Don Beyer
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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.
people will die. That is not hyperbole. It is reality. When you cut PEPFAR, which is the signature program that President George W. Bush created to eradicate the AIDS epidemic, people will die. OMB Director Russ Vought confirmed that the…
our dearly departed friend and colleague Gerry Connolly used to say our job was to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. This bill does the opposite. My Republican friends say this act is about helping the working families in…
[they made provisions like addressing taxes on tips and overtime pay temporary, as opposed to the cuts for the richest 1%, which they made permanent]
Keeping his tariffs in place will cost families up to $2,000, but imposing and lifting them over and over again also has a cost.
I add my thanks and my condolences, and the very real grief of my constituents and neighbors, to what has already been said. We are here today to honor the lives lost on American Eagle Flight 5342 and the brave souls aboard the PAT 25…
And they will fail to achieve any of the pretextual objectives Trump has stated for imposing them.
The trade war Trump is igniting will weaken our economy and cause chaos in our marketplace as Americans pay the cost in the form of higher prices on everyday items.
to work with us to reassert Congress' role in setting strategic, stable trade policies and to invest in the American economy.
The tariffs Trump just imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will raise costs by up to $2,000 per year for an average American family.
Republicans in Congress could stop this at any time by passing legislation I and others have offered to rein in Trump's abuses of tariff authorities.
While we are doing math, when I divide $2 trillion in savings and cuts over 10 years, I get $200 billion a year. Madam Chair, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark), the whip of the House…
To add to the distributional impacts, the top 5 percent pay 38 percent of the taxes, but they have more than 60 percent of the wealth. The bottom 10 percent pay very little but live hand-to-mouth, including more than 12 percent of our…
With respect to my friend from Arizona, that is not what I heard. We heard that this budget resolution, as put together, promises cuts that we are desperately afraid of. When we do the math, in Congressman Schweikert's district, Arizona 1…
Let me just respond to my good friend from Arizona. No, that is not what Democrats want. We don't want to see taxes go up for average, middle-class Americans at all. This is what our budget experts say, based on the budget resolution…
I will be happy to retract. I also notice that our anxiety about Social Security will not go away.
mass firings of FAA workers—at a time when they already have serious staffing problems—would be dangerous at any time
I thank Mr. Tonko for his leadership, for putting this together, and for leading this bill year after year. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the Trump administration's unconscionable and irresponsible attacks on America's…
Deferred resignation is designed to tempt you, but there are major reasons for concern.





