Rep. Don Beyer announced today that Tanya J. Bradsher will receive the Clara Mortenson Beyer Women and Children First Award during his Seventh Annual Women’s Conference on November 4. Bradsher was nominated by President Biden to serve as the 10th Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2023, and sworn in on September 20, 2023. She is… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Tanya Bradsher, his former Chief of Staff, to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
“I am thrilled for Tanya, who was a wonderful Chief of Staff, remains a dear friend, and who is deeply committed to supporting and helping her fellow veterans,” said Rep. Beyer. “Tanya just made history as the… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today attended at a ceremony at the White House to cheer on his friend and constituent Colonel Paris Davis as Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Biden.
Davis’ actions (described below) which earned the nation’s highest honor for military valor came in 1965 during his service in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. Davis, a barrier-breaking… Read more »
Originally published on Patch.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Paris Davis of Arlington received the highest award for bravery in the U.S. military for his actions as one of the nation's first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, almost 60 years after he was first recommended for the award
President Joe Biden awarded Davis with the Medal of Honor on Friday in a ceremony… Read more »
Originally published in Alexandria Times.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) attended a ceremony at the White House to cheer on constituent Colonel Paris Davis, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Jos Biden, according to a news release.
Beyer, who has long supported Col. Davis in receiving the honor, applauded Davis from the front row.
While serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces in… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Carter (R-TX), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) led a bipartisan delegation in introducing the Military Spouse Hiring Act, legislation to amend the tax code to incentivize businesses to hire military spouses. Beyer, Kelly, and Panetta serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, with… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) yesterday assumed sponsorship of the bipartisan Military Spouse Hiring Act. The bill would amend the Workforce Opportunity Tax Credit to provide tax incentives to employers that hire the spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces, who face a much higher unemployment rate than the general population.
The bill was originally introduced in the 117th Congress… Read more »
Originally published on Patch.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer introduced legislation Tuesday to rename the post office in Arlington on N. George Mason Drive after local letter carrier Jesus Collazos, who died of COVID-19 early in the pandemic after working for 25 years as a U.S. Postal Service carrier.
Collazos, who immigrated to Northern Virginia from Colombia in 1978, began his career… 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 »
