October 26, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, today welcomed the announcement of a new corporate minimum tax framework in the U.S. Senate. Beyer is the House sponsor of the Real Corporate Profits Tax Act, introduced in the Senate by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Angus… Read more »
October 20, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, issued the following statement today on ongoing Metro service disruptions in the region after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) 7000-series train cars were removed from service following a derailment last week:
“While they continue to work… Read more »
Originally published in: UPI
NASA and U.S. aerospace experts urged Congress on Wednesday to invest more quickly and heavily in development of nuclear-powered spacecraft Wednesday to stay ahead of such competitors as China.
The space agency believes spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal rocket reach Mars in just three to four months, which is about half the time required by… Read more »
Originally published in: The Hill
Progressive Democrats in the Senate and House are pushing back against a preliminary decision by President Biden and Democratic leaders to significantly cut funding for a national family paid leave program from the budget reconciliation bill.
A group of 15 Senate Democrats led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sent a… Read more »
Originally published in: Salon
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., called Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a “hateful bigot” on Tuesday after the conservative lawmaker decried the swearing in of Dr. Rachel Levine, now the first transgender four-star officer in the nation’s history.
“Welcome to woke medicine, America,” Boebert tweeted, posting a picture of Levine during her ceremony.
Just an hour… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) today led 105 House Democrats urging President Biden to defend paid family and medical leave provisions in the ongoing negotiations over the Build Back Better Act. The signatories represent a broad ideological swathe of the House Democratic… Read more »
October 15, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, today urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement new recommendations made by the nonpartisan General Accounting Office (GAO) in a recent report on aircraft noise in the National Capital Region.
“These GAO recommendations would lead to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), led by Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA), and the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), led by Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), released a new report that examines the wealth disparities that threaten the economic security and opportunities of Hispanic Americans and their families.
Despite representing 19… Read more »
October 12, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Scott Peters (D-CA) today announced the introduction of the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act, H.R. 5507, legislation to strengthen the delivery of benefits to unemployed American workers. The bill would require… Read more »
October 12, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, today urged his colleagues to raise the debt limit and avoid a catastrophic default during debate on the House Floor, and expressed his support for subsequently abolishing the debt ceiling.
The Joint Economic Committee recently issued a new report on the debt limit and the… Read more »
