Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today thanked House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for his appointment to serve as Senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee (JEC). Jeffries announced the move late last week.
Beyer said:
“In the past three years the U.S. economy saw unprecedented chaos, experiencing one of the swiftest recessions in history and then, under President Biden’s… Read more »
Today U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) announced the reintroduction of the ATF Improvement and Modernization (AIM) Act. The bill would improve and modernize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to better equip the Bureau to crack down on gun violence and the illegal use of firearms.
“For years the gun lobby and its allies in Congress… Read more »
As the General Services Administration (GSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) work to finalize a location for the new FBI headquarters, Virginia’s leaders are joining together to make the case that Springfield is the superior site.
In a letter, the Commonwealth’s bipartisan congressional delegation and Gov. Glenn Youngkin detailed the ways in which Springfield… Read more »
Today, in an event organized by the Climate Action Campaign (CAC), members of Congress, public health experts, science advocates, and environmental justice leaders joined together, calling on President Biden and his administration to “Love Our Lungs” this Valentine’s Day by using all of their existing authority to cut pollution and protect public health.
Gathered together as part… Read more »
Originally published on Semafor.
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool that creates human-like responses on demand, has Congress playing catch up.
For decades, sci-fi writers and futurists have been telling the world to prepare for an era of disruption as AI takes off, but this year’s high-profile breakthroughs have alarmed some members who are already thinking about how to… Read more »
Originally published in The Hill.
A Democratic member of Congress on Monday said that the Biden administration is not going far enough to protect people from deadly air pollution.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) joined environmental advocates at an event discussing soot pollution — which has been linked to heart attacks, asthma and premature deaths — saying… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, delivered the following remarks earlier this week during debate on Republican bills to override local legislation passed by the D.C. Council.
Beyer’s remarks as delivered follow below, with video here.
Mister Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule.
H.J.Res. 24 and H.J.Res. 26 are blatant… Read more »
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) today reintroduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, bipartisan legislation to expand federal paid leave to include 12 weeks of family and medical leave. Schatz’s Senate bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.),… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the outgoing Chairman of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, today hailed the news in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report for January, which showed that the U.S. economy smashed expectations with 517,000 jobs created in January, as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since May of 1969:
“This jobs report is fantastic. The U.S. economy… Read more »
The bipartisan omnibus legislation signed into law by President Biden shortly before the end of 2022 included funding and legislative wins secured by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) to benefit Northern Virginia. Additional details on those projects is available here.
Some noteworthy local news coverage follows, in case you missed it:
Falls Church News Press: Beyer Secures Over $17 Million in… Read more »
