Rep. Don Beyer, vice-chair of the bipartisan Congressional AI Caucus, today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of new initiatives to address advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and called for further education and engagement by Congress to set comprehensive, long-term policies to govern the development of AI.
“President Biden and Vice President Harris are taking… Read more »
Today, as the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), alongside Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), reintroduced the Targeting Resources for Equitable Access to Treatment for Long COVID (TREAT Long COVID) Act to increase access to medical care and treatment for communities and individuals… Read more »
Today,as millions of Americans struggle to find a safe, affordable place to call home and homelessness continues to rise, U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Todd Young (IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to build nearly 2 million new affordable homes over the next… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, issued the following statement today on the House vote on H.J.Res. 39 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414," which was adopted on a surprisingly… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), today issued the following statement on the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Ghaisar family in the civil lawsuit over the 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police:
“This settlement is the clearest admission to date that Bijan Ghaisar did not deserve to be shot and killed on that awful November night in 2017.
“The officers who shot… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today announced his 15 submissions on behalf of Virginia’s 8th Congressional District requesting federal funds from the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country.
“The Community Project Funding requests… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, issued the following statement today:
“Killing DCA’s perimeter slot rule would seriously worsen aircraft noise in the National Capital region, a particularly unfortunate development so soon after the actions we announced with the FAA and regional leaders earlier this week to reduce helicopter… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced, with federal and local officials, new measures to mitigate the impact of disruptive helicopter noise in Northern Virginia and across the national capital region. The announcements were made at a press conference in Arlington (pictures are available here).
Beyer was joined by representatives of the Department of Defense (DOD), the… Read more »
Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) today led 36 House members calling for federal guidance supporting offshore wind energy projects to facilitate the accelerated growth of clean and safe energy. The members wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pushing her to issue guidance clarifying that the entirety of an offshore wind project,… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House, today hailed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) announcement that it would regulate fusion energy systems under its existing byproduct materials regulatory framework. Earlier this year, Beyer led a request along with his fellow Fusion Energy Caucus co-chairs to the NRC seeking this… Read more »
