WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2021: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 531,000 in October and the unemployment rate declined to 4.6%, a new pandemic-era low. The unemployment rate was 7.9% for Black workers, 5.9% for Hispanic workers and 4.2%  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) took action to protect access to life-saving cures. Currently, the Build Back Better Act includes drug pricing provisions that could limit seniors' access to low-cost generic medicines and new life-saving cures. Congresswoman Miller offered an amendment to the legislation to ensure such provisions do not go into effect until the Secretary of the United States Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee for a Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 released a new consensus study, "Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s." This report, also referred to as "Astro2020," is the seventh decadal survey in astronomy and astrophysics, and it presents the science goals and recommendations   more