The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, member of the bipartisan Task Force On Artificial Intelligence and vice-chair of the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Caucus, issued the following statement today on Vice President Kamala Harris’ announcement of government-wide policies from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to promote beneficial uses of AI innovation and mitigate AI risks in federal… Read more »
Last week the Republican Study Committee (RSC) – the House GOP’s conference’s largest ideological conference, with 80 percent of House Republicans currently listed as members – issued a new budget for FY25 and beyond that called, among other things, for major changes and/or cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. The full document, as outlined below,… Read more »
Originally published in: Common Dreams
As Republicans on Wednesday set their sights on a key seat opening up in the U.S. House of Representatives, the chamber’s senior Democrat on the congressional Joint Economic Committee put out a blistering takedown of a top GOP budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
Congressman Don Beyer… Read more »
The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement after the finalization of… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer today led a House delegation in the re-introduction of the Fair Representation Act, an election reform bill to address structural gerrymandering issues and extreme partisanship in federal elections. The updated bill would implement measures to elect U.S. House Representatives through ranked choice voting in multi-member districts drawn by independent… Read more »
Originally published in: wjla
Congress is looking to regulate Artificial Intelligence. But before they enact legislation, they have to get up to speed. 7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis covers AI and met with Congressman Don Beyer who going back to school to learn more about Artificial Intelligence.
Beyer has a master's degree in machine learning. Mastis sat down with him after class… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) today announced the introduction of the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act, bipartisan legislation that would strengthen credible and accurate reporting of bias-driven incidents to better respond to the national rise in antisemitic incidents and other hate crimes.
The FBI has acknowledged that data on antisemitic incidents… Read more »
Originally published in: Scholastic Kids Press
United States Representative Don Beyer, a Democrat, serves Virginia’s 8th District, where I live. To learn more about Representative Beyer and his policies, I recently spoke with him at his Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C.
Beyer was born in Italy, where his father was serving in the U.S. Army. The oldest of six children, he was… Read more »
Originally published in: The Arlington Connection
PathForward announced March 11 that it will receive $1,342,704 in Federal funding for purchase of Siebert House. Siebert House is an 8-unit apartment building located in the Westover area of Arlington which currently houses chronically homeless people.
Betsy Frantz, President and CEO of PathForward, explains every homeless person… Read more »
