Rep. Don BeyerVerified account

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Representing Northern Virginia’s in Congress. Vice-Ranking , top Science Oversight Dem. Co-Chair .

Northern Virginia & DC
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Joined January 2015
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Dec 21

    Trump's shutdown is as stupid and pointless as the wall he is petulantly demanding. Federal workers should know that I am working with my capital region colleagues to stop the shutdown, and to make sure you get your paychecks. Happy holidays, and I'm sorry this has happened.

    We don't want the government to shut down, but time is running out and the outlook is not good. If that happens the bipartisan bill I just introduced with -the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act- would protect federal workers' pay.
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  2. Retweeted
    Dec 25

    BREAKING: U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody. It's the second instance this month of an immigrant child dying while being detained.

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  3. Retweeted
    Dec 20

    There’s no better time than the holidays to give back to your community. Yesterday I got to do just that at . As we celebrate the season and look forward to 2019, let’s recommit to doing our part to build a world that is a little more generous, tolerant, and kind.

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    Yesterday, Santa Obama stopped by to spread a little Christmas cheer and remind us what the holiday season is all about—giving back to the communities that we call home:
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  4. Dec 25

    Happy Holidays to all!

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  5. Retweeted
    24 Dec 2016

    Join and in honoring America’s service members and their families:

    Merry Christmas from President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
    Follow @WhiteHouse for the latest from President Obama and his administration.
    329 replies 2,088 retweets 5,949 likes
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  6. Dec 24

    These are heartbreaking. You are heard and your pain is felt, and more importantly, I will make sure that Congress provides back pay from this shutdown. The federal workforce that has been treated like dirt and it has to stop.

    22 replies 133 retweets 331 likes
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  7. Retweeted
    Dec 23
    Replying to

    Crossing my fingers that this gets resolved soon. My sister and brother in law work for USFWS and at caregivers for my disabled brother. They cannot afford to go long without pay.

    15 replies 302 retweets 667 likes
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  8. Retweeted
    Dec 23
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    I have family and friends that took back Christmas presents so they can afford rent and food once the paychecks stop. It’s hella expensive to live in the dc area. Everyone I know lives paycheck to paycheck. Missed pay will decimate them.

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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    I had my daughters tricycle listed for sale online. A woman came to buy it and she was a gov’t employee and saving now that she doesn’t know when she’ll go back to work, so she needed to spend less on the bike she was giving her child for Xmas. I gave it to her.

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  10. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    My husband is a Park Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and he had to sign his furlough papers. We have a 4 yr old and a 4 month old, and we don't know when his next check will come. Mortgage is due, Christmas 2 days away.

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  11. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    We were relying on that paycheck to pay the car payment because I was too sick to work most of the month. Thank you, Mr. President.

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  12. Retweeted
    Dec 22

    Trump can end the shutdown at any time by agreeing to sign a bill that he previously said he would sign after it passed the Senate *unanimously*

    The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time. People don’t want Open Borders and Crime!
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  13. Retweeted
    Dec 24

    Markets tank as Mnuchin appears to panic. Then they begin to recover ... until Trump Fed bashing tweet hits the tape. Then down we go again.

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  14. Dec 24

    I wonder if we could get unanimous consent on a Joint Resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should stop tweeting

    I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. Crazy!
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  15. Dec 24

    “Lila Johnson, 71, has worked as a cleaner at the State Dept for 2 decades, sweeping floors and scrubbing bathrooms for $21 an hour. Now she’s worried about making her rent, car and life insurance payments, she said. ‘It’s Christmastime,’ Johnson said. ‘People need their money.’”

    As Trump battles Congress, federal workers are caught in the middle
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  16. Dec 24

    Some of my GOP colleagues in the House have been very cavalier about the damage their shutdown is doing to federal employees. They aren’t on this bill. 30% of the federal workforce is veterans; 100% don’t deserve to permanently lose their paychecks. Do the right thing.

    I note that very few members of the party that shut down the government have backed my legislation to restore pay to federal employees. Of 70+ cosponsors on this list, only 7 are Republicans. Does the GOP not think federal workers should get paid?
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  17. Dec 24

    I note that very few members of the party that shut down the government have backed my legislation to restore pay to federal employees. Of 70+ cosponsors on this list, only 7 are Republicans. Does the GOP not think federal workers should get paid?

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  18. Retweeted
    Dec 21

    Roughly 30 percent of the federal workforce is comprised of veterans.

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  19. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    Paul Ryan is leaving Washington with a $22 trillion legacy of debt

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  20. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    Our nation’s public servants working or furloughed during this shutdown deserve the peace of mind of knowing they will be paid. I am pleased to cosponsor and support bipartisan legislation in the House that ensures federal employees affected by a shutdown receive retroactive pay.

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  21. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, is in the glitzy resort town of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, during the government shutdown. The Treasury Department’s funding has lapsed.

    Scoop: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spending the day in Cabo on the phone with bank executives in a bid to reassure investors before markets open on Monday via
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