Holds office U.S. House District 8
H.R.3884 - Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019
In an initiative to call on Biden to ease policies on White House staffers who uses marijuana Beyer comments, "You have previously expressed your commitment to decriminalizing cannabis... You can meet this moment and help end our failed punitive policy of cannabis prohibition.” (03/25/21)
"Extraordinary week in Richmond, where the General Assembly voted to legalize marijuana and abolish the death penalty. Both measures headed to @GovernorVA. Huge." (02/06/21)
"This is not a hard call: we absolutely should not deny the U.S. government or the White House the services of highly qualified individuals — or trample their careers, dreams, and futures — just because they used marijuana." (03/20/21)
"Justice Dept. under Sessions and Trump:
- Weaken civil rights enforcement
- Block decision to end federal private prisons
- More mandatory minimum sentences
- Restore civil asset seizure
- Dismantle community policing
- Attack states legalizing pot
These policies are connected."
1/4/2018
https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/948948895283007488