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Representative for Virginia District 8

Born

June 20, 1950

Age 75

Phone

(202) 225-4376

Office

1226 Longworth House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Virginia District 8

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, his district is located in Northern Virginia and includes Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington, and parts of eastern Fairfax County.

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Voting Record — 584

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No56%

Present1%

Not Voting2%

Party align98%

Cross-party0%

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Congressional District 8

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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratVirginia District 8

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Donald S.'s ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 54 sponsored · 182 cosponsored

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Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 13(source)

We're coming up on 4 hours at @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social, where Democrats are fighting against a Republican tax bill that guts health care for nearly 14M Americans, raises energy costs, and balloons the deficit. I’ll keep sharing updates throughout the hearing:

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 13(source)

Three hours in, actually!

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 13(source)

We just hit two hours in committee on Republicans’ tax cut for the rich. @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social Dems are here to fight for the people. The Republican side has been nearly empty much of the time. Most aren’t speaking. It’s almost like they want this to end. Like they’re embarrassed.

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Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.socialMay 9(source)

Per NBC News: Rumeysa Ozturk has been released!

Chloe Atkins & @chloe_aatkins
NOW: Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk has been released from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana.
As Ozturk walked out of the detention center, she said "thank you" to the press with her hands over her heart. Ozturk declined to speak, saying, "Thank you so much. I am a little bit tired, so I will take some time to rest."

Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

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UPDATE: Judge Sessions just entered a written order reaffirming his earlier order that Ozturk be immediately released without travel restrictions. Order implies that, as of 4:50 p.m. ET, Ozturk had not yet been released.

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Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 9(source)

Happy National Military Spouse Appreciation Day! Military spouses sacrifice so much to support our country and we can do more in Congress to support them, including passing my Military Spouse Hiring Act to help them overcome hurdles to employment. beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

Bipartisan Delegation Introduces Legislation To Boost Hiring Of Military Spouses

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 9(source)

I recently introduced legislation to rehire federal workers who’ve dedicated their careers to serving the American people and to protect the federal workforce from future purges. More on those here: beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

Beyer, House Democrats Introduce Legislation To Rehire Federal Workers, Protect Federal Workforce From Future Purges

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 9(source)

Thank you to our public servants who deliver critical services to the American people – keeping our food safe to eat, our water safe to drink, and our air safe to breathe. I continue to fight for you against the Trump Administration’s reckless and illegal attacks. youtube.com/shorts/yuatH...

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 7(source)

The Trump Administration is sending multiple signals that they have something to hide in their conduct of these cases. Congress should investigate to find out why. I will have more to come on that subject soon. 4/4

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 7(source)

This practice has likely been organized, coordinated, and directed by a central authority in the administration. If what the administration was doing here was above board, they would be transparent and honest about it; instead they have been secretive and defended the practice with outright lies. 3/

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 7(source)

As Judge Giles noted, the Administration's actions in Dr. Khan Suri's case mirror those in the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk. Their tactic of rushing students and scholars to distant detention centers to seek more favorable rulings has now been rejected by multiple federal judges. 2/

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 7(source)

Good news. Dr. Badar Khan Suri is in Texas now because the Trump Administration whisked him there to get a more favorable judicial environment to further trample his rights and the Constitution. Judge Giles wisely rejected the administration’s feeble lies and post hoc excuses for its actions. 1/

Aaron Fritschner

@fritschner.bsky.social

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Congressman @beyer.house.gov's statement on Judge Giles' ruling in the Badar Khan Suri Case below. Ruling linked here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.socialMay 6(source)

Virginia Rep. & former Lieutenant Gov Don Beyer presses ICE to release Georgtown scholar Badar Khan Suri. "He has not been charged with a crime and has no prior criminal record…The circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention raise serious concerns about civil liberties and academic freedom."

"Congress of the United States
Mashington, Đd 20515
May 5, 2025
Mr. Todd M. Lyons
Acting Director
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
500 12th St SW
Washington, DC 20536
Dear Acting Director Lyons:
I write about the alarming arrest and detention of Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a J-1 visa holder and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University. Dr. Khan Suri is currently held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where he has been deemed a high-risk custody detainee requiring maximum security control and supervision. However, Dr. Khan Suri has not been charged with a crime and is a legally admitted visiting scholar with no prior criminal record. The obscure immigration provision with which he has been charged does not subject him to mandatory detention. We urge you to reconsider his eligibility for release and at minimum, the reevaluation of his custody classification.
On the evening of March 17, 2025, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national with valid J-1 visa status as a visiting scholar, was arrested and detained by masked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents outside of his Arlington, Virginia home.' Dr. Khan Suri was charged with removability under 8 U.S.C. §1227(a)(4)(C), a rarely invoked immigration provision allowing the government to seek the deportation of individuals deemed potential foreign policy risks by the Secretary of State."
Dr. Khan Suri is one of many visa-holders across the country, like Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and others, who have been targeted amid President Donald Trump's pursual of policies to instill fear and silence dissent on college campuses. Such policies are an assault on freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Dr. Khan Suri was, within days, transferred to a far-away immigration detention facility in Alexandria, Louisiana and is now being held at the Prairieland Detention Center, 1,300 miles away from his home. Once at the Prairiel…

"…denied religious accommodations, including Halal food, Ramadan fasting accommodations, a Quran, and a prayer mat.
At the time of his arrest, Dr. Khan Suri was a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he was teaching a course on Majoritarianism & Minority Rights in South Asia. He is married to a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent, with whom he has three children: a nine-year-old son and five-year-old twins - a boy and a girl.
He has not been charged with a crime and has no prior criminal record. The invocation of his removability under 8 U.S.C. §1227(a)(4)(C) does not subject him to mandatory detention, and more importantly, are a violation of his protected speech, viewpoint, religion, national origin, and protected associations. The circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention raise serious concerns about civil liberties and academic freedom. For these reasons, we urge you to reconsider Dr. Badar Khan Suri's eligibility for release. At minimum, his custody classification should be immediately reevaluated. Additionally, I request any documentation and materials in ICE's possession related to Badar Khan Suri's classification decision.
Thank you for your attention to this critical matter. I look forward to your response regarding his release and documents pertaining to his classification decision. Please respond no later than May
12, 2025.
Sincerely,
Rafay
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Ventre, Sarah. (2025, April 11). Jewish students at Georgetown protest detention of professor Badar Khan Suri. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/g-s1-59580/jewish-students-at-georgetown-protest-
detention-of-professor-badar-khan-suri
" United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Khan Suri v. Trump et al. Case No. 1:25-cv-480.
' U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Revised December 2016. Custody…

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 6(source)

American policy should be focused on promoting peace and stopping the killing in Gaza. Obviously, that is not what is happening right now. My statement:

Beyer Statement on Gaza and Israel: “After the collapse of the ceasefire over two months ago, Israel has cut off the delivery of food, water, and medicine to civilians in Gaza and restarted its bombing campaign, killing hundreds. It has now announced that it is planning to conduct a full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip, demolish every remaining building, and force millions of Palestinian civilians into restricted zones, where they will be compelled to reside indefinitely.

These plans are simply unconscionable, and the Trump Administration has effectively given the Netanyahu government a greenlight to do whatever it wishes, including ethnic cleansing. The U.S. should be using its influence to push both Hamas and Israel back to the table to reach a permanent ceasefire agreement, restart the flow of urgently needed aid, and release the remaining hostages.”

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 5(source)

Dr. Khan Suri should not be detained at all, and these harsh restrictions are completely unnecessary. I am pressing ICE to reevaluate his custody classification and consider his eligibility for release. 3/3 beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

Beyer Urges ICE To Improve Treatment Of Detained Scholar Badar Khan Suri

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 5(source)

As a result, Dr. Khan Suri is only allowed two hours a week for recreation, and is not permitted to work or spend more time outside his cell. He was also denied religious accommodations, including Halal food, Ramadan fasting accommodations, a Quran, and a prayer mat. 2/ thehoya.com/news/trackin...

Tracking Badar Khan Suri’s Legal Battle

Awaiting a May 1 hearing in Virginia, lawyers for detained Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri and attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have exchanged several motions regar...

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govMay 5(source)

Dr. Badar Khan Suri is a legally admitted visiting scholar with no criminal record, is not charged with a crime, and the obscure immigration provision used against him doesn't mandate detention. Yet ICE is holding him in Texas and has designated him a high-risk custody detainee. 1/

Aaron Fritschner

@fritschner.bsky.social

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Release: @beyer.house.gov Urges ICE To Improve Treatment Of Detained Scholar Badar Khan Suri beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer

Congresswoman Andrea Salinas@salinas.house.govMay 5(source)

NEWS: I'm officially launching the Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus this week with my fellow Co-Chairs, Congressman Don Bacon & @beyer.house.gov. Watch our press conference LIVE on Facebook this Wednesday at 9:15 am ET. The recording will also be shared to my page 👇 www.facebook.com/RepSalinas/

Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer

Tax the Greedy Billionaires@taxgreed.bsky.socialMay 5(source)

According to Yale Budget Lab, @vanhollen.senate.gov and @beyer.house.gov's 10% surtax on adjusted gross incomes above $1 million (or $2 million for joint filers) would raise close to $1.5 trillion over a decade. Read more: taxgreed.us/Yale-Surtax

Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer

Mallory@mlaw91.bsky.socialMay 3(source)

Extremely humbling to be at the Job and Resource fair earlier today. A huge thank you to @beyer.house.gov for working with @alyia4alx.com and others on this. I am so proud to live somewhere that has responded so quickly to help so many people affected by all of these changes in our gov.

A sign thanking city of Alexandria public workers

Mayor Gaskins hands out information about city jobs

Reposted byCongressman Don Beyer

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.socialMay 3(source)

It’s tricky to guess when you have an unticketed event but our expectations for this jobs fair were around 300 people. It’s less than halfway through and we are approaching **two thousand** (2,000) people

Congressman Don Beyer

@beyer.house.gov

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ICYMI- @alxnow.bsky.social: "City of Alexandria teams up with Congressman Beyer for Federal Worker Job Fair on May 3" www.alxnow.com/2025/04/30/c...

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Sponsored Bills(54)

H.R. 9261 (119th)
To provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9213 (119th)
To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to study the implementat…
H.R. 9181 (119th)
To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to establish a pilot pro…
H.R. 9182 (119th)
To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to study improving rail …
H.R. 9183 (119th)
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on …

Cosponsored Bills(182)

H. Res. 1366 (119th)
Commending Taiwan on the 30th anniversary of its first direct presidential election in 1996,…
Joined: 2026-06-11
H. Con. Res. 110 (119th)
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove Un…
Joined: 2026-06-11
H.R. 9286 (119th)
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to conduct …
Joined: 2026-06-11
H.R. 9289 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the tax credit for contributions of ind…
Joined: 2026-06-11
H.R. 9205 (119th)
To expand the Gun Free School Zones Act, and for other purposes.
Joined: 2026-06-08

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Voting History

584 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-03-31	H.R. 517 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 75 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 24 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H.R. 1534 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 1326 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 359 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.J. Res. 25 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1156 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 993 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 901 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 495 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	S.J. Res. 11 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 42 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 61 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H.R. 758 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-03	H.R. 856 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-27	H.J. Res. 20 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.J. Res. 35 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 695 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 804 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 788 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 818 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 832 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-24	H.R. 825 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-13	H.R. 35 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-12	H.R. 77 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-12	H.R. 77 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-02-11	H. Res. 122 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-11	H. Res. 122 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-02-10	H.R. 736 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-10	H.R. 692 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-07	H.R. 26 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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