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Celebrating India
Jan 26 2011
This morning Senator Warner hosted a “Commonwealth Coffee” event for members of Virginia’s Indian-American community. Today’s event was held to honor Republic Day, which marks India’s adoption of a democratic constitution 62 years ago.
Where else would you hear a U.S. Senator joke about a State of the Union drinking game and “speed dating” with Republican colleagues? Listen to Senator Warner’s fun interview this morning with Rick Rumble of WNOR FM99 in Norfolk.
Another State date
Jan 24 2011
Senator Warner will sit with Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) during Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. Truth be told, Sens. Chambliss and Warner were “bipartisan before bipartisan was cool."
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is about to heed his own admonition that Congress "put up or shut up" when confronting the dangerously high federal debt. The Virginia Democrat and U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, are close to introducing a complex bill that would cut trillions in federal spending.
Sen. Warner on the Administration’s new regulatory strategy
~ “We can and should go further” ~
Jan 18 2011
Senator Warner, who recently called for a “pay as you go” approach to reduce unnecessary, duplicative and outdated government regulations, offered support today for the President’s Executive Order outlining a new regulatory strategy and urged the Administration to move even more aggressively to cut unnecessary government red tape.
Still fighting for small business
Jan 13 2011
Senator Warner joined Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chair Sheila Bair today at a CNBC conference on removing obstacles to lending to America’s small businesses. Senator Warner also spoke about a new tool from the FDIC to give small businesses a “second look” when loans are denied.
Working for women veterans
Jan 11 2011
Yesterday, Senator Warner met with women veterans in Hampton and Richmond to discuss the recent release of a study that showed women are much more likely than male veterans to be denied care for PTSD.
The latest on JFCOM
Jan 07 2011
Senator Warner says Hampton Roads-based Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) will be renamed, retooled, refocused and resized – but the bipartisan Virginia delegation worked together to save about half of the 4,000 JFCOM jobs in Hampton Roads that were originally targeted for elimination.
This Washington Post op-ed applauds the passage of Senator Warner's Government Performance and Results Modernization Act. This legislation, which was adopted unanimously by the Senate last week, will now be sent to President Obama to be signed into law.
The New York Times discusses the informal bipartisan coalition created by Senators Warner and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), that seeks to get the ball rolling on deficit reduction next year. The Senators have formed an informal group of about 20 senators from both parties to work on debt reduction and tax reform.
