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Promising news on the D-Day Memorial
Aug 06 2009
Senator Warner received a letter from U.S. Secretary of the Department of Interior Ken Salazer today informing us that he will dispatch a National Park Service team to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford to make a preliminary assessment of whether the site might be eligible for inclusion in the National Park Service system.
Step toward saving the D-Day Memorial
Jul 24 2009
Earlier this year, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford announced that it did not have enough money to sustain operations through the end of the year. Since then, Virginia's congressional delegation, led by Senator Warner, has made several attempts to help keep the memorial open.
Repairing our community health centers
Jul 01 2009
Senator Warner announced this week that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released more than $13.5 million in grants from the economic recovery package to 24 community health centers in Virginia to maintain facilities and improve services.
Legislation focuses on end of life
The proposal seeks to reduce costs and offers incentives to facilities for palliative care accreditation.
Jun 15 2009
In an effort to curb health care spending and provide a better quality of life to terminally ill patients, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has introduced legislation aimed at changing how end-of-life care is provided.
Protecting the National D-Day Memorial
Jun 09 2009
Senator Warner introduced legislation yesterday that would authorize the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to study whether the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, can be added to the U.S. National Park System.
Honoring all those who serve
Jun 03 2009
Hundreds of military veterans and active-duty personnel fromthe Washington and Northern Virginia gathered last night for a special Capitol Hill screening of a new documentary about the story of one Virginia community's sacrifice and loss in the 1944 D-Day invasion.
Bedford film’s D.C. screening draws hundreds
Jun 03 2009
WASHINGTON — A busload of Bedford residents was swallowed up in a crowd of military people and politicians who came out Tuesday evening to see a movie about the town that sent a group of D-Day heroes off to war.
A documentary portraying Bedford’s role in the largest air, land and sea operation in military history is making its way to the big screen at the nation’s capital.
Wired Virginia
May 14 2009
Senator Warner highlighted today’s unveiling of a first-ever broadband availability map for Virginia, available online at http://www.otpba.vi.virginia.gov/.
New equipment for Roanoke Airport
May 08 2009
The Department of Homeland Security announced today that Roanoke Regional Airport will receive two new pieces of security equipment worth $772,125, purchased through funds provided to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by the economic recovery package.