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SEEC Condemns Trump’s Illegal Freeze on Critical Federal Funds

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The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released a letter that highlights the real stories Americans have been sharing as a result of the…

Beyer Remarks At USAID

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Rep. Don Beyer today led a bicameral delegation today that spoke about the importance of the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID), featuring remarks from Senators Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz, and Chris Murphy, and Reps. Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Ilhan Omar, Jim McGovern, Johnny Olszewski, Suhas Subramanyam, Sarah Elfreth, Eugene Vindman, and Yassamin Ansari. After…

Trump Launches Trade War That Will Raise Prices, Hurt Jobs

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement after President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on some of our largest trading partners. “President Trump just started a trade war that will raise prices on American families and invite retaliation against American businesses, workers, and farmers. This is a tax on everyday goods that will…

Beyer: “Trump’s Purge Of Inspectors General Is Flagrantly Illegal And Crooked”

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on Donald Trump’s illegal purge of over a dozen inspectors general of executive branch agencies: “Trump’s purge of inspectors general is flagrantly illegal and crooked.  “The inspector general position exists to guard against waste, fraud, and criminal behavior in federal agencies. That the Trump Administration found it…

Beyer Floor Remarks [With Video] From Special Order Hour On Trump January 6 Pardons

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Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia district that was home to many of those who protected the Capitol on January 6th including Officers Sicknick, Smith, DeFreytag, and Fanone, spoke this evening on the House floor on President Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations for the perpetrators of the violent January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Beyer’s remarks, which came…

Beyer And Lieu Introduce Legislation to Prevent Presidential Exploitation of the Security Clearance Approval Process

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Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) today introduced the Security Clearance Review Act to reform the process by which security clearances are approved for political appointees in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors intend to bypass traditional background checks to grant security clearances to political…

Casten, Nearly 100 House Democrats Urge Ethics Committee To Release Gaetz Report

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Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) led 97 House Democrats in a letter to the House Ethics Committee requesting the immediate release of its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz. “Given the seriousness of the charges against Representative Gaetz, withholding the findings of your investigation may jeopardize the Senate's ability to provide…

Supreme Court Term Limits Bill Co-Authors, Reps. Khanna And Beyer, Applaud Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plan

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Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Don Beyer (VA-08), the co-authors of the Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act, released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court, as outlined in a new op-ed in the Washington Post.  The Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act, which Reps. Khanna and…

In Light of Inspector General Probe, Virginia Leaders Push For Pause On FBI Relocation

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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) have sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget requesting that the FBI headquarters relocation process be…

Beyer, Norton, Wexton Urge Interior Department Reform And Review On Sixth Anniversary Of Ghaisar Shooting

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U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today urged Secretary Deb Haaland to implement reform at the Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve transparency in its law enforcement agencies. Their letter, sent on the sixth anniversary of the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Northern Virginian Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park…