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Beyer Highlights A Few Nice Things For Northern Virginia

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As the House continues to struggle with chaos and dysfunction, Rep. Don Beyer has continued seeking progress and delivering results for his Northern Virginia constituents. A few nice things worth highlighting recently: ARLnow: “U.S. House Passes Budget With $5.9M For Arlington, Focused On Housing And Recreation” Falls Church News Press: “Beyer Secures Funding For Northern Virginia…

Virginia Delegation Secures $729 Million for Transforming Rail In Virginia Phase 2 Projects

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PHOTOS AND B-ROLL ARE AVAILABLE HERE Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) held an event in Arlington to announce $729,000,000 in federal funding they secured for the Transforming Rail in Virginia (TRV) Phase 2…

Beyer Statement On Defeat Of DCA Perimeter Slots Amendment

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes DCA, issued the following statement tonight after the defeat of an amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill which would have added new beyond-perimeter flights to DCA: “The defeat of this amendment is a win for our region, for my constituents, and for all passengers who value safe and efficient operations…

Beyer Applauds Grant From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Put Clean Buses On The Road In Alexandria

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Rep. Don Beyer today applauded news that the City of Alexandria has received a grant of nearly $24 million from the Biden-Harris Administration’s infrastructure law to put cleaner buses on the road and improve transit service. The grants, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, were made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs…

Pascrell, Beyer Introduce Bill to Reduce Helicopter Noise

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U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-08) today introduced the Reduce Helicopter Noise Act to take federal action that would rein in the growing noise of helicopter flights over American communities. “In urban and suburban communities like ours, the number of complaints about commercial helicopter noise has grown exponentially,” said Congressman…

Beyer, Fitzpatrick, Napolitano Re-Introduce Barriers To Suicide Act

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U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Grace Napolitano (D-CA), bipartisan leaders on mental health and suicide prevention, today announced the reintroduction of the Barriers To Suicide Act. The bipartisan legislation would create grants for state and local governments to fund nets and barriers on bridges, which have been shown to reduce suicide. “The…

Local Representatives Strongly Oppose Increased DCA Traffic

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Members of Congress representing Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia today wrote to leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to express strong local opposition to “any changes to the current High Density (‘Slot’) and Perimeter rules at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (‘National’).” Their letter followed recent, local opposition to…

Beyer Highlights A Few Nice Things In Northern Virginia [Video/Pictures]

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As chaos and gridlock in Washington continued inflicting worry and uncertainty on Americans this week, Rep. Don Beyer spent a quietly productive week in between House votes, delivering results and highlighting progress for constituents across the Potomac River in Northern Virginia. We can also have nice things: Opening Metro’s Potomac Yard Station [Pictures] WMATA: “There's a new stop…

Now open, Metro celebrates first day of service at Potomac Yard Station

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There's a new stop on Metro's Blue and Yellow lines. The Potomac Yard-VT Metrorail Station is now open. Metro greeted customers early this morning welcoming them with commemorative pennants and memorabilia. Potomac Yard-VT, Metro's 98th station, connects the burgeoning Alexandria community to the region. The area is also home to the future Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, part of the…

Beyer Submits Community Project Funding Requests To Support Northern Virginia Affordable Housing, Infrastructure, And More

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today announced his 15 submissions on behalf of Virginia’s 8th Congressional District requesting federal funds from the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country. “The Community Project Funding requests…