On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
D-Va.
6 things Don Beyer said, verbatim, from September 15, 2026 to September 27, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Also appeared as: Rep. Don Beyer
Positions
Supports
“Oh, I very much think there’s a capacity here.”
NBC News OpenAI says its rogue agents probed the Education, Commerce and SEC websites ›
Others on this question
“They just don’t have the experience.”
Supports
“when Donald Trump hits our allies with new tariffs and waives sanctions on Russia, the propaganda victory for Putin will be lasting, and the damage will be embedded in U.S. law.”
PBS NewsHour House passes Russia sanctions bill giving Trump power to impose 100% tariffs ›
Others on this question
acknowledged Democratic criticism that tariffs could be used aggressively on smaller U.S. allies, but said it was time to deliver a resounding message to the Kremlin
“There is no guarantee in this legislation that the president could not use these tariffs against Ukraine if he decided to do so.”
Disputes
“History will look very poorly on that tweet. He’s not paying attention – or he’s paying attention to the wrong people. He’s being really foolish: not the first time he’s been really foolish but perhaps catastrophically foolish in this case.”
The Guardian Trump calls AI doom a hoax as Sanders and Bannon demand curbs ›
Others on this question
“AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX,”
Supports
“The first thing that I’m very certain of is that the industry shouldn’t be allowed to regulate themselves; history doesn’t support that at all,”
The Guardian Trump calls AI doom a hoax as Sanders and Bannon demand curbs ›
Others on this question
“We need to avoid overregulation, so we need to achieve these two conflicting goals … of protecting Americans against very real risks of AI in the hands of malicious human actors, while at the same time balancing the need to have a light-touch regulatory environment that allows the positive benefits of AI to improve our economy and our society.”
“That’s like saying it should be bank robbers that are responsible for bank safety,”
More on the record
As printed
“But when Donald Trump hits our allies with new tariffs and waives sanctions on Russia, the propaganda victory for Putin will be lasting — and the damage will be embedded in U.S. law.”
on the sanctions bill's tariffs and waivers handing Putin a propaganda win
MSNBC House passes Russia sanctions bill over Democratic objections about Trump’s new authority ›
As printed
“So I think we're going to introduce imperfect and pass imperfect legislation, see what it does, and then learn as we go.”
Fox News Reporter’s Notebook: Congress meets AI as fears of human extinction jolt Capitol Hill ›
People, on the record
The daily brief connects each person’s exact words to the question they addressed and the people who answered. Free.
Free to start. No spin. No yelling.
$5/month, cancel anytime. Secure on Stripe, and nothing is ever paywalled.
One-time, secure on Stripe. No account.
