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Originally published in: ALX Now The Alexandria Police Department and local non-profits are getting a federal funding boost as part of the new omnibus funding bill. Rep. Don Beyer (D) who represents the 8th District highlighted a few of the benefits to Alexandria in the FY 2023 omnibus bill approved on Friday. According to Beyer: Alexandria: $1,500,000 for the… Read more »

Originally Published in The Zebra. Today ALIVE! announced their intent to purchase of a food storage warehouse, thanks to a federal government bill that allocates $1.5 million to their Community Project Funding Request. The investment amounts to the largest single commitment of funds in the nonprofit’s 50-year history. Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) played a key role in securing… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today hailed passage of the omnibus funding bill in the House. The bill was negotiated on a bipartisan basis between Senate Democrats and Republicans and House Democrats, passed the Senate yesterday, and now heads to President Biden for signature. The bill contained Beyer-authored and co-authored legislation as well as community project funding and other Northern… Read more »

Originally published in: Patch Funding for a community project in the Route 1/Richmond Highway corridor was included in the federal omnibus government funding bill. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents part of Fairfax County in Virginia's 8th congressional district, requested funding for community projects in his district in the federal spending bill. Funding could be requested by… Read more »

Originally published in: Falls Church News-Press U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents Northern Virginia in the U.S. House, today announced that he had secured funding and legislative wins in the bipartisan funding bill for FY23. The omnibus government funding bill was the product of bipartisan negotiations; it passed the Senate this afternoon and expected to be passed by the House… Read more »

Originally published in: Patch Funding for community projects in Alexandria was included in the federal omnibus government funding bill. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents Alexandria in Virginia's 8th congressional district, requested funding for community projects in his district in the federal spending bill. Funding could be requested by state and local government, public… Read more »

Originally published in: Patch Funding for community projects in Falls Church was included in the federal omnibus government funding bill. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents Falls Church in Virginia's 8th congressional district, requested funding for community projects in his district in the federal spending bill. Funding could be requested by state and local government, public… Read more »

Originally published in Roll Call. The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos. Also among the provisions in the catchall bill is a bipartisan effort to avoid a repeat of another controversy driven by an appointee of former President Donald… Read more »

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) urged Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to address the high level of dangerous indoor air pollutants emitted by gas stoves. Reports have found that gas stoves, which are used by more than 40 million homes across the country, emit dangerous air pollutants such… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer yesterday reintroduced the National All-Payer Claims Database Act to lower healthcare costs and improve healthcare delivery by supporting state all-payer claims databases (APCDs) to establish an easily accessible national database of all-payer claims. APCDs collect healthcare claims and related data from entities that pay for health care services, and have been used to help… Read more »