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Beyer Introduces Federal All-Payer Claims Database Act To Decrease Healthcare Costs

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Rep. Don Beyer this week introduced the Federal All-Payer Claims Database Act, legislation that would establish a federal database of all-payer claims. Many states already gather all-payer claims data, which collects costs of procedures, medicines, and other health care, but the federal government and some states have yet to take advantage of the tool. “Increasing claims transparency has…

Beyer Statement On Reports Of Secret Service Coronavirus Outbreak

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the House, issued the following statement today on reports that over 130 Secret Service officers are either quarantined or infected with coronavirus: “The Secret Service officers who put their lives on the line to protect our leaders are courageous professionals, but Donald Trump has shown…

Larsen, Beyer Introduce Bill to Prepare U.S. Aviation for Future Public Health Emergencies

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Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Chair of the House Aviation Subcommittee, and Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) introduced the National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act of 2020, legislation to require the development of a national aviation preparedness plan for future public health emergencies. The bill builds on similar language Larsen championed in the House-passed HEROES Act and the Healthy…

National Capital Region Delegation Statement On White House Coronavirus Outbreak

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U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (D-MD), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and David Trone (D-MD) issued the following statement today: “We represent the people of the National Capital Region. We are alarmed…

House Passes Beyer’s Suicide Prevention Legislation

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Last night the House of Representatives passed two bipartisan bills coauthored by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as co-chair of the House Suicide Prevention Task Force. The Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act, co-led by Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), which would set up an educational campaign to change American culture confronting suicide and raise awareness for the three-digit suicide…

Beyer, Garvey Urge President And Aides To Adhere To Public Health Guidelines In Arlington

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Arlington County Board of Supervisors Chair Libby Garvey today wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump Campaign Chair Bill Stepien urging the President and his aides to comply with public health rules and pandemic safety measures while in Arlington. Their letter came in the wake of President Trump’s speech at a conference in Pentagon City to a…

Local officials beseech Trump, Pence to wear masks while in Arlington

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Published at the Washington Post Local officials beseech Trump, Pence to wear masks while in Arlington By Patricia Sullivan September 1, 2020 at 2:51 p.m. EDT   A Northern Virginia congressman and the chair of the Arlington County Board wrote to President Trump’s chief of staff and campaign manager Tuesday, expressing concern that the president and vice…

Trump Administration Fails To Deliver Aid To The Unemployed

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August 25, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) – Monday marked two weeks since Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted states would have the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) unemployment program created by Executive Order up and running within two weeks, but only two states—representing less than 10 percent of national continuing unemployment insurance claims—reported having actually…

Pascrell, Beyer, Porter Seek Crackdown on COVID Swindlers and Fake Cures

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), and Katie Porter (D-CA-45) today have written to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn again calling on the agency to protect the American people from unproven treatments for COVID-19.   “As the United States continues to grapple with the ongoing COVID-19…

Beyer Statement On Mask-less Trump Event In Arlington

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, including Arlington, issued the following statement today after photographs of a Council for National Policy event in Arlington headlined by President Trump showed him addressing a large of audience of hundreds who failed to observe social distancing guidelines or wear face coverings: “Once again…