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Virginia Delegation Blasts Trump Administration Agenda to Relocate Federal Workers

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Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Don Beyer (D-VA-8), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-4), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and Eugene Vindman (D-VA-7) released the following statement blasting the Trump Administration’s agenda to relocate offices and bureaus out of the National Capital…

Beyer Statement On Reinstatement Of Wrongfully Terminated Federal Employees

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Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia district containing one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the U.S. House, issued the following statement after the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) blocked the termination of six federal workers who were terminated by the Musk-Trump Administration without cause during their probationary period: “The reinstatement…

Joint Economic Committee Senior House Democrat Beyer’s Opening Remarks In House Floor Debate Opposing Republican Budget Resolution

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Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), the senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, delivered the following remarks to open debate against H. Con. Res. 14, the House budget resolution setting up Republicans’ reconciliation legislation to cut Medicaid and lower taxes for the rich. The Joint Economic Committee controlled the final hour of floor debate on the measure. Beyer’s…

Beyer Presses National Science Foundation On Harmful, Arbitrary, And Potentially Illegal Purges, Demands Reinstatement Of Terminated Employees

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Congressman Don Beyer, a former long-time member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the U.S. Representative for a Northern Virginia congressional district that includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), yesterday pressed Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation, to reinstate employees terminated during a mass firing of personnel…

Beyer: Purge Of IRS Workers “Stupid, Destructive, And Corrupt”

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), today issued the statement below responding to the reported firing of thousands of federal employees at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Beyer serves on the House Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee, and represents a Northern Virginia district containing one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the U.S. House. Beyer released resources for federal…

Virginia Lawmakers To Interior Dept: Reverse Park Service Staffing Cuts

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Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer, Jennifer McClellan, Suhas Subramanyam and Eugene Vindman (all D-VA) pushed the Trump administration to reverse staffing cuts at the National Park Service (NPS), outlining the effect directives to eliminate employees and rescind and delay job offers will have on safety at Virginia’s 22…

79 U.S. Representatives Demand the Restoration of Public Access to Federal Data Sets Purged by the Trump Administration

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Today, Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Scott Peters (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 75 of their colleagues wrote Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought demanding the restoration of public access to federal datasets and data-driven tools, which are essential to government accountability, public and private sector research, and the work conducted by…

86 Representatives Press Trump Administration To Prevent And Reverse Executive Actions Hampering Aviation Safety In Wake Of Fatal Air Collision

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Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district that includes National Airport, today led 85 other U.S. Representatives in pressuring the Trump Administration to prevent and reverse executive actions that hamper efforts to improve aviation safety following last month’s fatal collision. They pushed Trump to present a comprehensive response to the…

Following Deadly DCA Collision, Virginia & Maryland Lawmakers Request Answers From FAA

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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), along with U.S. Reps. Don Beyer, Gerald Connolly, Suhas Subramanyam (all D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today requested answers and commitments from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its plans to protect the flying public in…

Trump Orders Illegal Workforce Purges To Pave The Way For Increased Corruption

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district containing one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the U.S. House, issued the following statement today on Donald Trump’s “workforce optimization initiative,” an Executive Order pairing mass purges of the federal workforce with a directive that all new hiring be vetted by a fake, unauthorized agency…