Press Releases
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Beyer And Connolly Seek GSA Action To Correct Asbestos Tracking Deficiencies In Federal Buildings, Following GAO Report
Congressmen Don Beyer and Gerry Connolly today wrote to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) seeking fixes to problems identified by a General Accountability Office investigative report into asbestos in federal buildings. Th...
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Beyer and Wittman Introduce Legislation To Protect Federal Workers’ Pay As Government Shutdown Looms
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) today will introduce the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, legislation to guarantee back pay to furloughed workers in the event of a government shutdown. Funding for the federal governmen...
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Bonamici, Beyer Lead 96 Members in Calling on Trump to Act on Climate Change, Defend the Findings of the National Climate Assessment
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Environment Subcommittee, and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee, led 96 members in urging President Trump t...
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Beyer Statement on Trump’s Dirty Water Rule
Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s proposal to significantly weaken protections for wetlands and waterways under the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction: “Trump’s proposed rule to gut the Clean Water Act’s en...
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Beyer Calls For Swift Action On Legislation To Block Seismic Airgun Blasting
Rep. Beyer today called for swift consideration of his bill, the bipartisan Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection (ASAP) Act, following an announcement by the National Marine Fisheries Service that the Trump Administration had formally approved permitti...
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Beyer Statement On National Climate Assessment
Rep. Don Beyer issued the following statement today on the National Climate Assessment, after the Trump Administration’s release of that document over a holiday weekend: “The National Climate Assessment makes it clear that climate change is killing A...
Recent News
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Legislation Introduced to Guarantee Pay to Federal Employees in Case of a Shutdown
FedSmith | Legislation has been introduced in the House to guarantee back pay to federal employees who would be furloughed in the event of a partial government shutdown. Funding for the federal government expires at the end of the day on Friday, Dece...
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Despite Looming Freeze, Last-Minute Bills to Give Feds Extra Pay Gain Steam
Government Executive | Dozens of lawmakers from both parties do not want to take any chances in ensuring federal employees are taken care of during a shutdown, pushing legislation that would guarantee back pay for anyone furloughed during an appropri...
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Ryan Zinke To Step Down One Day Before Dems Get Oversight Powers
Huff Post | Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has often said that he’s not afraid of a fight. In an interview with Breitbart News last month, the former Montana congressman and Navy SEAL dismissed reports that his days in the Trump administration were nu...
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Dems, environmentalists cheer Zinke's departure
The Hill | Democratic lawmakers joined conservation groups Saturday in cheering President Trump’s announcement that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is leaving his job by the end of the year. Zinke’s departure comes as Democrats prepare to take over as ...