(Washington, DC) – Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee for a Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 released a new consensus study, “Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s.” This report, also referred to as “Astro2020,” is the seventh decadal survey in… Read more »
November 3, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, issued the following statement today on Virginia’s election results:
“I congratulate Governor-elect Youngkin on his victory. He will be Virginia’s next Governor, and while he and I have many disagreements, we both want what is best for the Commonwealth. I… Read more »
October 29, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as Chair of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s framework for the Build Back Better Act:
“The climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act alone make it one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress will consider in our time.
“That the President has… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) applauded the inclusion of their millionaires surtax within the Build Back Better Framework. Senator Van Hollen and Representative Beyer initially introduced this concept in their Millionaires Surtax Act in November 2019 and reintroduced this legislation in June of this year. This provision had already… Read more »
October 26, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, today welcomed the announcement of a new corporate minimum tax framework in the U.S. Senate. Beyer is the House sponsor of the Real Corporate Profits Tax Act, introduced in the Senate by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Angus… Read more »
October 20, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, issued the following statement today on ongoing Metro service disruptions in the region after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) 7000-series train cars were removed from service following a derailment last week:
“While they continue to work… Read more »
Originally published in: UPI
NASA and U.S. aerospace experts urged Congress on Wednesday to invest more quickly and heavily in development of nuclear-powered spacecraft Wednesday to stay ahead of such competitors as China.
The space agency believes spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal rocket reach Mars in just three to four months, which is about half the time required by… Read more »
Originally published in: The Hill
Progressive Democrats in the Senate and House are pushing back against a preliminary decision by President Biden and Democratic leaders to significantly cut funding for a national family paid leave program from the budget reconciliation bill.
A group of 15 Senate Democrats led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sent a… Read more »
Originally published in: Salon
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., called Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a “hateful bigot” on Tuesday after the conservative lawmaker decried the swearing in of Dr. Rachel Levine, now the first transgender four-star officer in the nation’s history.
“Welcome to woke medicine, America,” Boebert tweeted, posting a picture of Levine during her ceremony.
Just an hour… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) today led 105 House Democrats urging President Biden to defend paid family and medical leave provisions in the ongoing negotiations over the Build Back Better Act. The signatories represent a broad ideological swathe of the House Democratic… Read more »
