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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 »

I am deeply worried about the conflict in Gaza, as are so many of you.  I have been vocal in urging a ceasefire to stop the bloodshed, which should see the end of hostilities, the release of all hostages, and the delivery of more humanitarian assistance for civilians who face dire conditions. I believe Prime Minister Netanyahu is wrong to oppose a two state solution, and to… Read more »

Originally published in: ARL Now Federal funding is on track to bring more housing for many of the county’s most vulnerable residents as well as trail improvements and new playground equipment. The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Wednesday $5.9 million in funding for Arlington initiatives in its annual budget. A little more than half of that funding — $3.3 million —… Read more »

Originally published in: Patch Affordable housing, crime prevention and electric bus infrastructure were among the City of Alexandria initiatives receiving state and federal funding this week. Federal funding comes from the appropriation package the U.S. House passed. The package is expected to pass the Senate as well. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Alexandria) requested federal funding for projects… Read more »