Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced the Fulbright Teacher's Loan Forgiveness Act, legislation to expand student debt relief qualification under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for participants in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange and Teaching Assistant programs.
“Fulbright Teacher Exchange and Teaching Assistant program participants build international networks,… Read more »
During today’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing on “Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America’s Children,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) asked children’s advocate and hearing witness Paris Hilton about seclusion and restraint in schools. Beyer sponsors the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to ban seclusion and dangerous restraint practices from being used on children in… Read more »
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 2025 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country.
“The Community Project Funding requests I… Read more »
Originally published in: wjla
Congress is looking to regulate Artificial Intelligence. But before they enact legislation, they have to get up to speed. 7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis covers AI and met with Congressman Don Beyer who going back to school to learn more about Artificial Intelligence.
Beyer has a master's degree in machine learning. Mastis sat down with him after class… Read more »
Originally published in: Scholastic Kids Press
United States Representative Don Beyer, a Democrat, serves Virginia’s 8th District, where I live. To learn more about Representative Beyer and his policies, I recently spoke with him at his Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C.
Beyer was born in Italy, where his father was serving in the U.S. Army. The oldest of six children, he was… Read more »
Originally published in: Alexandria Gazette Packet
A crowd of more than a hundred gathered in Founders Park Feb. 10 to celebrate the official ribbon cutting for the South Route of the city’s African American Heritage Trail along the Potomac River waterfront.
“These historic interpretive signs connect to our nation’s history and are a part of the story we have to tell,” said Mayor Justin… Read more »
Originally published in The Verge.
Two lawmakers filed a bill requiring creators of foundation models to disclose sources of training data so copyright holders know their information was taken. The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act — filed by Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) — would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to work with the National… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today signed a letter led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and signed by 83 other lawmakers urging President Biden to swiftly deliver on his promise to deliver student debt cancellation to working and middle class families by early 2024.
“We are… Read more »
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… Read more »
On Thursday, Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03)—alongside Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Patty Murray (D-WA)—reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect students from… Read more »
