Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today voted for H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which would require a background check for every gun sale, and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, which would close the Charleston loophole.
“These bills represent the most important gun violence prevention legislation in a… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who is expected to chair Congress’ Joint Economic Committee in the 117th Congress, voted for the American Rescue Plan today. Shortly before casting his vote for the sweeping Covid relief legislation, which will soon head to President Biden for signature, Beyer told his colleagues during Floor debate: “my vote today for the American Rescue Plan will be the most… Read more »
Originally published in: Patch
Just a week ago, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority warned its customers that it would be forced to close up to 22 stations, cut bus routes, layoff employees, and delay the final stages of the Silver Line unless it received more federal funding.
But, that dire outlook all changed shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, when the House… Read more »
Originally published by the Washington Post
Congress to consider bill requiring police to report their misconduct settlements
Cities and counties pay millions to victims of police abuse; collecting data may promote reform, sponsors say
By
Tom Jackman
March 5, 2021 at 7:23 p.m. EST
Last year, officials in Prince George’s County paid $20 million to the family of a… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today hailed the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by the House of Representatives. The bill, which passed this evening, is one of the most ambitious federal reforms of law enforcement powers in history.
“The George Floyd Justice In Policing Act is a step towards justice and accountability. We cannot bring George Floyd or Breonna Taylor or Eric Garner or… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today voted in favor of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which passed the House. H.R. 1 is a sweeping package of election reforms which would crack down on voter suppression, protect elections, get money out of politics, strengthen ethics rules, and fight corruption.
H.R. 1 also included the text of Beyer’s Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere (PROVE) Act, a bill… Read more »
As the world knows by now, one of the officers who arrested George Floyd kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds—killing him and any chance he had of proving his innocence. Not only did this one incident of police misconduct cost Floyd his life—an inhumane and incalculable cost—it will likely cost taxpayers where he lived millions of dollars. Yet cities and counties are not… Read more »
Originally published in: The Washington Post
In his first two weeks in office, President Biden wasted no time dismantling wide swaths of Donald Trump’s legacy, revoking more than 30 orders signed by his predecessor while rejoining the Paris climate accord, ending the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries and halting construction on a wall at the U.S.-Mexico… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the expected incoming Chair of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor this evening during debate on the American Rescue Plan Act:
“Madam Speaker, we have a choice tonight.
American children are hungry, the recovery is stalling, and a million new people file for unemployment every week.
We can do our jobs: pass a… Read more »
