In the News
Yes to Free Trade Deals
Oct 13 2011
Senator Warner joined bipartisan majorities in the Senate and the U.S. House in passing free-trade bills with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. The President sent the proposed trade deals to Congress last week.
Improving the federal budget process
Oct 12 2011
With all of the recent attention on the federal budget, the Senate Budget Committee today held a hearing on ways to reform and improve the budget process. Senator Warner urged consideration of a two-year budget cycle – the same process used in Virginia and many other states.
Building Support for The BUILD Act
Oct 06 2011
We need to make new investments in our nation’s roads, bridges, transit, and air transportation networks to connect our people and our businesses. That’s what The BUILD Act will do, and Senator Warner is an original co-sponsor of this bipartisan infrastructure bank proposal along with Sens. John Kerry and Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Español y Ingles
Oct 06 2011
Senator Warner says he will champion increased access to capital and greater federal contracting opportunities for Latino-owned businesses. The Senator spoke at a Latino Business Summit on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Senator Warner told members of the Southern States Energy Board that the region should become more aggressive in working together to pursue a “portfolio” approach to energy resources. The Board, chaired by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, met in Alexandria yesterday.
The future of the U.S.-India partnership
Sep 28 2011
Senator Warner spoke at the Brookings Institute regarding the future of the U.S.-India partnership earlier this week. Senator Warner, as co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, has pushed for a stronger relationship between “the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy.”
Step forward for Virginia high-speed rail
Sep 27 2011
In a step forward for high-speed passenger rail, the U.S. Department of Transportation today set aside $44.3 million toward the development of a rail corridor linking Richmond and Washington, DC. The grant will help Virginia prepare for potential rail construction by starting environmental and engineering analyses.
Virginia home for Northrop Grumman
Sep 26 2011
Senator Warner helped cut the ribbon on defense contractor Northrop Grumman’s new Fairfax headquarters. After a countrywide search, Northrop Grumman, a Fortune 100 company, relocated its corporate headquarters to Virginia from California, bringing with it 500 jobs for the Commonwealth.
The White House has nominated Maurice Jones, the publisher of the Norfolk, Virginia Virginian-Pilot, to become deputy secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jones, 47, has been publisher of The Pilot since mid-2008, and he previously served as a top adviser to Senator Warner when he was Virginia’s governor.
As finance chiefs from around the world turn-up the heat on Europe to do more to prevent Greece's debt crisis from infecting the world economy, Senator Warner chaired a Banking subcommittee hearing to hear from a range of experts about what the crisis could mean for the struggling U.S. economy.
