U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07) today called on President Trump to immediately rescind T. March Bell’s nomination to serve as Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Representatives pointed to Bell’s… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the mass firing of 10,000 federal workers at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
“Amid major health challenges, including outbreaks of bird flu and measles Trump and RFK Jr. are undertaking an extreme and dangerous purge of health and medical expertise from the Department of Health and Human… Read more »
Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with fellow committee members Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), today introduced the Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act which would repeal Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, an outdated and dangerous tool… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) held a press conference to announce the reintroduction of the Conducting Oversight to Secure Transparency (COST) of Relocations Act, legislation to require any federal agency preparing to relocate a significant portion of their workforce to conduct and release to the public a comprehensive… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) yesterday addressed Trump’s upcoming tariffs during a hearing of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee before engaging witnesses with questions. Since Beyer’s remarks, Trump has reportedly planned the imposition of additional auto tariffs.
Video of his remarks is available here, and text follows below.
We are having this hearing a week before what… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency, today called for the resignations of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the wake of reporting… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) today sought clarification on the authority behind the unlawful and unprecedented executive overreach targeting the United Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit. In a letter to Loren J. Sciurba, the senior official in the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the… Read more »
Originally published in: POLITICO
Political leaders across the Washington region are scrambling to find a place for government workers President Donald Trump is trying to fire, part of a mad dash to protect the region’s economy that relies on serving the federal workforce.
Officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia have been mobilizing their resources to build a… Read more »
Originally published in: Augusta Free Press
It took the Trump administration six weeks, but, finally, the FAA has ordered the closure of the helicopter route that runs past Reagan National Airport.
Route 4 is the chopper route that an Army Black Hawk helicopter was flying on the evening of Jan. 29 when it collided with American Airlines… Read more »
