U.S. Representatives Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) today wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to ensure that human rights abuses perpetrated against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are addressed in all future high-level meetings between the U.S. and Chinese governments. They also raised the cases of Uyghur families with relatives in Virginia, including… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today signed a letter led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and signed by 83 other lawmakers urging President Biden to swiftly deliver on his promise to deliver student debt cancellation to working and middle class families by early 2024.
“We are… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today blasted a proposal by former president Donald Trump to impose universal tariffs on all imports. Beyer called for passage of the bipartisan Congressional Trade Authority Act to prevent future presidential abuses of tariff authority.
Beyer said:
“Donald Trump’s plan to impose universal… Read more »
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) designated the death of D.C. police officer and Northern Virginia resident Jeffrey Smith as a line of duty death. Officer Smith died by suicide after defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The lawmakers have been pushing for this… Read more »
Following the release of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) legal review of the previous administration’s relocation of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research agencies, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton, Gerry Connolly, and Don Beyer (all D-VA) released the following statement emphasizing the need for Congress to take up the Conducting Oversight to Secure… Read more »
The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in celebration of the… Read more »
Today, New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Vice Chair for Policy Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced the formation of the Coalition’s first-ever Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group. Led by Working Group Chair Derek Kilmer and Vice Chairs Don Beyer (VA-08), Jeff Jackson (NC-14), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Susie Lee (NV-02), and Haley Stevens (MI-11), New Dems will engage with the Biden… Read more »
Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today re-introduced the Congressional Trade Authority Act. This bipartisan bill would require the president to submit to Congress any proposal to adjust imports in the interest of national security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
“Congress’ penchant for ceding its constitutional authorities to the Executive Branch has… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, founder and chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House, issued a statement today welcoming the announced replication of December’s first-ever human-controlled fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF). The new reaction produced the second ever human-controlled fusion ignition on July 30,… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, the Senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee and member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today issued the following statement after Fitch downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+:
“As many economists have noted, the logic and timing of this ratings cut are nonsensical. The American economy is strong, and continues to get better. Our… Read more »
