January 21, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives, today welcomed guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to achieve President Biden’s directive to establish a $15 minimum wage for federal employees. The OPM memo issued today instructs agencies: “pay… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C– Today, U.S. Representatives Marie Newman (D-IL-03), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Don Beyer (D-VA-8) and Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) introduced the Supporting Older Workers Act, a new bill designed to improve and advance the employment, economic success and the well-being of America’s older workers. The legislation would strengthen the workforce development system for older… Read more »
Today, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) voted for critical legislation that would keep the federal government open, secure emergency funding to help communities devastated by natural disasters and help resettle Afghan refugees fleeing persecution and prevent a devastating debt default. This bill is essential to ensuring that the government can continue to deliver essential services that… Read more »
August 3, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the Nation’s capital, today issued the following statement on the deaths of Metropolitan Police Department Officers DeFreytag and Hashida, both of whom reportedly died of suicide months after responding to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“I mourn the passing of Officers… Read more »
July 29, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives, today hailed the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of a new requirement a requirement that all federal employees and contractors receive COVID-19 vaccinations or be tested regularly.
Beyer said:
“Requiring… Read more »
Originally published in: The Washington Post
Jesus Collazos wasn’t any of those things. He was an immigrant from Colombia who grew up taping cardboard in his shoes to cover holes. He was a husband, father and grandfather who created a life for his family in Northern Virginia. He was a letter carrier.
For 25 years, Collazos worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Arlington and eventually… Read more »
Originally published in: The Washington Post
The U.S. Park Police said Thursday that officers stationed in San Francisco will begin wearing body-worn cameras, making the federal police agency one of the few to use such cameras, and the new Park Police chief said the cameras will be worn by officers in Washington and New York by the end of the year.
Chief Pamela A. Smith said when she… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives, today hailed the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that it would raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15, indexed to inflation beyond 2022.
“Federal contractors, like all Americans, deserve a fair wage for their labor and I applaud these steps… Read more »
Today, Speaker Pelosi announced that she is recommending Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) to chair the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC). If confirmed, Congressman Beyer will become the first Democrat to chair the JEC since Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) chaired the committee during the 112th Congress (2011-2013).
In response to Speaker Pelosi’s announcement, Congressman Beyer issued… Read more »
Today U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote to Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, requesting that the federal government… Read more »
