January 13, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), sponsor of H.R. 5746, issued the following statement today on the legislation, which was originally titled the NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act before being modified in the House Rules Committee last night to serve as a legislative vehicle for the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act:
“Attacks on Americans’ ability to… Read more »
January 12, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – Today U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Joe Morelle (D-NY), and Kaialiʻi Kahele (D-HI) introduced legislation to make rapid at-home Covid tests more widely available to the American people. The Free At-Home Tests For All Act would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “purchase in bulk a sufficient… 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 December Consumer Price Index rose 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, a slower pace than in November (0.8 percent). Over the last 12 months, inflation has risen 7.0 percent, not seasonally… Read more »
Safe Climate Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) today issued the following statement regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s report that 2021 was the United States’ fourth warmest year on record, with 20 climate disasters that killed at least 688 people and cost an estimated $145 billion.
They wrote:
“NOAA’s newly released data… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—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 199,000 in December and the unemployment rate declined to 3.9%, a new pandemic-era low. The unemployment rate was 7.1% for Black workers, 4.9%… Read more »
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 »
