Press Releases

The House Committee on Ways and Means today approved legislation offered by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) to reauthorize and fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The Protecting Access to Information for Effective and Necessary Treatment (PATIENT) Act extends funding to PCORI for seven years, through FY2026. It also adds new requirements that the organization specifically… Read more »

Today, Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), along with Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN),  introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to protect the 30-year affordability commitment of housing financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). Currently, Housing Credit properties are subject to a… Read more »

Rep. Beyer’s appropriations amendment directing $20 million in funding to NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for ultra-efficient flight, including electric flight, was adopted last night by the House of Representatives. His comments on the amendment follow: Statement for the Record on HR3055, Division A – Commerce, Justice, Science Beyer Amendment #159, Printed in the… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after Jack Evans, the Chairman of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Board of Directors, acknowledged ethics violations stemming from conflicts of interest: “At a time when WMATA faces serious challenges, including the need to improve safety and reliability and secure long-term funding, we need WMATA’s… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer this week offered two amendments to a House appropriations bill which would plot a new course for federal policies regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition systems. One amendment would bar federal funds from being used to purchase facial recognition technology by state and local law enforcement, the other would require the National Science Foundation… Read more »

Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement today after the Trump administration announced its replacement for the Clean Power Plan: “After decades of progress, the United States’ air quality has slipped for the first time in decades under President Trump. One day after this report, the Administration announced its… Read more »

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced a bill to require uniformed federal police officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in police vehicles.  The District of Columbia and Fairfax County both require officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles.  Norton and Beyer want to adopt… Read more »

Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) issued the following statement after the release of a recent GAO Report, entitled “K-12 Education:  Education Should Take Immediate Action to Address Inaccuracies in Federal Restraint and Seclusion Data.” “The GAO’s report makes clear that school districts across the country are not accurately reporting the use of… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) today wrote to Special Counsel Henry Kerner to request an investigation of White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner for violations of the Hatch Act. “We write to request that the Office of Special Counsel open an investigation to determine whether Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner is violating the Hatch Act by engaging… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee made the following statement on the Office of Legal Counsel’s memo on [the Ways and Means] “Committee’s Request for the President’s Tax Returns,” issued Friday afternoon: “The OLC’s legal opinion is pure projection. They write that the Ways and Means Committee’s legislative purpose for seeking the President’s tax… Read more »