Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced he had secured $5,431,227 for ten infrastructure and other local projects in Northern Virginia. The funding came from Beyer’s Community Project Funding Requests, all of which were fully realized in the Omnibus spending bill which passed on a broad bipartisan vote in the House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law by the President… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represented fallen MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith, today welcomed the D.C. Police and Firefighters’ Retirement and Relief Board’s determination “that Officer Smith sustained a personal injury on January 6, 2021, while performing his duties and that his injury was the sole and direct cause of his death.” Officer Smith died by suicide days after he responded to the… Read more »
Rep. Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) announcement of major upcoming trackwork in 2022-2023 to complete key capital projects and safety maintenance, which will necessitate long periods of Yellow Line closures in Northern Virginia:
“Announcements of the upcoming completion and opening of the Potomac Yard… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer yesterday voted for legislation that would provide nearly $14 billion in funding for defensive aid and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, and separate legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia.
“This week the House took strong, bipartisan action to support Ukraine in its defense against an illegal, unprovoked Russian invasion,” said Beyer. “I strongly support… 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 February Consumer Price Index rose 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis, up from January’s 0.6%. As broader inflation had begun to moderate, Russia’s military buildup at the Ukrainian border and the unprovoked… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and author of the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, released the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order outlining, for the first time, a whole-of-government approach to mitigating the risks and leveraging the potential benefits of digital… Read more »
Today U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced legislation to educate and protect Americans against mis- and disinformation. Inspired by Finland’s K-12 program to protect Finns from Russian propaganda, the Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act would improve Americans’ recognition of and resilience to mis- and disinformation.
“Russian misinformation before and… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Chair of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, introduced legislation today to encourage gender parity in positions of corporate leadership. Beyer’s House resolution, introduced with House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) on International Women’s Day, would express “the sense of the House of Representatives that… 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 678,000 in February and the unemployment rate declined to 3.8%. The unemployment rate was 6.6% for Black workers, 4.4% for Hispanic workers, 3.1% for Asian… Read more »
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and John Garamendi (CA-03), co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today issued the following statement condemning Russian nuclear threats:
“On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s nuclear deterrent forces to be put into an alert status,… Read more »
