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Virginia Lawmakers To Interior Dept: Reverse Park Service Staffing Cuts

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Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer, Jennifer McClellan, Suhas Subramanyam and Eugene Vindman (all D-VA) pushed the Trump administration to reverse staffing cuts at the National Park Service (NPS), outlining the effect directives to eliminate employees and rescind and delay job offers will have on safety at Virginia’s 22…

79 U.S. Representatives Demand the Restoration of Public Access to Federal Data Sets Purged by the Trump Administration

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Today, Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Scott Peters (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 75 of their colleagues wrote Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought demanding the restoration of public access to federal datasets and data-driven tools, which are essential to government accountability, public and private sector research, and the work conducted by…

86 Representatives Press Trump Administration To Prevent And Reverse Executive Actions Hampering Aviation Safety In Wake Of Fatal Air Collision

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Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district that includes National Airport, today led 85 other U.S. Representatives in pressuring the Trump Administration to prevent and reverse executive actions that hamper efforts to improve aviation safety following last month’s fatal collision. They pushed Trump to present a comprehensive response to the…

Following Deadly DCA Collision, Virginia & Maryland Lawmakers Request Answers From FAA

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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), along with U.S. Reps. Don Beyer, Gerald Connolly, Suhas Subramanyam (all D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today requested answers and commitments from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its plans to protect the flying public in…

Trump Orders Illegal Workforce Purges To Pave The Way For Increased Corruption

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district containing one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the U.S. House, issued the following statement today on Donald Trump’s “workforce optimization initiative,” an Executive Order pairing mass purges of the federal workforce with a directive that all new hiring be vetted by a fake, unauthorized agency…

VIDEO: Tax Law Expert Testifies Unauthorized Access Or Sharing Of Taxpayers’ Personal Information At Treasury Department Would Be Crime Punishable By Up To Five Years In Prison

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During a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today by House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Rep. Don Beyer asked tax law expert Nina Olson, the Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights who previously served as National Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS from 2001 to 2019, a series of questions about unauthorized access and sharing of legally protected taxpayer…

Beyer & DelBene Announce Re-Establishment Of Egypt Human Rights Caucus

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Today, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) announced the re-establishment of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus for the 119th Congress. “The Egyptian people’s hopes for self-determination, freedom, and social justice inspired the world in 2011. Unprecedented repression and grave human rights violations have not extinguished those hopes,” Rep. Beyer said. “Egypt remains an…

Beyer Statement On USAID

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Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who organized Members of Congress to show support for employees of the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) at USAID headquarters on Monday, issued the following statement today after a federal judge said he would temporarily halt the Musk Administration’s assault on USAID employees: “I welcome a judicial order to halt the Musk Administration’s…

Beyer Statement On Federal Court Ruling Temporarily Blocking “Deferred Resignation”

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Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the country, issued the following statement today after a federal judge paused the Elon Musk-authored offer of “deferred resignation” to all federal workers: “The offer of so-called ‘deferred resignation’ is deceptive and legally dubious. One of the…

Beyer Joins Colleagues To Introduce Bipartisan Scientific Integrity Act

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Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) — joined by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Don Beyer (VA-8), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and a total of more than 100 co-sponsors in the House — today introduced the Scientific Integrity Act, bipartisan legislation that sets clear, enforceable standards for federal agencies and federally-funded research to keep public science…