Press Releases

Following weeks of anti-Muslim bigotry and acts of hatred, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Honda (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), and André Carson (D-IN), along with 63 original cosponsors, introduced legislation condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslim-Americans. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) joined Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and dozens of Democratic co-sponsors today to introduce the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015, which would renew the federal ban on military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. President Bill Clinton signed the original ban into law, but Congress allowed it to expire in 2004 under the Bush Administration. Read more »

With the clock ticking on the federal government’s fiscal calendar, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) are preparing legislation to protect federal employees from a government shutdown. The Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act would guarantee back pay for all furloughed workers in the event of a shutdown. Read more »

December 4, 2015 (Washington, DC) – President Barack Obama signed legislation into law today introduced by Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to give local governments regulation authority of towing companies Read more »

Nearly two weeks after a local Northern Virginia Mosque, Dar Al-Hijrah, was attacked with Molotov cocktails and a hoax bomb, Congressmen Don Beyer (D-VA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), and Joe Crowley (D-NY) wrote their House colleagues urging them to visit the Falls Church mosque to participate in Friday prayers this week. Read more »

Virginia delegation colleagues Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), and Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) joined Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) to meet with incoming Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld today. Read more »

At the request of Rep. Don Beyer, civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis visited Alexandria's T.C. Williams High School this morning, where he spoke with humor and a deep sense of history to hundreds of students gathered in the school's auditorium. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer joined Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julian Castro and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy this morning to announce HUD’s “Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing Proposed Rule” requiring smoke-free policies in public housing. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer joined Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) this week to introduce the FAA Community Accountability Act to give voice to local communities in the Federal Aviation Administration’s flight path decision-making process. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) secured passage of their amendment to the House Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act to give states and localities full authority to regulate towing. Read more »