At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on July 15, Senator Warner questioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, Richard Cordray, about CFPB's role in mortgage rules and retirement savings given the growing workforce of part-time workers and independent contractors.

“Made in China” labels have become prominent in the goods we buy in this country. China is the U.S.’s second largest trading partner after Canada and our geopolitical strategy for the future includes an increased focus on the Asia-Pacific region. In other words — China’s not going anywhere. Now more than ever we need to put in place and enforce a set of rules to ensure that our ability to compete isn’t diminished down the line.

"After spending the President’s Day weekend in Havana, I am hopeful the two sides will be able to reach a deal soon."

It was my honor to accompany President Obama this week to celebrate India’s Republic Day, the commemoration of the adoption of India’s democratic constitution in 1950.

Virginia’s winner of the Intellectual Property Owners Association Education Foundation’s video contest, met with Senator Warner.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., visited NASA's Langley Research Center Monday to get a progress update on NASA's Advanced Composites Project (ACP) and a first-hand look at some of the advanced composites work taking place in the Structures and Materials Lab.

"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."