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Almost 70 years after learning of Army PFC Alonzo Haynes’ death in combat, his family received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart he earned during his service in World War II. Haynes’ brother contacted Senator Warner recently after learning that he was eligible for the medals.
“If there’s a gang of bipartisan Senators trying to solve tough issues, there’s a pretty good chance Mark Warner is part of that group,” Bloomberg TV host Peter Cook said yesterday in as he introduced Senator Warner on WUSA-TV and Bloomberg TV’s Capital Gains.
U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine today discussed the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget on the Senate floor and pushed for passage to give agencies, businesses, and families certainty they deserve for the next fiscal year. During their exchange on the Senate floor, Warner and Kaine also noted the importance of passing the budget to replace deep, indiscriminate sequester cuts with a balanced approach to grow the economy and responsibly reduce the deficit.
Senator Warner received a standing ovation on Tuesday when he told visiting members of the National Association of Home Care & Hospice that "we are overdue as a nation for an adult conversation about end-of-life planning."
Warner on Warner
Mar 16 2013
Senator Warner attended Saturday's keel-laying ceremony at Huntington-Ingalls New News Shipbuilding to celebrate a key milestone in the construction of the Navy's newest fast-attack submarine. The sub will bear the name of his Senate predecessor, John Warner.
'Hope Springs Eternal" for Fiscal Progress
Mar 14 2013
Senator Warner joined WTOP radio this morning to talk about the ongoing Congressional budget negotiations, which continue this week as both the House and Senate debate how best to move forward.
Senator Warner called into Hot 91 radio Norfolk this morning to speak with Norfolk State University’s Dr. Erica Taylor about the effect of the sequestration cuts on the Hampton Roads area, and to discuss the political environment in Washington and his upcoming visit to the area.
Newsletter: Three Reasons to be Optimistic
Mar 13 2013
Dear Friends, I write to you today amid hopeful signs that Congress soon will take meaningful steps to avert mindless, across-the-board sequestration cuts -- and maybe, just maybe, address our broader fiscal challenges in a real way.
Senator Warner Talks Startup 3.0 at SXSW
Mar 11 2013
Senator Warner attended the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) technology conference in Texas this weekend to promote his bipartisan Startup Act 3.0 legislation, and to meet with innovators, entrepreneurs and tech industry professionals.
Sen. Warner Challenges 'Too Big to Jail'
Mar 07 2013
Senator Warner had the gavel today as the Senate Banking Committee questioned financial regulators about their failure to date to pursue criminal prosecutions for big banks that have violated the law. In recent years, a series of major violations of anti-money laundering laws by big banks have led to questions about how effective federal efforts to enforce these laws really are – and whether major banks are still ‘too big to prosecute.’
