Today, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies calling for strong funding for the Energy Department’s clean energy innovation programs: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Energy Innovation Hubs, and Energy Frontier… Read more »
This week Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), a member of the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, led an appropriations request to protect funding for NASA’s Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. The President’s recently-released budget recommended the elimination of the mission, even though it was identified as the top priority on the National Research Council’s most… Read more »
Today, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) led a coalition of 94 Democrats in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee calling for robust funding for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing, planning and consultation, species conservation and restoration and recovery process. The lawmakers cited the need for continued support for the ESA process due to the 480 U.S.… Read more »
Roll Call |
President Donald Trump continued his attacks Tuesday morning on Puerto Rican leaders over hurricane aid and blasted a top House Democrat over what he described as hypocrisy over special Justice Department investigations.
Trump fired off a number of tweets Monday night blasting Senate Democrats for shooting down a disaster relief bill over their concerns it… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement to mark Equal Pay Day, the day on which a woman’s earnings, on average, catch up to those of a man for the previous year:
“For the first time since I was elected to Congress, this Equal Pay Day we have a House of Representatives taking action to address the pay gap,” said Rep. Beyer. “I was proud to testify in support of the Paycheck… Read more »
Today, 83 Democratic Members of Congress, led by Reps. Lois Frankel (FL-21), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Alma Adams (NC-12), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Don Beyer (VA-08), sent a letter to House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies requesting an additional $20 million in funding for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission… Read more »
The Hill |
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced legislation Thursday to tackle climate change and boost the economy two days after the Senate blocked the hotly contested Green New Deal.
The Democrats proposed the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act, which would cap carbon pollution and curtail carbon dioxide emissions… Read more »
FOX 5 |
Family members of a man who was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police officers gathered Monday outside of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. demanding transparency as they marked 500 days since the shooting.
Bijan Ghaisar, a 25-year-old accountant from McLean, was shot on Nov. 17, 2017, in Fairfax County by two U.S. Park Police officers. The shooting was… Read more »
Covering the Corridor |
Friends and family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot multiple times by two U.S. Park Police officers on Fort Hunt Road in 2017, will gather outside the Justice Department on Monday morning for a protest.
The protest will mark 500 days since the McLean resident was shot at the intersection of Alexandria Avenue and Fort Hunt Road. The FBI has still not announced… Read more »
Washington Post |
Sixteen months after Bijan Ghaisar was shot to death by two U.S. Park Police officers in Fairfax County, Va., the officers were identified for the first time Friday as Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard.
No decision has been made by the Justice Department on whether the shooting was legally justified or whether the two officers will be charged with a crime. The… Read more »
