Press Releases

“I’m saddened to hear the news of Mr. Butler’s passing last night just one month after the passing of his wife, June. Congressman Butler served his country in the Navy, served the people of Roanoke in the Virginia House of Delegates for nearly a decade, and served our Commonwealth and our country as a member of Congress for a decade after that."

Sen. Mark Warner released the following statement in response to today’s Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling to strike down Virginia’s ban on gay marriage in Bostic v. Rainey:

Sens. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) urged the Administration to include fraudulent labeling of crab meat in its efforts to combat fishing and seafood fraud.

Sen. Warner met with the President’s nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department today and emphasized two Virginia-based initiatives that would help transform operations at the embattled agency.

Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded the measures announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to improve the safety of crude oil rail shipments.

In a bipartisan letter to President Obama, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Bill Keating (D-MA) urged the President to strongly oppose the sale of French warships to Russia.

“I fully support the strong sanctions that the United States introduced earlier this week, and believe that the EU must now also stand firmly to ensure that there are consequences for these actions."

As early as June 18th, Senator Warner called on the Administration to demand accountability from Central American countries these children and young people are fleeing.

“Virginia’s women have a right to make their own decisions about contraception without their bosses interfering. I’m proud to have cosponsored and voted today in support of legislation to undo the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision and restore the right of women to access basic health care."

Sens. Warner and Rubio (R-FL) today introduced The Dynamic Student Loan Repayment Act to consolidate, simplify and improve income-based repayment options for federal student loans.

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine today applauded the announcement that the Fiscal Year 2015 Senate Defense Appropriations bill includes $848 million for the refueling and complex overhaul of the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington - a top defense priority for the Senators and the Virginia delegation.

"While I appreciate the Air Force's efforts to find savings by consolidating headquarters functions, I am deeply concerned about the impact this potential cut would have on Joint Base Langley-Eustis’s hard-working airmen and civilian work force."

Senator Mark Warner praised the recently unveiled Indian budget, which includes several provisions that the Senator called for the U.S. and Indian governments to accomplish in his 100-day plan, such as raising limits on foreign investment.

Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) John Walsh (D-MT), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Mark Pryor (D-AR) introduced the Bring Jobs Home Act to close the tax loophole for corporations that ship jobs overseas and extend tax credits to those companies that return jobs back to America.

Senator Warner asked privacy and consumer protection experts at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to provide more information on recent reports that the social network Facebook conducted an experiment involving nearly 700,000 users to study the emotional impact of manipulating information on their News Feeds.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today passed the bipartisan Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 by a vote of 12-3. The bill includes an amendment by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) that would require the Intelligence Community to produce a comprehensive accounting of the threat from cyberattacks and cybercrime.

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine today applauded the U.S. Navy for moving forward to begin work on the refueling and complex overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington – a top defense priority for the Virginia delegation.

“I applaud the President’s choice of Robert McDonald to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs,” Sen. Warner said. “His military service and private sector management experience will help spur a much-needed and dramatic overhaul at the V-A health system."

"While the Court's Hobby Lobby decision is narrow, I believe these conversations should be between women and their doctors, not a woman and her boss. I trust the women of Virginia to make their own healthcare decisions."

Senators Warner and Kaine announced today that a consortium of universities including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University have received a $5 million grant to conduct crucial research and development of energy efficient and environmentally sustainable modes of transportation.

"It is an outrage that while Virginia veterans were suffering because of gross mismanagement by the V-A, its senior executives were receiving cash performance bonuses on top of existing salaries."

"The federal government should look elsewhere for an appropriate location for this facility."

Senators Warner and Kaine sent letter to Fernando O. Rivera, Network Director of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Capitol Health Care Network, and Daniel F. Hoffman, Network Director of the VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, expressing concern over the results of the VA Access Audit report released this week.

The U.S. Senate today passed Sen. Warner’s bipartisan proposal to enlist private sector technology companies to assist the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V-A) assess and fix problems with the V-A scheduling system.

Senators Warner and Kaine released the following statement after the Senate voted today to confirm Hannah Lauck of Richmond to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Press Releases

Jul 29 2014

Jul 28 2014

~ Letter follows establishment of Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud ~

Jul 25 2014

~ Pushes Va.-based private sector solutions for backlog, scheduling crises ~

Jul 23 2014

Jul 23 2014

~ Letter also calls for NATO allies to halt supplying other arms to Russia ~

Jul 22 2014

Jul 21 2014

Jul 17 2014

~ On Vote to Protect Women’s Health in Aftermath of Supreme Court Hobby Lobby Decision ~

Jul 16 2014

~ Bipartisan Proposal Simplifies Income-based Repayment Programs ~

Jul 16 2014

Announcement by Senate Defense Appropriations Committee Chairman Dick Durbin is strongest signal yet of Congressional intent to fully refuel carrier, protect 11-carrier fleet

Jul 15 2014

~ On proposed staff reductions at Joint Base Langley-Eustis ~

Jul 14 2014

~ Budget reflects actions called for in 100-day plan ~

Jul 10 2014

Jul 10 2014

~ Facebook data scientists manipulated content of nearly 700K users to study emotional response ~

Jul 09 2014

Jul 08 2014

Navy’s move sends a signal: 11 carriers are vital to national defense

Jul 02 2014

~ Urges Expansion of Va. Pro Bono Public-Private Partnerships to Address Key V-A Challenges ~

Jun 30 2014

Jun 30 2014

~ Grant awarded to accelerate research and development for energy efficient transportation systems ~

Jun 20 2014

Jun 20 2014

~ On Location of a Federal Immigrant Refugee Facility in Brunswick County ~

Jun 20 2014

Jun 13 2014

~ Measure passes as part of bipartisan Senate legislation to fix V-A ~ ~ Warner proposal modeled on successful work to fix back office mess at Arlington National Cemetery ~

Jun 11 2014

Jun 10 2014