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WVTF: Virginia Lawmakers on Sequestration
Mar 23 2015
“It's ‘smoke and mirrors’ for this national capital region, it would be devastating to the federal workforce. It would cut in half our investments and education, infrastructure, research and development."
Senator Mark Warner successfully amended the Senate Republican budget today to encourage the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to more aggressively promote a veterans law clinic model developed at William & Mary’s Puller VA Clinic.
At a Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. Warner called for getting rid of the sequester, reducing spending in a more responsible way, strengthening entitlement programs, and considering additional revenues to fix the government’s balance sheet for the long term.
A bipartisan group of senators are pushing back against possible plans to use revenue generated by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offset federal spending.
On March 12, with a month left to go in tax season, Senator Warner attended a Senate Finance Committee hearing where he discussed an issue that he has previously called on the IRS to address: tax refund fraud.
Hampton Roads’ military-dependent economy is getting a boost with the Navy’s decision to homeport its newest aircraft carrier in Norfolk and also will see lengthy visits in coming years from thousands of sailors on carriers temporarily positioned here.
Sens. Warner, Murkowski Lead Coalition Supporting Renewal of U.S.-Israel Energy Security Agreement
Mar 13 2015
Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry encouraging the administration to renew a historic energy security agreement with Israel.
Senator Mark Warner pressed the director of the Government Accountability Office during today’s meeting of the Budget Committee to move more aggressively to identify overlapping and duplicative federal programs.
Update on Veterans Health Care
Feb 27 2015
Earlier this week, I joined Senator Kaine and 40 colleagues from both parties in raising serious concerns about the implementation of the Veterans Choice Card program, which was created as part of the VA reform legislation Congress passed last year.
"After spending the President’s Day weekend in Havana, I am hopeful the two sides will be able to reach a deal soon."
