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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.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike subsection (h) of section 3 (relating to exceptional events). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
Mr. Chairman, my amendment would strike the language that weakens the definition of exceptional events for air quality monitoring data. We know that air quality monitoring data is incredibly important and that Americans value clean air. I…
Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for the perspective on corn. As someone who very much respects American agriculture, the worst thing is to have a drought. Around here, climate change is pretty controversial. We seem to slowly be moving…
Federal Indian policy involves an arcane mix of law and history of which few members of the Subcommittee, much less most other Members of the 115th Congress, are fully conversant regarding many of the details that have potentially…
the communities and businesses up and down the Atlantic Coast oppose offshore drilling and seismic airgun use.
I would like consent to introduce the letter from the 28 North Atlantic right whale scientists, the Shell study, and a bipartisan letter led by Republican Congressman Rutherford and me, over 100 Members of Congress, on our opposition to…
I mean all marine life is based on zooplankton, and we are about to undertake, really, a remarkable level of seismic exploration.
As far as the decision in the last, I think, week before the changeover in the Administration to deny those permits, we felt that that decision was contrary to the same Administration's programmatic EIS of the Atlantic that found that…
In Virginia, we were very proud to be awarded the first wind energy research lease in these Atlantic Coast waters.
There was a June 30, 2017 letter that was sent by my colleague, Congressman Beyer, along with over 100 Members of Congress.
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