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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.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 77, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000) (increased by $500,000)''. The…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 64, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000) (increased by $500,000)''. The…
I was proud to introduce the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act last week, with Senator Udall and Congressman Vern Buchanan.
I think this Congress will grapple with carbon pricing, some way to make carbon much more expensive.
As a Member of Congress, I'm always struggling for what is it that we can do, what are our direct pieces.
Jerry McNerney, who was up here, has the lead on one of the ones on carbon sequestration.
I think the challenge you're going to have ahead is convincing the skeptics that just blowing an organization up is going to be enough to recreate it in the way that you want it.
It seems like 14 inches in the last 20 years. And I think Northrop Grumman that did the charts suggested that Norfolk and Portsmouth will be underwater something like 60 percent of the year, their downtowns by 2040.
The last big storm we had, the storm surge came and flooded scores and scores of homes.
I represent Virginia, northern Virginia, but we have Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, which is not only sinking slowly but the water's rising most rapidly there I guess than anywhere along the East Coast.
Why would we move, take an organization at OPM that's apparently struggling with technology issues and bureaucracy issues, and move it to a larger bureaucracy?
Eliminating the right of Federal employees to obtain union representation they voted and paid for.
I think this is such an incredibly important hearing. Thank you for doing this.
One of the lingering infrastructure resilience problems is, do we build a wall around the neighborhood or do we build a berm...
Norfolk and Portsmouth will be underwater something like 60 percent of the year, their downtowns by 2040.
And no other government activity, no legislation could pass the House or the Senate until we open the government again.
I am very committed to working with Congresswomen Wexton and Norton and our leader, Jerry Connolly, to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make sure that this is the last shutdown of our careers.
I think all Virginians, probably all Americans, should be grateful for the leadership role that you play on Oversight right now.
You read again and again, the No. 1 reason why security clearances are denied is because of financial hardship.
With my friend Tim Kaine, whom all of you know, we introduced a bill in the Senate and the House that would propose a solution to avoid all further solutions.
I was disappointed to see that the President's budget request for 2020 has many of the same cuts to NASA science.
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