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Last night Rep. Beyer voted for H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our Southern border. The bill, which passed on a bipartisan vote, provides significant funding for priorities to meet the needs of vulnerable children, including food, water, medical services, legal assistance, support services for unaccompanie... Read more »

The House Committee on Ways and Means today approved legislation offered by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) to reauthorize and fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The Protecting Access to Information for Effective and Necessary Treatment (PATIENT) Act extends funding to PCORI for seven years, through FY2026. It also adds new requirements that the organization specifically prioriti... Read more »

Washington Post | The House on Monday passed an amendment directing the Federal Aviation Administration to prioritize combating airplane and helicopter noise. The measure was sponsored by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who co-chairs the Quiet Skies Caucus, a group of lawmakers who represent districts dealing with issues related to aircraft noise. “Our amendment to direct the FAA to prioritiz... Read more »

Today, Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), along with Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN), introduced bipartisan bicameral legislation to protect the 30-year affordability commitment of housing financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). Currently, Housing Credit properties are subject to a minimum 30-yea... Read more »

Falls Church News Press | Today, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-VA), who represents Falls Church, joined Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN), to introduce bipartisan bicameral legislation to protect the 30-year affordability commitment of housing financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). Currently, housing cred... Read more »

Washington Post | Give the FBI this much: It shows no favoritism in its contempt for those seeking information on the investigation into the unwarranted shooting of an unarmed young accountant by U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017. The bureau shows contempt for the young man’s family, contempt for the public and contempt for members of Congress. In December, more than a year after Park Pol... Read more »

Washington Post | Jack Evans said Thursday that he will resign from the Metro board next week, after a legal memo became public saying he “knowingly” violated ethics rules to help friends and clients rather than serve the interests of the transit agency. Evans announced his resignation in a letter to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson after 4½ years on the board, including all but one year as ch... Read more »

Washington Post | Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on Friday introduced a bill that would allow law enforcement officers to block people who they determine are a danger to themselves or others from buying gun silencers and machine guns. The freshman from northern Virginia filed the legislation in response to the May 31 shooting in Virginia Beachthat killed 12 people. The shooter’s use of a silencer br... Read more »

Washington Post | Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Don Beyer reintroduced a bill Wednesday requiring uniformed federal officers to wear body cameras and have in-car cameras following the fatal 2017 shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar, which was not captured on video by the two U.S. Park Police officers involved. Norton and Beyer first introduced the bill in November, but the 115th sessio... Read more »

WTOP | In the wake of the fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist in Fairfax County, Virginia, a push is underway in Congress to require that federal officers wear body cameras. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia have introduced a bill that would require not only bodycams, but also dashboard cameras in federal police vehicles. The Democratic lawmakers say their goal is to... Read more »