“Today’s jobs report is deeply alarming and offers some of the clearest evidence yet that President Trump’s policies are doing serious damage to the American economy,”
Don Beyer
The Public Record
Don Beyer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Beyer has focused on issues such as healthcare, economic inequality, and environmental protection during his time in office. He has been an advocate for progressive policies and has often spoken out against the economic impacts of tariffs and other policies he attributes to the previous administration. Beyer has also emphasized the importance of social justice and healthcare access in his legislative efforts.
“Job creation has effectively ground to a halt, and businesses simply are not hiring at the pace a healthy economy demands.”
I have this bundle of things that are just ready to get votes on the House floor and to pass, and I certainly wouldn’t want to walk away without trying to make sure that we get them done.
The Democratic Party is a community, like a mosaic of hundreds of thousands of people who care deeply about these issues and are communicating in their own way.
Diagnostic delays affect millions of Americans, drive up health care costs, and contribute to thousands of preventable deaths each year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Our bill invests in better data collection, stronger research…
I would love for there to be no PACs at all, get rid of Citizens United, take money out of politics. But in the meantime, we’ve got to fight fire with fire.
The biggest part of affordability is energy costs, and if we can break through with the creation of fusion energy, we can solve climate change, lift the remaining two billion people out of poverty and also dramatically reduce costs for…
We spent an enormous amount of time trying to help people connect to state and local services, whether it’s everything from housing, to getting food, to health care, job search.
“As artificial intelligence advances at an extraordinary pace, and as the data centers and energy infrastructure that power it continue to expand, we have a responsibility to fully understand its environmental impacts,”
As artificial intelligence advances at an extraordinary pace, and as the data centers and energy infrastructure that power it continue to expand, we have a responsibility to fully understand its environmental impacts.
American families are spending more on their energy bills than ever before as the Trump Administration continues to prioritize fossil fuel profits over affordability, and we can't afford market manipulators making matters worse.
Mr. Speaker, firstly, I thank my friend and colleague from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert) for his leadership on the Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act, and I am proud to support him on this. The IRS has made great strides since the pandemic to…
But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest. Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives…
So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and…
as co-chair of the House Endangered Species Caucus, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 845. This bill, formerly called the Trust in Science Act, has gone under a rebrand since the best available science contradicts this politically…
earlier this year, House Republicans passed a bill that strips healthcare from millions of Americans and raises costs for millions more. That was a monstrous bill, but this is a cowardly bill. It does nothing to stop the skyrocketing costs…
the PERMIT Act is the bill you offer when you don't want to protect clean water. It is a very sad and extreme bill. With respect to my good friend, Chairman Babin, this amendment only makes it worse. In 2023, the Supreme Court gutted clean…
the current law that this amendment addresses doesn't hinder our readiness at all, nor does it raise costs. It is not costly. It is not a general ban on the internal combustion engine. Mr. Chairman, I believe I may be the only certified…
Trump can’t fire his way out of these stark facts: inflation is heating up, prices and unemployment are both rising, and job growth is weakening sharply, all thanks to Trump’s tariffs.
The bill before us takes food and drink from the mouths of the poor. It takes healthcare from the sick. A vote for this bill betrays these Gospel teachings, and in our hearts all of us know it.
from the Gospel of Matthew: ``For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came unto…





