United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), and Don Beyer (D-Va.) released the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its 2024 pilot of Direct File, a program that… Read more »
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 legislation to fund the government until November 17, 2023:
“I am relieved that Speaker McCarthy folded and finally allowed a bipartisan vote at the eleventh hour on legislation to stop Republicans’… Read more »
Today, Joint Economic Committee Chairman Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and JEC Senior House Democrat Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement as the federal government comes to the brink of a shutdown.
Earlier this month, the Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a report highlighting the economic impacts of a government shutdown. Estimates show that the 2013 shutdown… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, legislation to increase transparency and accountability about the costs of police misconduct. The bill would require federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to report judgments and settlements related to police misconduct, including court fees and insurance… Read more »
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, today shared excerpts of letters constituents sent him during the 2018-19 shutdown. Their stories, shared with personal identifiable information removed, show the hardship and uncertainty experienced by federal employees who were… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the top House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee and a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement today after new U.S. Census Bureau statistics showed that the nation’s poverty rate rose from 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% in 2022 after the expiration of the enhanced Child Tax Credit:
“America’s child poverty… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, U.S. Representative Don Beyer, and House Committee on Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin announced their introduction of the End Shutdowns Act, legislation to prevent government shutdowns and the senseless pain they inflict on federal employees, government contractors, and millions of Americans who rely on government services. In an effort to take that… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today blasted a proposal by former president Donald Trump to impose universal tariffs on all imports. Beyer called for passage of the bipartisan Congressional Trade Authority Act to prevent future presidential abuses of tariff authority.
Beyer said:
“Donald Trump’s plan to impose universal… Read more »
Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today re-introduced the Congressional Trade Authority Act. This bipartisan bill would require the president to submit to Congress any proposal to adjust imports in the interest of national security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
“Congress’ penchant for ceding its constitutional authorities to the Executive Branch has… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, the Senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee and member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today issued the following statement after Fitch downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+:
“As many economists have noted, the logic and timing of this ratings cut are nonsensical. The American economy is strong, and continues to get better. Our… Read more »
