Rep. Don Beyer today sent an oversight letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross seeking details about communications and at least one meeting between Ross and white nationalist and Holocaust denier Charles C. Johnson. The meeting was first revealed in emails, enclosed in Beyer’s letter and copied below, which were obtained by Democracy Forward via a Freedom of Information Act request. Beyer wro... Read more »
Yesterday news reports revealed new details about President Trump’s plans to turn the annual Capital Region’s celebration of July Fourth into an authoritarian-style marshal display, including the inclusion of tanks which exceed the weight limit for Arlington Memorial Bridge and the distribution of tickets to VIP’s by the Republican National Committee. In response Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represe... Read more »
Rep. Beyer (D-VA), a Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today issued the following statement on the complaint filed in federal court by that Committee to obtain six years of President Trump’s tax returns: “Forcing the people’s elected Representatives to sue to enforce a clear legal statute is a new low in presidential corruption,” said Rep. Beyer. “The President is defying the law an... Read more »
The Hill | Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Pete Olson (R-Texas) introduced legislation Thursday to improve reporting of hate crimes and expand resources for victims. Beyer and Olson unveiled the National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act in response to high-profile attacks on the LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim and other communities. They say reporting of such incidents by law e... Read more »
Fiscal Times | At a hearing focused on the state and local tax deduction Tuesday, the “familiar politics of taxation—in which Democrats push to raise taxes on high-income people and Republicans resist—turned topsy-turvy,” writesRichard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal. During debate in a House Ways and Means subcommittee, Democrats argued that the cap on the SALT deduction imposed by the Tax Cuts ... Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today upon the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling against challenges to partisan gerrymandering in Rucho v. Common Cause: “This infuriating, political decision will dismay everyone who opposes partisan gerrymandering, which is a terrible and undemocratic practice no matter who does it. Any system that allows politicians to choose their voters instead of... Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Pete Olson (R-TX) today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen federal laws that combat hate speech, threats, and attacks. As incidents of hate crimes continue to rise, the National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act would improve reporting and expand assistance and resources for victims of hate crimes. “The rise in... Read more »
The Hill | House Democrats are grappling with how to address one of their least favorite provisions in the GOP tax law: the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT). A House Ways and Means Committee subpanel held two hearings on Tuesday about the SALT deduction cap, during which local-government officials and House members argued that the cap hurts residents and communities in... Read more »
WTOP | As residents describe what appears to be more frequent and louder airplane and helicopter flights over neighborhoods, the House passed an amendment that would direct the Federal Aviation Administration to prioritize combating the noise. The amendment, added to the 2020 transportation appropriations bill, was sponsored by D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who co-chairs the Quiet Skies Cau... Read more »
The Hill | Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday weighed in on E. Jean Carroll's allegation that President Trump raped her, saying Trump “denied it, and that’s all I needed to hear.” “The president has denied it,” Graham said, according to multiple reports. “I have no reason to … you know, no. He’s denied it, and that’s all I needed to hear.” ... Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) slammed Graham for his rem... Read more »
