Don Beyer
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Virginia - District 8
Current Position: US House Representative VA-8
Running For: House Representative - District 8
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For affordable housing expansion through the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act and Save Affordable Housing Act
- For limiting civil asset forfeiture practices
- For federal funding for WMATA Metro system
- For the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- For sustainable transportation options including bus rapid transit and bike infrastructure
- For the Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act to support alternatives to fossil-based jet fuel and reduce noise pollution
Business & Labor
- For increasing federal employee pay and expanding paid leave; against mass federal workforce reductions
- For universal paid family and medical leave for all American workers; introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave
- For the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions
- For workplace protections for federal employee veterans, securing provisions allowing veterans to count military service towards federal employment time for FMLA eligibility
Health Care
- For universal healthcare, Medicare for All, and the Choose Medicare Act
- Against Republican healthcare cuts including nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts
- For suicide prevention measures including establishing 988 suicide lifeline, suicide barriers on bridges, and peer-to-peer mental health support in schools
Education
- Against eliminating the Department of Education and cuts to IDEA, Title I, and Office of Civil Rights programs
- For the Keeping All Students Safe Act to ban seclusion and limit student restraint
Environment
- For US commitment to addressing climate change and international climate cooperation
Civil Rights
- For removing public symbols of white supremacy and ending Arlington House's designation as a Robert E. Lee memorial
- For the Veterans Transition Support Act to improve disability claims process for veterans
- For reproductive freedom and abortion rights; voted repeatedly for the Women's Health Protection Act to enshrine abortion rights in federal law
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against Trump administration policies; voted to impeach Donald Trump twice
- For diplomatic engagement over military force; supports using diplomacy as first option with force as last resort
- For maintaining US refugee assistance and foreign aid programs
- For congressional oversight of the Executive Branch and accountability measures
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
- For withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan; supports ending US involvement in Yemen war
- Against Trump's mass deportation policies and immigration enforcement in sensitive locations like schools, churches, and hospitals
- For protecting asylum protections and legal immigration pathways, and reining in ICE through legislation like the ICE Visibility Act and Dignity for Detained Immigrations Act
Public Safety
- For expanded background checks on gun sales, closing the Charleston loophole, banning assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and bump stocks, and supporting extreme risk protection orders
- For the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and police body camera requirements for federal officers
- For requiring cities and counties to disclose the cost of police misconduct
- Against the federal death penalty
- For cannabis legalization
- Against private prisons