U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly, and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the case of two U.S. Park… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer announced today that Dr. Tahera Ahmadi will receive the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award during his Sixth Annual Women’s Conference and Forum in Arlington on May 7.
Dr. Ahmadi, an Afghan doctor, evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on Kabul last August, and arrived in Virginia with just a backpack. She is one of tens of thousands of… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents Northern Virginia in the U.S. House, issued the following statement today after Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed a motion to dismiss the case against two U.S. Park Police officers indicted in the 2017 killing of unarmed Northern Virginian Bijan Ghaisar:
“Attorney General Miyares’ misguided decision to drop this case denies justice to the… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement following the release of President Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023.
“A budget is an expression of priorities and values, and today, President Biden released a fiscally responsible budget that centers investments in workers and families to drive… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement regarding a Washington Post report that police misconduct has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion since 2010, with more than $1.5 billion of that paid to settle claims against officers who had more than one claim against them.
“Police misconduct causes significant harm and puts lives at risk, but… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced he had secured $5,431,227 for ten infrastructure and other local projects in Northern Virginia. The funding came from Beyer’s Community Project Funding Requests, all of which were fully realized in the Omnibus spending bill which passed on a broad bipartisan vote in the House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law by the President… Read more »
Originally published on The Washington Post.
Allegations of widespread sexual harassment in the Washington Commanders workplace and dissatisfaction with the NFL’s response have revived congressional interest in eliminating a lucrative tax break that professional sports teams routinely use to help fund new stadiums.
On Tuesday, Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Jackie Speier… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) applauded the inclusion of their millionaires surtax within the Build Back Better Framework. Senator Van Hollen and Representative Beyer initially introduced this concept in their Millionaires Surtax Act in November 2019 and reintroduced this legislation in June of this year. This provision had already… Read more »
Originally published in: Salon
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., called Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a “hateful bigot” on Tuesday after the conservative lawmaker decried the swearing in of Dr. Rachel Levine, now the first transgender four-star officer in the nation’s history.
“Welcome to woke medicine, America,” Boebert tweeted, posting a picture of Levine during her ceremony.
Just an hour… Read more »
Washington, DC – September 2, 2021 – In an effort to protect judicial independence and restore public trust, Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Don Beyer (VA-08) along with Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) reintroduced the Supreme Court Term Limits Act to fundamentally reframe the power of our nation’s highest court. The bill would establish 18-year term limits on any Supreme Court… Read more »
