Oversight

Rep. Don Beyer today released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress: “I encourage all Americans to read the articles of impeachment against President Trump for themselves. “For weeks House investigators carefully followed the facts in an inquiry examining the… Read more »

Heading for NATO summit, Trump slams impeachment effort BY JAMIE DUPREE - 12/2/2019 With Democrats in Congress returning from a Thanksgiving break ready to continue their push on a historic impeachment investigation, President Donald Trump on Monday once more blasted the work of House Democrats, saying impeachment undermines him during his foreign travel.   "For them… Read more »

Dems see one last chance to boost public support for impeachment BY HEATHER CAYGLE, SARAH FERRIS & KYLE CHENEY - 11/27/2019 House Democrats have one final shot to drive up public support for impeachment, with a slate of hearings in the House Judiciary Committee beginning next week. But even Democratic lawmakers acknowledge public sentiment might be impossible to move in the… Read more »

Rep. Beyer on John Bolton: "we would love to hear from him" MSNBC - 11/22/2019 As the marathon of public impeachment hearings comes to a close, lawmakers have returned to their home districts to hear from their constituents. Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) joins Ali Velshi to discuss what his constituents took away from the hearings.   Click here to watch the full interview Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today led a group of 107 Members of Congress in demanding that the White House fire Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller. Their letter quoted from emails Miller wrote, which… Read more »

More than 100 Democrats sign letter calling for Stephen Miller to resign BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/21/2019  More than 100 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday signed on to a letter calling for President Trump to fire senior adviser Stephen Miller as a civil rights group details hundreds of controversial emails he sent prior to his time in the administration. "Given… Read more »

Democrats dubious as Trump dangles impeachment testimony offer BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE & SUSAN CORNWELL - 11/18/2019  Democrats responded skeptically on Monday to President Donald Trump's declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer on Powell testimony and the millionaire surtax CNBC - 11/13/2019 Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) joins CNBC’s “The Exchange” team to discuss his questioning of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and his thoughts on the testimony.   Watch the full interview here Read more »

Here are the 5 most important things Fed Chair Powell talked about on Capitol Hill BY JEFF COX - 11/13/2019 The politics of policy Powell also faced at least two occasions where members tried to pull him into commenting on political issues. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tried several ways to get Powell to comment on the tax plans of Democratic presidential hopefuls. “I’m… Read more »

President Trump announced the United States will begin the withdrawal process from the Paris Climate Accord, leaving America as the only nation to abandon the global effort to combat climate change. New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Chair Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and NDC Climate Change Task Force Co-Chairs Don Beyer (VA-08), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Susan Wild… Read more »