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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 demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 99 Offered by Mrs. Capps The Acting CHAIR. It is…
I would like to talk just for 1 minute about the community impacts. Along the Atlantic Coast nearly 1.4 million jobs and over $95 billion in gross domestic product rely on healthy ocean ecosystems. In my State of Virginia that is 91,000…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I firmly believe that addressing the causes and consequences of climate change is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time. Each week, I share the latest scientific facts with my constituents about climate change--its impact on coral…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 96 Offered by Mr. Beyer The Acting CHAIR. It is…
How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds to…
How much time is left, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 1 minute remaining.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…
My bipartisan amendment would essentially prohibit geological or geophysical activities in support of oil and gas exploration and development in the Atlantic in fiscal year 2017. Most importantly, this includes seismic airgun blasting. In…
This amendment simply strips the language that would block the implementation of the Stream Protection Rule. We should not willfully delay or stop this rule. I am very familiar with mountaintop removal mining. When I was Lieutenant…
With great respect to the subcommittee chairman, I was at the hearing all morning at Natural Resources a few months ago when we had the Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on this exact issue. He deeply…
May I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 2 minutes remaining.
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 67, strike lines 4 through 19. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 820, the gentleman from…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Huffman The Acting CHAIR. It is…
thank you so much for coming here with so much optimism and so much energy, so much belief that we're doing a lot of things really well.
I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 338. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The veto message and the joint resolution are referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Clerk will…
We had a Mars hearing here a couple weeks ago, and with, you know, the big companies that are developing all the places to get there.
I think that's actually a really important question, and I'll speak to it from the ethics perspective because that's what I know...
On the one hand is the ethical considerations, the responsibility to take care of people who are sacrificing for all humankind.
We send young men and women to go fight for us overseas because they're defending the country and we know we're going to lose some.
This amendment is very simple: it strikes section 108 of this bill. Section 108 would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from updating the definitions of the terms ``fill material'' or ``discharge of fill material.'' These definitions…
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Congressman Matt Cartwright, and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 13, beginning on line 20, strike section 110. The…
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