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The Internet headlines called it a “rant,” but Sen. Mark Warner’s Wednesday remarks to a joint economic committee were really rare calm sanity on Capitol Hill.
Fiscal Folly
Sep 19 2013
Senator Warner delivered an impassioned plea for fiscal responsibility yesterday at a Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economic costs of debt-ceiling brinkmanship.
Congress rang in the new year with a political compromise to avoid what had come to be known as the fiscal cliff. While we avoided a tax increase on most Americans, we also pushed off once again many of the tough decisions required to get our country back on a responsible fiscal path.
If Congress and the White House are unable to agree on debt reduction measures by March, America will face a triple threat: a congressional vote to raise the debt ceiling, across-the-board spending cuts required by the sequester and the expiration of the law that keeps the government funded.
If Congress and the White House are unable to agree on debt reduction measures by March, America will face a triple threat: a congressional vote to raise the debt ceiling, across-the-board spending cuts required by the sequester and the expiration of the law that keeps the government funded.
Soon-to-be senior Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has been in the thick of recent federal appropriations battles. He led the original Gang of Six that tried to get a bipartisan deal on the budget going last year. Now, he's back at it, trying to head off sequestration. Warner says that, in spite of how it may seem, lawmakers understand the dangers of the fiscal cliff.
"The Biggest Risk our Country Faces"
Oct 25 2012
CEOs of more than 80 big American corporations voiced support today for a comprehensive, bipartisan deficit reduction plan in a joint statement organized by the bipartisan Fix the Debt campaign. The statement calls on Congress to pass a deficit reduction package that includes tax reform that raises new revenue, entitlement reforms and spending cuts
One Year Since the U.S. Credit Downgrade
Aug 06 2012
On the first anniversary of America’s first-ever credit rating downgrade, Senator Warner told CNN’s Erin Burnett that he continues to work within the Senate to design a broad, bipartisan roadmap to reduce the national debt.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (Va.-D) told a crowd of about 40 Franklin County citizens Saturday morning that it's going to take a bipartisan effort to reduce the country's deficit and get the economy back up to speed.
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.
Federal pension "tsunami" is coming
Apr 23 2012
With a current backlog of 63,000 cases, and up to 100,000 new retirements expected through proposed reforms to the Postal Service business model, Senator Warner is working to fix the federal government’s broken retirement process.
Spreading the Debt Reduction Gospel in Boston
Feb 21 2012
Senator Warner is in Boston today to speak with business leaders and students at Harvard’s Kennedy School about his ongoing efforts to find consensus on a big, bipartisan debt reduction plan.
