INTERVIEW – CONGRESSMAN DON BEYER – D-VA — Representative for Virginia’s 8th congressional district since 2015
- Congress hurtles toward shutdown. The House passed a bill to keep the government funded for another four weeks, but prospects in the Senate look dim. Senators said they expected a vote on Friday, but had little idea what would come next.
- Beyer and Wittman Introduce Bill To Protect Federal Workers’ Pay As Threat of Government. Virginia Reps. Don Beyer (D) and Rob Wittman (R) introduced a bill Thursday that would guarantee back pay for federal workers affected by a possible furlough in the event of a government shutdown. In a press release Thursday afternoon, the two lawmakers announced a bill with 40 bipartisan co-sponsors that would guarantee no federal worker loses pay as a result of a possible government shutdown.
- Northern VA listed on Amazon’s short list for a 2nd headquarters: DC, Md. and Va. Make Amazon’s List for 2nd Headquarters. The D.C. metro area is one step closer to potentially being home to Amazon’s second U.S. headquarters. Washington, D.C.; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Northern Virginia were among the 20 metropolitan areas the online retailer chose to move to the next phase of the company’s search. Amazon said in the coming months, it will work with each city “to dive deeper into their proposals, request additional information and evaluate the feasibility of a future partnership that can accommodate the company’s hiring plans as well as benefit its employees and the local community.”
- Beyer Blasts Bill Renaming Gravelly Point Park for Nancy Reagan. Rep. Don Beyer (D) criticized a bill that would rename Gravelly Point Park for former First Lady Nancy Reagan as it passed a U.S. House of Representatives committee earlier today. The bill failed once in the House Natural Resources Committee, but then was brought up again and passed 18-16 on a party-line vote. “[This] bill is the equivalent of someone coming in and changing the furniture in your house without asking you,” Beyer said.
