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How Congress can take action on climate change today BY REP. DON BEYER - 11/25/2019 (OP-ED) The president’s recent decision to pull out of the Paris agreement, the international climate agreement by which each nation voluntarily committs to addressing climate change in their own country, is an intentional choice to bury his head in the sand. We can’t ignore reality, and we don’t… Read more »

Rep. Beyer on John Bolton: "we would love to hear from him" MSNBC - 11/22/2019 As the marathon of public impeachment hearings comes to a close, lawmakers have returned to their home districts to hear from their constituents. Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) joins Ali Velshi to discuss what his constituents took away from the hearings.   Click here to watch the full interview Read more »

House Democrats feeling the heat on ‘SALT’ cap rollback BY DOUG SWORD - 11/21/2019  It’s been almost a year since Democrats assumed control of the House, and they still haven’t touched the cap on state and local tax deductions imposed by the GOP Congress and President Donald Trump that disproportionately affect blue state districts. That’s starting to become a problem for the… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today led a group of 107 Members of Congress in demanding that the White House fire Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller. Their letter quoted from emails Miller wrote, which… Read more »

U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced bipartisan legislation to allow March of Dimes to continue its lifesaving work on behalf of all moms and babies. The Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act allows March of Dimes to qualify for the same pension funding rules as many other charities and non-profit organizations. Specifically, the bill would… Read more »

More than 100 Democrats sign letter calling for Stephen Miller to resign BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/21/2019  More than 100 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday signed on to a letter calling for President Trump to fire senior adviser Stephen Miller as a civil rights group details hundreds of controversial emails he sent prior to his time in the administration. "Given… Read more »

Grassley, Warner demand meeting with FBI in Bijan Ghaisar shooting case BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/20/2019  Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) continued their campaign Wednesday for answers in the 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar by two U.S. Park Police officers, which the Justice Department decided last week would not result in federal charges for the… Read more »

Originally published in USA Today.  We have all heard President Donald Trump crow about how his tax cuts have dramatically boosted our economy. But once you look past the very wealthy in our country, it’s apparent that the Republican tax law passed in 2017 has done very little for working Americans. Instead of being a boon for hiring and wages, the Trump plan has been a… Read more »

Rep. Beyer (D-VA) today introduced the Know Where To Go In An Emergency Act, legislation which would require health insurers to include information about the nearest in-network hospital or urgent care facility on insurance cards. The bill came amid a continuing debate in Congress about policies to address the problem of surprise billing. “Health insurers can help keep patient costs down… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) today wrote to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager Paul Wiedefeld and Board Chair Paul Smedberg expressing concerns regarding its partial privatization and subsequent lack of oversight to ensure fair treatment of workers employed by its contractors. Their letter came… Read more »