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Beyer and Connolly Call on Northam To Resign

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Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) released the following statement today calling on Governor Northam to resign: “We expected Governor Northam to resign this morning. Nothing we have heard since changes our view that his resignation is the only way forward for the Commonwealth. “Virginia has a painful past where racism was too often not called out for its evil.…

Beyer Named New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force Co-Chair

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Today Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) was named Co-Chair of the Climate Change Task Force for the New Democrat Coalition, along with Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06), Susan Wild (PA-07), and Elaine Luria (VA-02). The Climate Change Task Force will provide the New Dem perspective on combating climate change and building the green economy. Rep. Beyer plans to use his position on the task force to advocate…

Beyer, Lieu Seek Immediate Revocation Of Kushner’s Security Clearance

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Tags: Oversight

Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) today wrote to White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney seeking the immediate revocation of Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner’s security clearance. The letter followed an NBC report that career White House security professionals initially rejected Kushner’s clearance application before being overruled by a “quasi-political…

Beyer Statement On House Passage Of Legislation To Give Civilian Federal Workforce A Pay Raise

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019, which would give civilian federal workers an across-the-board 2.6 percent raise: “Today the House of Representatives is again leading the way and showing civilian federal workers that they are valued by their…

Capital Region Members Request GAO Study on Helicopter Noise in Washington Metro Area

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), joined by Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD) and David Trone (D-MD), today wrote the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting it conduct a study of helicopter noise within the Washington metropolitan region. In their letter, the Members wrote, “Many of our constituents live with the impacts of…

Virginia Representatives Urge OPM, OMB Directors To “Take Whatever Steps Necessary” To Prevent Government Shutdown From Harming Federal Employees’ Security Clearances And Applications

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Virginia’s House Democrats today wrote to the Acting Directors of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging them to shield federal employees from negative impacts of the shutdown on security clearances and clearance applications. The letter was signed by Virginia Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly, Jennifer Wexton, Bobby Scott, Donald…

Beyer Statement On VA House GOP Vote To Block ERA Ratification

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U.S. Representative Don Beyer (VA-08) today released the following statement after Republicans on the subcommittee of the Privileges and Elections Committee in the Virginia General Assembly voted to block the Equal Rights Amendment ratification resolution: “Today, in the oldest legislative body in America, where many of our Founding Fathers served, in a Commonwealth that brought us the…

Beyer: “Why Did President Trump Inflict This Shutdown On The Country?”

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Today Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents more federal employees than any other Member of the House of Representatives, issued the following statement after President Trump’s announcement that he would sign a temporary funding bill to end the partial government shutdown: “I’m grateful that the shutdown will end soon, but I do not understand why it happened at all. “If I understood him…

Congressman Anthony G. Brown Introduces Bill To Provide Unemployment Benefits To Essential Government Personnel

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Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement after introducing legislation to guarantee every federal employee can access unemployment benefits while President Trump keeps the government shut down. The Department of Labor has issued guidance that essential workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits even though they are being required to work without pay.…

Connolly, Beyer, Wexton Send Letter To Protect Northern Virginia HIV/AIDS Funding

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Virginia Representatives Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer and Jennifer Wexton sent a letter to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser today opposing a plan by the D.C. Health Department to unilaterally end a 28-year agreement for the administration of HIV/AIDS funding. Pursuant to the agreement, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) has administered Part A funding from the Ryan White…