U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Anthony Brown (D-MD) today introduced the Securing Energy for our Armed Forces Using Engineering Leadership (SEA FUEL) Act, which would direct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to invest in carbon capture technology.
“We have an opportunity to address both carbon emissions and military readiness with the… Read more »
Washington Post |
The lawyers for two U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed the unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 said Friday that they expect a decision on charges from the Justice Department within 20 days. If no charges are filed, they said it would clear the way for the government to defend the officers in a civil suit filed by Ghaisar’s family.
The… Read more »
WTOP |
The lawyer for one of two U.S. Park Police officers who shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar during a November 2017 traffic stop has told a federal judge that after discussions with prosecutors, the criminal investigation into the Ghaisar shooting will “be resolved” within 20 days.
During a motions hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where Ghaisar’s family has… Read more »
Huff Post |
The Trump administration must stop applying a discriminatory policy that denies citizenship to some children born abroad to same-sex couples, 19 senators and 80 representatives said Thursday in letters to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The government treats some children born outside the United States to same-sex married couples as “born out of wedlock” ― a… Read more »
Alexandria Patch |
The federal government will conduct a study on helicopter noise in the DC region, members of Congress announced.
Six members of Congress from the DC region requested a study in a letter earlier this year. The letter acknowledged the importance of helicopters for military, law enforcement and medical purposes but called for strategies to reduce the negative… Read more »
Politico |
Parents say it’s bad enough when they find out a teacher took steps to physically isolate or control a disruptive child who may pose a danger to others— but not getting the news immediately from the school is all the more unsettling.
As Democrats in Congress work to craft a bill that would create a federal standard on what's known as seclusion and restraint in K-12… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer issued the following statement today on reports that the attorney for an officer named as a defendant in a civil suit over the still-unexplained 2017 shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar told the judge in the case that government prosecutors suggested the case would “be resolved” within 20 days:
“For 18 months the FBI and Justice Department have shrouded their investigation of… Read more »
Washington Post |
Washington-area residents have long complained about the impact of helicopter noise on their neighborhoods, but data about the flights, flight paths and which neighborhoods are most heavily impacted has been hard to come by.
That may now change. The Government Accountability Office at the request of lawmakers from the District, Maryland and Virginia, said it will… Read more »
WTOP |
After complaints from residents in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., the Government Accountability Office will conduct a study of helicopter noise in and around the nation’s capital.
Local lawmakers, headed by D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, had sent a letter to the GAO in January, saying “many of our constituents live with the impacts of regular helicopter noise… Read more »
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), joined by Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD) and David Trone (D-MD), today announced that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will conduct a study of helicopter noise within the Washington metropolitan region, a request the Members made in January.
In their letter, Members… Read more »
