensive new golf course.
Beyer recently led a site tour at East Potomac with cyclists, runners, and other local residents to raise awareness of the Trump… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the Senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and a leading critic of the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act prior to its passage last month, issued the following statement today after President Trump waived all sanctions on Russia under the law:
“President Trump just waived all of the… Read more »
