In recognition of Women’s Equal Pay Day, the Joint Economic Committee released a new report highlighting how, despite progress, women continue to face barriers to equal pay for equal work.
Women’s Equal Pay Day represents how far into the year an American woman must work, on average, in order to earn as much as an American man earned in the past year. In 2020, the latest year for which… 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 »
Originally published on Patch
The federal government's latest omnibus spending bill passed Congress this week, and Rep. Don Beyer said it includes funding for projects in his Northern Virginia district.
Beyer, who represents Virginia's 8th congressional district, said all of his community project funding requests were included in the federal spending bill. The spending bill is… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the February Consumer Price Index rose 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis, up from January’s 0.6%. As broader inflation had begun to moderate, Russia’s military buildup at the Ukrainian border and the unprovoked… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and author of the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, released the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order outlining, for the first time, a whole-of-government approach to mitigating the risks and leveraging the potential benefits of digital… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Chair of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, introduced legislation today to encourage gender parity in positions of corporate leadership. Beyer’s House resolution, introduced with House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) on International Women’s Day, would express “the sense of the House of Representatives that… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 678,000 in February and the unemployment rate declined to 3.8%. The unemployment rate was 6.6% for Black workers, 4.4% for Hispanic workers, 3.1% for Asian… Read more »
Originally published on Sports Illustrated
Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Commanders, has done a lot of things. Some of the ones we know about are negative.
But if a new bill proposed by federal lawmakers comes to fruition, there could be a silver lining on the way.
Representatives Don Beyer of Virginia, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, and Jackie Speier… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), co-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and member of the Oversight Committee; Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), member of the Ways and Means Committee; and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, co-led the introduction of the No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2022, which would end the tax-exempt status of… Read more »
Originally published in: ESPN
The investigation into the Washington Commanders' workplace -- and the NFL's response -- served as an impetus for a bill introduced in Congress aimed at eliminating subsidies for professional stadiums.
Three members of Congress -- Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) -- introduced a bill on Tuesday that would… Read more »
