Washington, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes Arlington National Cemetery, issued the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced that the Trump Administration would "start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary" for President Trump's illegal, gridlock-increasing, narcissistic arch project that the National Park Service admits would disrupt Arlington National Cemetery: "Burgum and the Trump Administration are disregarding the risks and rushing this towering monument to Trump's vanity because they believe Republicans will get crushed in November. They believe, I h...