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Democrats dubious as Trump dangles impeachment testimony offer BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE & SUSAN CORNWELL - 11/18/2019  Democrats responded skeptically on Monday to President Donald Trump's declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced the Green Vehicle Adoption Nationwide (VAN) Act, which would provide tax credits for the purchase of zero-emission heavy vehicles. The text of the bill was also included in Rep. Mike Thompson’s Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act, a comprehensive renewable energy tax credit package crafted by the House Ways and Means… Read more »

Reps. Don Beyer and Jennifer Wexton and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today sent a letter pressing FBI Director Chris Wray to authorize the release of 9-1-1 recordings connected to the November 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police. Their letter came a day after the three Members of Congress joined the Ghaisar family at a Lincoln Memorial vigil marking the two-year… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today led a bipartisan House delegation including Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) in reintroducing the Humane Cosmetics Act. The legislation would end safety testing of cosmetic products on animals and prohibit the sale of products developed using animal testing. Senators Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Cory… Read more »

Pain still prominent two years after police shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/17/2019  Do two years dull the pain of losing a child? Do the tears flow less easily, two years after learning that your son was shot by police, followed by 10 days of watching him in an irreversible coma, his death, a video showing the shooting, and then a decision to not… Read more »

Justice Department Closes Investigation Into US Park Police Fatal Shooting of Bijan Ghaisar BY MATTHEW STABLEY - 11/14/2019 The Justice Department won't seek federal criminal civil rights charges against U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar two years ago on the George Washington Parkway. The unarmed Ghaisar died 10 days after being shot multiple… Read more »

'This is not justice': Officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of VCU graduate Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/14/2019 The two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 will not be charged with any crimes in connection with the incident, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The decision came just days before the second anniversary of the… Read more »

U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and House Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt seeking a briefing on “unresolved questions that were raised” by the shooting of unarmed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police. Their letter came a day after the Justice Department closed its two-year investigation of the shooting… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer, a Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today introduced the Healthcare Cost Transparency Act. The legislation would require all health insurers to offer customers price comparison tools online or by phone to assist those seeking the comparable costs of services they might need. “This legislation would help make the cost of health care more transparent, which… Read more »

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) released a letter today urging the U.S. Park Police to open an internal investigation into the killing of Bijan Ghaisar.  Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would not pursue legal action against the officers who shot and killed Ghaisar.  They… Read more »