Covering the Corridor |
Friends and family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot multiple times by two U.S. Park Police officers on Fort Hunt Road in 2017, will gather outside the Justice Department on Monday morning for a protest.
The protest will mark 500 days since the McLean resident was shot at the intersection of Alexandria Avenue and Fort Hunt Road. The FBI has still not announced… Read more »
Washington Post |
Sixteen months after Bijan Ghaisar was shot to death by two U.S. Park Police officers in Fairfax County, Va., the officers were identified for the first time Friday as Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard.
No decision has been made by the Justice Department on whether the shooting was legally justified or whether the two officers will be charged with a crime. The… Read more »
Falls Church News Press |
Speaking before a surprisingly large turnout of over 200 at a town hall at Edison High School in Franconia Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., a Democrat who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, said he’s “confident” the full report submitted by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller last week will be made… Read more »
Today Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) condemned the FBI’s failure to answer a series of basic questions posed by former Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley about its 16-month investigation into the shooting of Bijan Ghaisar.
The Members of Congress said:
“It boggles our minds that the FBI took three… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today voted for H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) to the persistent wage gap between women and men. The bill would require employers to account for pay disparities, ban retaliation against workers who discuss wage levels, enhance workers’ abilities to join lawsuits challenging pay discrimination, and improve Labor… Read more »
POLITICO |
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is sending a letter to all of his male House colleagues asking them to sign the GenderAvenger pledge, which commits men not to participate in panel discussions (outside Congress) that omit women. Reps. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bill Keating (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) have already signed. Read more »
Local DVM |
Friday morning the House passed a bill known as HR 1, which aims to expand voters' rights and reduce money in politics.The bill increases donor transparency and cracks down on lobbying. It also requires presidential and vice presidential candidates release their tax returns.
The Democrat's bill likely won't be made into law. Ahead of the vote on Thursday,… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today voted in favor of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which passed the House on a party-line vote. H.R. 1 is a sweeping package of election reforms which would crack down on voter suppression, protect elections, get money out of politics, strengthen ethics rules, and fight corruption.
H.R. 1 also included the text of Beyer’s Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere… Read more »
U.S Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), along with a group of 15 Senators, re-introduced the Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere (PROVE) Act today to expand voter registration efforts nationwide and increase American citizens’ participation in their democratic process. The PROVE Act would allow… Read more »
Washington Post |
On a corner at the intersection of Fort Hunt Road and Alexandria Avenue in Fairfax County, Va., where Bijan Ghaisar was fatally shot in November 2017, his family posted a small sign reminding the world that they were still waiting for answers: Who were the two U.S. Park Police officers who killed Ghaisar, why did they do it, and will they be charged? The… Read more »
