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Working to help victims of tainted drywall
Dec 06 2011
“I’ve been involved in politics and government for 20 years, and I can’t think of a more frustrating issue that I’ve been involved with than this issue with drywall,” Senator Warner said at a Senate hearing on contaminated drywall this morning. Senator Warner, with Florida Senator Bill Nelson had called for the hearing today before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance.
The second annual Virginia Women's Conference
Nov 22 2011
Senator Warner and Old Dominion University hosted Saturday’s second-annual Virginia Women’s Conference, which welcomed about 750 women to Norfolk. “Look, I have an amazing wife and three almost perfect daughters,” Senator Warner said Saturday in his remarks to open the conference. “I know who really runs the show.”
On the Road: Hampton Roads Day Two
Oct 25 2011
For our second campus town hall in as many days, we visited Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Senator Warner emphasized the need for a national competitiveness strategy, and students asked smart questions about the European debt crisis, trade, foreign aid, and how to stay optimistic in tough economic and political times.
On the Road: the Eastern Shore and Hampton Roads
Aug 17 2011
Last night, Senator Warner and staff began a short trip to the Eastern Shore, Hampton Roads and the Peninsula with a town hall at the beautiful Cape Charles Coffee House.
Virginia seniors totally get it.
Jul 19 2011
More than 1,000 Virginia AARP members joined Senator Warner on a telephone town hall Monday night for a conversation about deficits, Social Security and Medicare. The Senator offered an update on his efforts to find bipartisan solutions and answered several questions during the call.
Yesterday afternoon, Senator Warner, U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) announced the launch of the National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and honored its initial board of directors. The Foundation, established through legislation written by Sen. Warner, allows for corporate and individual contributions to help support the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, and was signed into law by the President last December.
We ended our trip last week on Thursday in Fredericksburg, where Senator Warner held a town hall meeting with employees of the new Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center. Then we stopped by the University of Mary Washington's Annual Devil-Goat Day.
Profiting on preemies is beyond the pale
$10-$20 weekly injections to prevent premature births will now cost $1,500 each
Mar 30 2011
U.S. Sen. Warner today called on Ohio-based K-V Pharmaceutical to voluntarily roll-back its dramatic increase in the price of a drug used to prevent premature labor for women in high-risk pregnancies. The prenatal progesterone treatment, which had been priced between $10 and $20 per weekly injection when compounded and dispensed by pharmacies, now will be sold under the brand name Makena at a cost of $1,500 per week.
New remediation guidelines for Chinese drywall
Mar 18 2011
The Consumer Public Safety Commission and Department of Housing and Urban Development today released new remediation guidance for families whose homes were damaged by toxic Chinese drywall. The new protocols will better help homeowners to correctly identify problem drywall and provide more comprehensive remediation for any potential health and safety issues associated with the problem drywall.
Statement on Health Care Repeal
Feb 02 2011
I voted for the Affordable Care Act because the current health care system is simply unsustainable and it will bankrupt our nation. This law helps lay the groundwork for containing health care costs through leveraging private sector innovation and competition to improve the quality and value of care in this country.
