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Rep. Don Beyer, a member of the U.S. Congress representing Virginia's 8th district since 2015, recently expressed concerns through a series of tweets on various issues affecting federal employees and broader national matters.

On February 6, 2025, Rep. Beyer criticized the concept of "deferred resignation," describing it as "deceptive and legally dubious." He stated that this practice denied federal employees sufficient time to make significant life decisions. He welcomed a recent ruling that paused the offer, stating it would provide employees with more time to evaluate their options. "The offer of so-called ‘deferred resignation’ is deceptive and legally dubious, and denied federal employees the time they need to make a major life decision. Today's ruling pausing that offer will give them a little more time to evaluate what is on the table, which is a step in…"

Later that day, Rep. Beyer labeled an incident involving Elon Musk as "a scandal." According to his tweet, Musk granted access to a self-described racist and eugenicist over a system controlling all financial payments from the U.S. Treasury, which also contains sensitive personal information like Social Security details of every American citizen. "This is a scandal.

Elon Musk gave a self-described 'racist' and eugenicist access to a system that controls all financial payments from the U.S. Treasury. That system also contains the personal information including Social Security info of every American.

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On February 7, 2025, Rep. Beyer addressed another issue concerning scientific research funding under the Trump Administration. He pointed out discrepancies in terms flagged by NSF grant proposals for censorship, noting that terms such as “women” and “female” were included while “men” or “male” were not; similarly "black" and "indigenous" were listed but not "white." He highlighted that his identity was notably absent from this list of censored terms."The Trump Administration's list of censored scientific terms that get NSF grant proposals flagged contains 'women' and 'female', but no mention of 'men' or 'male.' There is 'black' and 'indigenous' on this list, but no 'white.' The only identity not censored on this list is mine."