Yesterday, Vice President and National Space Council Chair, Kamala Harris, visited Vandenberg Space Force Base in California where she announced the United States’ commitment “not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing.” Vice President Harris also announced that the United States is seeking to establish this commitment as a new international norm… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the release of the 2022 Economic Report of the President (the Report), which is prepared and released each year by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). In response to the Report, the Joint Economic Committee is required by statute to submit findings and… 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 March Consumer Price Index rose 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis, up from February’s 0.8%. As the pace of broader inflation had begun to moderate, Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has driven up food… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), author of the bipartisan, bicameral Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, applauds Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s announcement yesterday of new federal actions to advance the Department’s work on wildlife corridors. The actions announced by Secretary Haaland include $9.5 million in grant funding from the Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S.… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:
“It is a significant moment in our nation’s history to have confirmed the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Throughout her nomination process Judge Jackson personified grace, integrity,… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), alongside Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), introduced 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 »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), author of the bipartisan COVID Long Haulers Act and one of the leading advocates in Congress for Americans suffering from Long COVID, today issued the following statement on President Biden’s Presidential Memorandum on Long COVID:
“I applaud President Biden’s announcement of a new all-of-government strategy to improve the understanding of Long COVID and promote… Read more »
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin recently called a special session of the Virginia General Assembly, which convenes today. Lawmakers may consider consolidated legislation to establish a funding stream for the construction of a new Washington Commanders stadium in Northern Virginia in this or a subsequent session.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) has worked with colleagues in the U.S. House of… Read more »
Today, 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 (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 431,000 in March and the unemployment rate declined to 3.6%. The unemployment rate was 6.2% for Black workers, 4.2% for Hispanic workers, 2.8% for Asian workers… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on revelations that Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Clarence Thomas, sent numerous text messages to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in late 2020 urging the overturning of the 2020 presidential election:
“The text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows are… Read more »
