Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after his constituent, Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, was arrested and detained outside his home in Rosslyn:
“Badar Khan Suri’s detention is a clear violation of his constitutional rights, and he must be released. Mr. Suri is here lawfully and is not accused of a crime, yet he was surrounded outside the… Read more »
Netanyahu's decision to reignite the war in Gaza as opposed to moving to phase 2 of the ceasefire is a tragedy in the making. Renewed fighting makes the safe return of Israeli hostages less likely, while increasing the suffering of civilians in Gaza who are already being denied basic humanitarian assistance. Poll after poll shows that the majority of Israelis oppose this course of… Read more »
March 18, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Following passage of H. Con. Res. 14, the House budget resolution setting up Republicans’ reconciliation legislation to cut Medicaid to pay for lower taxes for the wealthiest Americans, U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) hosted a roundtable discussion with local elected leaders, healthcare providers, advocates, and affected… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA), today applauded the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) permanent closure of helicopter Route 4, which runs past DCA. The Army Black Hawk involved in a fatal collision with American Airlines Flight 5342 on January 29th was flying on helicopter Route 4 close to… Read more »
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) today wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. opposing the elimination or reduction in force (RIF) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) amid reports that the Department is pursuing harmful cuts that could jeopardize… 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 condemning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes National Airport (DCA), today issued the following statement after the release of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report on the January 29th accident at DCA between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Army helicopter:
“I thank the… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s mass firing of thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education:
“Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s political purge of the Department of Education is a gross betrayal of American students. It is also illegal: Trump is plainly trying to eliminate by fiat a department established in law… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Carter (R-TX), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) led a bipartisan delegation in introducing the Military Spouse Hiring Act, legislation to amend the tax code to incentivize businesses to hire military spouses. Beyer, Kelly, and Panetta serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, with Kelly… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), who serve on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today issued a joint statement on a House vote on a provision hidden in a Republican rule that would effectively surrender congressional power over raising taxes and tariffs on the American people to Trump. The vote comes on a day when Trump announced huge new… Read more »
