Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced that William Zhang, a sophomore at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, won the Congressional Art Competition in Virginia’s 8th District with his work “Hope and Peace” (high resolution version here). A panel of art educators from the National Art Education Association chose the digital painting from dozens of works by… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), author of the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, today welcomed newly announced Department of Justice initiatives to address and prevent hate crimes and hate incidents. Beyer was in the audience along with family members of Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer as Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the measures Friday. The announcement came on the anniversary of the date… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today announced his submissions on behalf of Virginia’s 8th Congressional District requesting federal funds from the Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country.
All of Beyer’s FY22 requests were fully funded… Read more »
Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), co-Chairs of Congress’ Egypt Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement today:
“We urge the Egyptian government to release long-detained peaceful civil society activist, journalist, and United Kingdom citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is entering his 49th day of a hunger strike. Mr. Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Public Safety Officer Support Act, introduced by Rep. David Trone (D-MD), with strong bipartisan support. The bill would amend the federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program (PSOB) to add coverage for first responders who are disabled or who die by suicide as a result of service-related traumatic events. Under current law the PSOB… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC); Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Vice Chair of the JEC; and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), Native American Caucus Co-Chair and member of the JEC released a new analysis on the persistent structural barriers facing Native American communities and how they hinder economic opportunity,… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after Chair Powell was confirmed for a second term to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
“I applaud today’s re-confirmation of Chair Powell, whose leadership at the Fed helped contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. With his… Read more »
Today, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), and Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and David Trone (D-MD), who represent the National Capital Region in the House of Representatives, issued the following statement on the Washington… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the April Consumer Price Index rose 0.3 % on a seasonally adjusted basis, down from 1.2% in March. As the pace of broader inflation had begun to moderate, Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has driven up food and… Read more »
Today, Representatives Gwen Moore, Don Beyer, and Chairwoman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, introduced the Counter Human Trafficking Research and Development Act. Their legislation will create a National Counter Human Trafficking Research and Development Initiative at the White House to develop anti-trafficking technologies and… Read more »
