"If we think about 30 years ago, Silicon Valley in northern California kind of carved out their brand — they were the information technology capital of the world," Warner said. "Composites has the potential in all its applications to be a huge industry. We'd like to make Hampton Roads the Silicon Valley of composites."

Senator Warner attended a naturalization ceremony in Alexandria this morning for hundreds of new American citizens and their families. He urged the new citizens not to be afraid to fail and to take care to be respectful of those with different beliefs.

Following massive security breaches that hit retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus, Senator Warner says the need has never been greater for data security legislation. The Senator chaired a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing yesterday on the recent credit and debit card security breaches impacting major retailers and millions of American consumers.

Senator Warner held his first Commonwealth Coffee of 2014, cohosted by Senator Tim Kaine. The coffees allow Virginia constituents to meet with the senators and speak with legislative staff in an informal setting.

Senator Mark Warner organized a roundtable in Hampton Roads this past Friday where he discussed the future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the possible economic benefits for manufacturing in the Hampton Roads.Senator Warner also held a town hall meeting with Williamsburg community leaders.

On Wednesday morning, Senator Mark Warner headed to tour the nanoTouch facility in Forest. NanoTouch is located in Bedford County’s Center for Advanced Engineering & Research, and produces self-cleaning, microbial reduction surfaces.