Today, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) led a letter signed by 36 House Democrats to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expressing serious concerns over a recent FERC order that would change the market structure for the nation’s largest electricity market, PJM Interconnection (PJM). In their letter, the Members argued the order will… Read more »
Three years after President Trump’s Muslim ban first separated thousands of families, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Calif.) today brought together Members of Congress, faith and civil rights leaders, and individuals directly impacted by the ban to call for passage of the NO BAN Act, legislation that would end the President’s Muslim ban and prevent… Read more »
Coons, Chu, faith and civil rights leaders call for passage of NO BAN Act
By Delaware News Desk - 01/27/2020
Three years after President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban first separated thousands of families, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, and Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, brought together on Jan. 27 members of Congress, faith and civil rights leaders, and individuals directly impacted… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration finalized its rule to eliminate protections for wetlands, streams and other bodies of water:
“This reckless attack by the Trump Administration represents a generational setback in the country’s battle to safeguard clean water that will harm Virginians and the Chesapeake Bay. It sacrifices the… Read more »
GAO: White House violated law by holding back aid for Ukraine
By Jamie Dupree - 01/16/2020
Just before the official start of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday that the White House had broken federal law by withholding over $200 million in military aid for Ukraine, as Democrats said the new findings should… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after the House passed H. Con. Res. 83, a resolution “directing the President… to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran,” introduced by Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI):
“The resolution we passed today is an important first step to preventing a reckless President from taking us to… Read more »
Lawmakers Fume About Trump Admin’s Lack of Iran Explanation After ‘Insulting’ Briefing
By Sam Brodey, Betsy Swan & Spencer Ackerman - 01/08/2020
A day after Iranian ballistic missiles hit Iraqi bases used by U.S. forces, the Trump administration’s first briefings on Iran for legislators went so poorly that even its allies walked out saying that the White House was… Read more »
Republicans spread lie that Democrats 'mourn' Iranian general
By Dylan Stableford - 01/08/2020
One of President Trump’s most vocal defenders in the House, Georgia Republican Doug Collins, pushed the envelope of political commentary by saying Wednesday that Democrats “mourn” the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed a week ago by an American airstrike in… Read more »
Pompeo’s shifting reasons for killing Soleimani puts the strike on shaky legal ground
By Aaron Rupar - 01/07/2020
The Trump administration’s justification for killing Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander, has subtly shifted since last Thursday. But the implications of that shift have profound implications in terms of the legality of an American action… Read more »
Washington Area Officials Respond To Assassination Of Top Iranian Military Leader, Potential War
By Esther Ciammachilli - 01/03/2020
Elected officials from around the Washington region are responding to the airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Iranian Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani early Friday.
The drone airstrike occurred in the early morning hours near… Read more »
