Press Releases

January 6, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) –  Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today issued the following statement on the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol: “One year ago today insurrectionists launched a violent assault on the home of American democracy. “The crowd that attacked the Capitol… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, issued the following statement today on reports that Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin intends to appoint former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to serve as Virginia’s next Secretary of Natural Resources: “Andrew Wheeler is one of the worst people the… Read more »

December 27, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today celebrated the life of famed biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson, who passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Beyer and Wilson first met in 2016 to discuss legislation based on Wilson’s work, which Beyer later introduced as the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act. “Dr. E.O. Wilson was one of the greatest scientists of our time.… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Today, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully launched from the European Spaceport located near Kourou, French Guiana. Throughout the next month, the telescope will undergo its complex deployment process as it travels nearly one million miles to its destination in space. The main goals of Webb’s mission include… Read more »

December 20, 2021 (Washington, DC) – Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), co-chairs of Congress’ Egypt Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement today on the sentencing of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer, and blogger Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”. “Today’s sentencing of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in… Read more »

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) today called on the Biden administration to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result for all domestic air travel. “Travel at our nation’s airports has essentially returned to pre-pandemic levels but the risk from COVID-19,… Read more »

December 17, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) –Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Raskin (D-MD), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today led a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging them to incorporate certain reforms into the newly established Office of Public Participation (OPP). They wrote: “We applaud the establishment of the Office of Public Participation (OPP) and the appointment… Read more »

December 15, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) today led a bipartisan group of 78 Representatives urging the Department of the Interior to “immediately issue an emergency listing to temporarily restore federal protections through the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to the gray wolf.” They wrote: “While we… Read more »

Washington, D.C.— Today, the Joint Economic Committee released a new report highlighting how six months of advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, included in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, have dramatically reduced childhood poverty and improved family finances. The expansion of the CTC is expected to reduce childhood poverty by 40% and lift 4 million children out of… Read more »

December 9, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Today Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rob Portman (R-OH), and Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) led a bipartisan, bicameral delegation in reintroducing the Humane Cosmetics Act. The legislation would end safety testing of cosmetic products on animals and prohibit the sale of products developed using animal… Read more »