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Originally published in: Science Democrats in the Republican-controlled Congress may lack the political clout to reverse the billions of dollars in federal research grants canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration since he took office in January. But they can at least shine a light on what that loss could mean to the country—and make the case for why Trump’s proposed budget… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) this morning delivered the following remarkson H.R. 1, aka the One Big Ugly Bill Act, during debate on the measure:  “From the Gospel of Matthew: For I was hungry, and you gave me food.  I was thirsty, and you gave me drink.  I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me.  I was sick, and you visited… Read more »

Originally published in: The Nation During the tortured final congressional debate before the US House of Representatives approved the legislative monstrosity that Donald Trump dubbed “the one big, beautiful bill”—and that detractors have more accurately described as “the one big ugly bill”—US Representative Don Beyer delivered a moment of moral clarity. “From the Gospel of… Read more »

U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and 21 additional Members of Congress demanded relevant documentation and information related to the arrest and detention of Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri. In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, lawmakers sought urgent clarification regarding the justification for Dr.… Read more »

Originally published in: Government Executive A trio of federal lawmakers from Virginia on Friday demanded information from the Trump administration on its decision to relocate the Housing and Urban Development Department’s headquarters into the National Science Foundation’s building in Alexandria and shuttling the scientific agency to parts unknown. When officials from HUD and the… Read more »

 U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today demanded answers from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) after the Trump administration announced that it plans to displace the National Science Foundation (NSF) – located in Alexandria – in order to relocate the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which… Read more »

Originally published in: Roll Call “Stygian” means having the characteristics of death, but the word kept a lawmaker alive in a spelling competition Wednesday night. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., got it correct to move on to the final round of the National Press Club’s Press & Politicians Spelling Bee, where he squared off against Jessica Mendoza, a podcast co-host at The Wall… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement after Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and Commissioner of the General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service Michael Peters announced plans to relocate the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) out of the Robert C.… Read more »

Originally published in WUSA 9 The Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters will move to the Alexandria building that currently houses the National Science Foundation, Secretary Scott Turner announced Wednesday.  The move will bring HUD's 2,700 D.C. employees across the Potomac River to work in Virginia. Still, as critics have noted, the move makes the future… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the top House Democrat on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, today expressed rising concern over Virginia’s economy, after monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the Commonwealth’s unemployment rate had risen for the fifth consecutive month. The increase brought Virginia’s unemployment rate to… Read more »