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Virginia Chamber supports Startup 2.0
Jul 31 2012
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is supporting Senator’s Warner’s bipartisan Startup 2.0 legislation, which would help support and grow small businesses and innovative start-up companies.
Gallery Street was the wrong stop on the green line of the D.C. metro. Sounded right, considering that I was heading for a reception at Senator Mark Warner’s office where work from artisans and artists throughout Virginia was on display.
Gallery Street was the wrong stop on the green line of the D.C. metro. Sounded right, considering that I was heading for a reception at Senator Mark Warner’s office where work from artisans and artists throughout Virginia was on display
"Welcome to the discussion"
Jul 30 2012
Senator Warner did not attend a town hall meeting held late today in Norfolk by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who hoped to draw attention to the impending threat of deep defense cuts if Congress fails to address the nation’s fiscal challenges.
Of the four governors I covered at the state Capitol, Mark Warner would be my top choice if I were picking one to serve a second term.
Virginia U.S. Sen. MarkWarner retains hope sequestration and $500 billion in federal defense cuts won’t happen. Speaking by phone on Friday,Warner said amore definitive solution to reducing the federal debt could be offered to either President Obama or President-elect Mitt Romney the day after the November election.
What the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives need are more people like Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. At a town hall meeting in Bedford over the weekend, Warner, the former Virginia governor, made it clear that bipartisanship is the key to resolving the gridlock that is suffocating Congress.
The Navy next week will co-host a fair designed to help veterans find employment. The fair is scheduled for Aug. 2 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, according to a Navy news release. It is slated to run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Webb, Warner take another crack at allowing offshore energy production
Jul 25 2012
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner, both Democrats, are co-sponsoring legislation that would open energy production off the coast of Virginia. The Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012, or OPEN Act, would replace the current five-year leasing plan, which excludes Virginia, and provide revenue sharing to all participating coastal states.
