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Sens. Warner and Kaine today announced that the Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act, excluding payments from state eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining federal benefits.

"Expanding access to locally grown food in Virginia schools not only provides children with nutritious meals, which enhances learning, but also supports Virginia’s local food producers."

Sen. Warner today urged congressional appropriators to provide funding to collect better, more complete data on the number and type of workers who are part of the growing on-demand or “gig” economy.

Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $2,996,643 in grant funding to small businesses throughout Virginia.

Sen. Warner and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues held a press conference in the U.S. Capitol to announce the introduction of the Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation to make commonsense changes in staffing policies at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and improve veterans care at VA health care facilities.

“The brave men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform deserve to know that their country will take care of them when they return home,” Sen. Warner said. “This grant will help homeless veterans in Harrisonburg access safe, affordable housing.”

"We’re pleased to finally see this progress in bringing on new management for Metro after a year-long search. As federal lawmakers, we have been strong advocates and effective partners for Metro."

Virginia’s congressional delegation is urging President Obama to support funding to expand the Port of Virginia.

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee members Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) along with U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) have introduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II-era predecessor to today’s Central Intelligence Agency and the

The funding will help local governments fight housing discrimination, improve economic conditions and increase access to affordable housing.

Sens. Warner and Kaine joined a letter sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to strengthen financial protections for a particularly vulnerable population: men and women seeking to reenter society after leaving prison.

Sen. Warner joined Sens. Tim Kaine (VA), Bill Nelson (FL), and Angus King (ME) today on a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency requesting the agency provide greater clarity and more precise guidelines on compliance with EPA’s new Clean Water Rules.

Today, Sens. Warner and Kaine praised President Barack Obama’s announcement that federal employers will be required to “ban the box” on job applications, removing a barrier for former offenders seeking employment after incarceration.

“By confirming that it will reimburse for advance care planning in accordance with the recommendation of the American Medical Association, CMS has taken an important step forward in moving the conversation around end-of-life care beyond political scare tactics."

"As someone who has pushed the SEC since 2012 to move forward these rules, I applaud the Commission’s vote to allow more smaller investors to participate in America’s entrepreneurial economy.”

Sen. Warner introduced the bipartisan Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 to strengthen the H-2B temporary non-agricultural visa program to help seasonal employers better prepare for fluctuations in demand during peak seasons.

"I applaud the Air Force's selection of Northrop Grumman to produce the Long Range Strike Bomber."

Sens. Warner and Kaine today pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. This critical lifeline for many low-income students expired on September 30, despite receiving a unanimous one-year, no-cost extension from the House of Representatives on September 28.

Senators Warner and Kaine joined 17 of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter outlining their concerns over reports of significant harm to the finances and credit of active servicemembers while deployed and requesting specific information and feedback to help ensure all servicemembers have the tools they need to safeguard their financial security.

Sen. Warner and seven of his colleagues on the Senate Banking Committee urged two newly-named nominees for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to improve transparency in the U.S. political process by supporting a requirement for publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending to shareholders.

“The Export-Import Bank helps sustain hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs in the U.S., and it does so at no cost to the taxpayer. With it, U.S. businesses are able to export billions of dollars in goods and services each year. Without it, our exporters face a major disadvantage against their foreign competitors.”

Sen. Warner, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, applauded Senate passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), which will strengthen cybersecurity efforts by encouraging private companies to voluntarily share information while ensuring individual privacy and civil liberties.

Finance Committee Members Offer Bipartisan Legislative Language to Improve Chronic Care Outcomes in Medicare

Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) joined 119 of their congressional colleagues in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Social Security Carolyn W. Colvin and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make sure that the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decisions are implemented and that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is treating all marriages equally.

After the House select committee investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya conducted its daylong hearing today, Sen. Warner released this statement on the need to move forward on the State Department’s preferred location for a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center at Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia

Press Releases

Warner & Kaine bill excludes eugenics compensation payments from determination of federal public benefit programs

Dec 01 2015

Nov 18 2015

Urges appropriators to fund relaunch of Labor Dept. survey not conducted since 2005

Nov 16 2015

Nov 12 2015

Legislation includes “Docs-to-Doctors” provision to allow servicemembers who have served in medical roles to transition directly into the VA; would make it easier for veterans to access the health care they need

Nov 10 2015

Nov 10 2015

Nov 05 2015

Craney Island eastward expansion project will allow Port to double its cargo capacity, driving economic development and creating jobs

Nov 05 2015

Office of Strategic Services members conducted intelligence and espionage activities during World War

Nov 05 2015

Nov 04 2015

CFPB working on proposed protections for the prepaid market

Nov 04 2015

Nov 03 2015

Nov 02 2015

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes new rule to provide a Medicare benefit to discuss end-of-life care

Oct 30 2015

Warner has been calling for crowdfunding rules since 2012

Oct 30 2015

Legislation provides certainty for seasonal employers who depend on temporary workers and supports Virginia jobs dependent on seasonal industries

Oct 30 2015

Oct 29 2015

Join majority of Senate in bipartisan effort to renew Perkins Loan Program, critical lifeline for low-income students that expired Sept. 30

Oct 29 2015

Impact of one missed payment on credit report can snowball while away from home

Oct 29 2015

Warner, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, urges newly-named SEC nominees to support rule requiring publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending to shareholders

Oct 28 2015

The Ex-Im Bank Supported More than 160,000 U.S. Jobs Tied to Exports Last Year

Oct 27 2015

Legislation includes key provisions championed by Sen. Warner

Oct 27 2015

Finance Committee Members Offer Bipartisan Legislative Language to Improve Chronic Care Outcomes in Medicare

Oct 27 2015

Bicameral letter urges SSA not to penalize previously-married same-sex couples who received overpayments due to delayed implementation of same-sex marriage decisions

Oct 26 2015

Oct 23 2015