Press Releases

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 »

Congressman Don Beyer joined Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today to introduce the Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act, which would require the federal government to obtain a warrant to conduct aerial surveillance in the United States. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Ted Poe (TX-02) are original cosponsors of the bipartisan bill. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement on news that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) reached a final agreement with its new General Manager Paul Wiedefeld: Read more »

The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a new report this morning, Virginia Under the Gun, detailing four aspects of gun violence in Virginia that stand out above the national average. Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer thanked Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for signing an executive order to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals by better enforcing pre-existing Virginia laws.  “We must keep families in our Commonwealth and the nation safe from gun violence,” said Rep. Beyer. “This Executive Order will support our Attorney General and our law enforcement… Read more »

Sasha DiGiulian, the first woman to free climb the Magic Mushroom route on the north face of the Eiger and the first American woman to free climb the Eiger, will receive the Clara Mortensen Beyer Women and Children First Award at Rep. Don Beyer’s upcoming conference, Women Driving the Economy. Read more »

October 5, 2015 (Washington, DC) – Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement on the announcement of a final deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “I welcome today’s announcement from Atlanta that representatives from the United States and eleven other countries reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  I thank the negotiators for years of tireless… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement in the wake of today’s shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon: “Speaker Boehner wants to ‘clear the barn’ in his last month in office, he said.  Today’s tragedy in Oregon reminds us of an opportunity for him:  It is within the Speaker’s power to bring a common-sense bill on gun violence prevention to the House… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement on the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) recommendations announced today calling for direct federal safety oversight of Washington’s Metrorail system by the Federal Railroad Administration: “Metro can and should be the nation’s premier public transportation system. I am disheartened by Metro’s seeming inability to… Read more »