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Senator Warner held a series of town hall meetings, toured small businesses and threw the opening pitch at a collegiate league baseball game during a weekend of travel across southside Virginia.
Tar Wars
Jul 17 2012
Senator Warner met today with Savior Waddell, a rising fifth grader at Danville's Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, to celebrate his winning entry in an anti-smoking poster contest. Savior's entry was called "Hang Tough - Don't Puff."
Strengthening leadership across the Commonwealth
Jun 18 2012
More than 500 people attended the weekend’s first annual Virginia Leadership Summit hosted by the University of Richmond. The gathering was organized by Senator Warner and co-hosted by former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA-11) with an eye towards strengthening a non-partisan network of community leaders across the Commonwealth.
Senator Warner met this afternoon with about twenty students from William and Mary’s Summer Community Engagement Institute. The students ranged from freshmen to recently graduated seniors but were all in DC with one goal: to learn about leadership and community involvement by volunteering in DC’s non-profit organizations.
On the Road: Petersburg & Sandston
May 01 2012
The Senate is in recess, so Senator Warner will be traveling around the Commonwealth this week. His first stop was Petersburg this morning for the groundbreaking of the new Petersburg Public Library, which has been in the works for more than ten years.
Discussing the deficit with Ferrum College
Apr 18 2012
The “Go Big” campaign stopped in Roanoke today at a forum hosted by Ferrum College, and Senator Warner joined the deficit reduction conversation by videoconference from his Capitol Hill office. The Senator said America’s $16 trillion debt grows by more than $4 billion each day Congress fails to act on our long-term debt.
On the Road: Fredericksburg and Ashland
Apr 04 2012
As part of the Senate's spring break, Senator Warner traveled through Fredericksburg and Ashland to host two campus town halls and to meet with constituents, business and community leaders.
U.S Sen. Mark Warner urged University of Mary Washington students to get engaged in politics, demand straight answers from politicians, and be aware that the national TV opinion shows are just that — opinion. Warner was speaking to a room full of students — and some members of the community — during a stop at the college.
Photo(n) Opportunity
Mar 13 2012
Let’s talk about photon-mediated entanglement of information transmission in quantum physics! OK, maybe not. Senator Warner visited briefly today with Ari Micha Dyckovsy, 18, of Loudoun County’s Academy of Science. Ari is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search.
Meeting with La Raza
Mar 09 2012
Yesterday, Senator Warner met with Virginia members of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. Senator Warner talked to the representatives about la economía, educación y reforma migratoria - the economy, education and immigration reform.
