Oversight

The Hill |  Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) criticized President Trump's "Salute to America" Fourth of July plans, accusing the president of overspending and turning the celebration into a partisan event.  "I grew up here in Washington, I've been to the 'Salute on the Mall' many, many times. It's always been nonpartisan," Beyer said on CNN's "New… Read more »

Roll Call |  President Donald Trump should pay out of his own pocket for any infrastructure damage incurred by rolling 70-ton tanks onto the National Mall, according to the Democratic congressman who represents the D.C. suburbs in Virginia. Rep. Don Beyer described Trump’s plan to showcase tanks during the city’s Fourth of July celebration as “an authoritarian-style… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer today sent an oversight letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross seeking details about communications and at least one meeting between Ross and white nationalist and Holocaust denier Charles C. Johnson. The meeting was first revealed in emails, enclosed in Beyer’s letter and copied below, which were obtained by Democracy Forward via a Freedom of Information Act… Read more »

Yesterday news reports revealed new details about President Trump’s plans to turn the annual Capital Region’s celebration of July Fourth into an authoritarian-style marshal display, including the inclusion of tanks which exceed the weight limit for Arlington Memorial Bridge and the distribution of tickets to VIP’s by the Republican National Committee. In response Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA),… Read more »

Rep. Beyer (D-VA), a Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today issued the following statement on the complaint filed in federal court by that Committee to obtain six years of President Trump’s tax returns: “Forcing the people’s elected Representatives to sue to enforce a clear legal statute is a new low in presidential corruption,” said Rep. Beyer. “The President is defying… Read more »

The Hill |  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday weighed in on E. Jean Carroll's allegation that President Trump raped her, saying Trump “denied it, and that’s all I needed to hear.” “The president has denied it,” Graham said, according to multiple reports. “I have no reason to … you know, no. He’s denied it, and that’s all I needed to… Read more »

Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement today after the Trump administration announced its replacement for the Clean Power Plan: “After decades of progress, the United States’ air quality has slipped for the first time in decades under President Trump. One day after this report, the Administration announced its… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) today wrote to Special Counsel Henry Kerner to request an investigation of White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner for violations of the Hatch Act. “We write to request that the Office of Special Counsel open an investigation to determine whether Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner is violating the Hatch Act by engaging… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee made the following statement on the Office of Legal Counsel’s memo on [the Ways and Means] “Committee’s Request for the President’s Tax Returns,” issued Friday afternoon: “The OLC’s legal opinion is pure projection. They write that the Ways and Means Committee’s legislative purpose for seeking the President’s tax… Read more »

Washington Post |  The Justice Department on Friday released its legal rationale for refusing to provide President Trump’s tax returns to Congress, arguing that House Democrats want to make the documents public, which “is not a legitimate legislative purpose.” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to hand the documents over early last month, writing in a letter to House Ways… Read more »