Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement following the release of President Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023.
“A budget is an expression of priorities and values, and today, President Biden released a fiscally responsible budget that centers investments in workers and families to drive… Read more »
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… Read more »
Originally published on ALXnow
In addition to ARPA funding, Alexandria is getting some love from the federal coffers for several longtime local priorities.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) announced last week that $5.4 million had been secured for ten infrastructure projects around Northern Virginia, all of which were in Beyer’s community project funding requests added to the omnibus… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represented fallen MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith, today welcomed the D.C. Police and Firefighters’ Retirement and Relief Board’s determination “that Officer Smith sustained a personal injury on January 6, 2021, while performing his duties and that his injury was the sole and direct cause of his death.” Officer Smith died by suicide days after he responded to the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and author of the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, released the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order outlining, for the first time, a whole-of-government approach to mitigating the risks and leveraging the potential benefits of digital… Read more »
Originally published on The Hill
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) on Tuesday introduced legislation to combat Russian misinformation and educate Americans on how to properly seek out information about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act would establish a commission to fight misinformation and promote media literacy, according to… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court:
“President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court is an important and historic moment. Judge Jackson is eminently qualified, possesses an impressive depth of… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA), and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) led 92 House Democrats today writing to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to applaud the EPA’s proposed rules to reduce methane and other sources of air pollution, and suggesting changes to strengthen those rules. One third of the… Read more »
Last night Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) voted to improve mail delivery and strengthen the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with the Postal Service Reform Act, which passed on a bipartisan vote. The bill now heads to the Senate for further consideration. The Postal Service Reform Act directs billions in funding to USPS, and would make reforms to increase performance transparency and create new… Read more »
“We applaud the administration for sticking to its clear and time-constrained human rights conditions on military assistance for Egypt and reprogramming all $130 million in suspended aid—just as we had urged. While the Egyptians released a few high-profile political prisoners, they clearly did not satisfy the full list of requirements provided by the administration. There’s a clear… Read more »
