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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.
My amendment would direct $20 million from the top line of the Aeronautics account to the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate 3 into ultra-efficient flight, including electric flight. The point of the amendment is to help us move our…
May I ask how much time I have left. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 30 seconds remaining.
In 30 quick seconds, I would like to point out there is a difference between apprehended and offering yourself at the border to Customs and Border Patrol for asylum. There is an enormous difference. I would also like to point out that…
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…
My amendment would require the Office of Refugee Resettlement, ORR, to disclose to committees of jurisdiction and to legal orientation providers a monthly census of the unaccompanied children in their custody, and to do that broken down by…
My amendment would allocate funds for a feasibility study on the adoption of geolocation for the Suicide Lifeline. Suicide is a leading cause of death across all groups. The Centers for Disease Control recently reported the age-adjusted…
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…
As a Member of Congress, I'm always struggling for what is it that we can do, what are our direct pieces.
I was proud to introduce the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act last week, with Senator Udall and Congressman Vern Buchanan.
Jerry McNerney, who was up here, has the lead on one of the ones on carbon sequestration.
I think this Congress will grapple with carbon pricing, some way to make carbon much more expensive.
One of the lingering infrastructure resilience problems is, do we build a wall around the neighborhood or do we build a berm...
I think this is such an incredibly important hearing. Thank you for doing this.
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.
Eliminating the right of Federal employees to obtain union representation they voted and paid for.
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.
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.
the last big storm we had, the storm surge came and flooded scores and scores of homes.
Norfolk and Portsmouth will be underwater something like 60 percent of the year, their downtowns by 2040.
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?
You read again and again, the No. 1 reason why security clearances are denied is because of financial hardship.
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