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Kamala Harris Visits Falls Church To Kick Off Clean School Bus Program

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Originally published on Patch. Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan visited Meridian High School in Falls Church on Friday to kick off the Biden administration’s new national initiative to make school bus fleets less polluting. Over the next five years, the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program will help school…

National Capital Region Delegation Joint Statement On WMATA Board’s Selection Of New GM

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Today, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), and Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and David Trone (D-MD), who represent the National Capital Region in the House of Representatives, issued the following statement on the Washington…

Virginia To Receive New Transportation, Climate Investments Thanks To Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced that Virginia will receive $165.8 million in funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide Virginians with more transportation options, ease congestion in local communities, and reduce carbon pollution. “The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a huge boon to our national infrastructure, and it will also deliver…

Wexton, Beyer, Connolly Send Letter to MWAA Requesting Update on Issues Impeding Silver Line Phase 2 Operational Readiness and Urging Accountability for Delays

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Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) wrote to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) emphasizing their concerns over delays of the completion of the Silver Line Phase 2 extension and requesting an update on outstanding issues that are impeding the declaration of operational readiness. “We understand that several…

Bicameral Capital Region Delegation Urges President Biden To Consider Airplane Noise Reduction Efforts In Nomination Of New FAA Administrator

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A bicameral delegation of Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region today wrote to President Biden urging that he strongly consider the reduction of airplane noise and the improvement of communication with local communities as he makes his nomination of a new Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Don…

Flight Pattern Changes Causing More Noise From Reagan National

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Originally published in: Patch Northern Virginia residents are now starting to notice higher noise levels from flight pattern changes approved by federal officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport without proper community engagement just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) said Wednesday. In late January 2020, the Federal Aviation…

Lawmakers examine FAA response to aviation noise, say more public outreach is needed

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Originally published on The Washington Post. Federal Aviation Administration officials told lawmakers Thursday that they have improved efforts to work with communities grappling with airplane noise, creating programs that encourage early feedback on changes to flight patterns and an online portal that allows the public to file noise complaints with the agency. The number…

Beyer Requests Halt To Route Changes As Increasing Flights Drive Regional Airplane Noise To Pre-Pandemic Levels

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Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Representative of Northern Virginia and member of the Quiet Skies Caucus, today wrote to the heads of the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Aviation Administration seeking a halt to procedural changes for regional airplane flight patterns. Beyer’s letter noted that the because the changes were not preceded by an environmental review process and were…

Mount Vernon Trail and Parkway Improvements are Underway

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Originally published on The Connection The Mount Vernon Parkway is scheduled for some TLC under a $5,431,227 funding request Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) secured recently 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…

Beyer Secures Over $5 Million In Funding For Projects In Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Falls Church

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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…