Press Releases
Warner, Kaine Announce More than $1.6 Million in DOJ Funding to Improve Virginia Drug Court Services
Sep 30 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded $1,695,445, in grant funding to multiple Virginia communities to improve and expand drug court operations.
Warner, Kaine, Manchin Introduce Sweeping Reforms to Black Lung Benefits Program
Legislation also introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Bobby Scott
Sep 29 2015
Today U.S. Sen. Warner and his colleagues proposed sweeping reforms to the federal program that provides benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
Warner, Kaine, Scott, Connolly, Beyer Advocate for Virginia College Students
Urge Senate leaders to support legislation ensuring Federal Perkins Loan recipients have predictability in their financial planning
Sep 28 2015
Today, Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), and Don Beyer (D-VA-8) wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), urging support for a one-year reauthorization of the Federal Perkins Loan Program.
Warner, Kaine Announce $450,000 in DOJ Funding for Sexual Assault Prevention Initiatives in Williamsburg
Sep 28 2015
Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the James City County Police Department in Williamsburg, Virginia $450,000 through a grant to support programs that help prevent sexual assault and domestic violence.
Warner, Kaine on WMATA Corrective Action Plan
Sep 24 2015
Today's news is a step in the right direction for improving Metro, and the next step is to make sure that each and every action item is implemented, maintained, and seen through to completion.
Sen. Warner released the following statement on the announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that 5.6 million people's fingerprints were stolen as part of the data hacks that were disclosed earlier this summer.
Sens. Warner, Kaine Announce Federal Grants for Police Body Cameras
Local match, robust training & implementation plans required
Sep 22 2015
Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded nearly $500,000 in federal grants to five Virginia localities to purchase law enforcement body cameras.
"Today, the Senate voted on a proposal to restrict women’s reproductive health. While I was unable to vote today, I would have opposed this bill. Important medical decisions should be made between a woman and her doctor, not politicians in Washington."
“We’re very pleased that Bristol and Harrisonburg have been awarded federal funds to advance public safety and crime prevention. Senator Kaine and I will continue to work to make sure Virginia communities have the resources they need to apply new personnel to issues related to violent crime, school safety, and building trust within the community.”
Democrats Push to Keep Federal Workers on the Job Despite Threats of a Shutdown
Preventing federal workers from doing their jobs doesn’t just harm them, it harms all Americans
Sep 18 2015
Sen. Warner and a group of Democratic Senators have introduced legislation that would end Republican plans to use federal workers as pawns in their effort to shut down the federal government as a means to defund the important health care services provided by Planned Parenthood.
In an effort to spur substantive and structural housing finance reform, U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), all members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, today reintroduced the “Jumpstart GSE Reform Act.
Senators Warner and Kaine co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure thousands of Navy veterans from the Vietnam War, known as "Blue Water" veterans for their service in waters off the coast, who were exposed to the powerful toxin Agent Orange will be eligible to receive disability and health care benefits they have earned for diseases linked to Agent Orange exposure.
Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, along with U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, Rob Wittman, Gerry Connolly, Robert Hurt, Dave Brat, and Don Beyer released the following statement on the release of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that makes clear Fort Pickett, Virginia is the best location for a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC).
Warner, Mikulski, Kaine, Wittman Urge Administration to Strengthen Efforts to Combat Seafood Fraud
Stronger traceability requirements will better protect hard-working, law-abiding Virginia and Maryland watermen
Sep 15 2015
Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) urged President Obama to protect Virginia and Maryland’s seafood industry by strengthening efforts to prevent seafood fraud.
Warner, Wyden, Rubio: New College Scorecard Lays Groundwork for Student Right to Know Before You Go Act
Sep 14 2015
The authors of a bill to provide powerful new tools for comparing colleges and universities on measures such as total cost, likelihood of graduating and potential earnings, today called the White House’s new college scorecard database a step in the right direction toward giving students the information they need to make more informed decisions about their college education.
Warner, Kaine, Manchin Call for Investigation into FDA Decision on Oxycontin
In a letter to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Senators are calling for an investigation into the decision to approve OxyContin for children as young as 11-years-old
Sep 09 2015
Senators Warner, Kaine and Manchin today sent a letter to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) calling for an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to approve OxyContin for use by children as young as 11-years-old and an examination of the rise in the opioid misuse, abuse and consequent overdose deaths.
“I believe that supporting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China is the best option for advancing the goal of keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
Sen. Warner Asks Federal Agencies for More Relevant Data about the On-Demand Economy
Better data could provide better insights into how Americans choose to work today, 20th century surveys & definitions don’t track growth in 21st century
Sep 01 2015
Sen. Warner (D-VA) today asked the U.S. Secretaries of Treasury, Commerce and Labor to assess existing tax, census, and labor survey data to see if federal officials can generate better information about the size, scope, and growth in the number of Americans participating in the on-demand, or sharing, economy.
Warner, Kaine Push SEC to Require Companies to Disclose Political Spending to Shareholders
Would increase transparency in political process and allow a company’s shareholders to know how their money is being spent
Sep 01 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) today pressed the Securities and Exchange Commission to require public companies to disclose political spending to their shareholders, a move that would increase transparency in the U.S. political process following the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited corporate spending into American elections.
Senators Warner, Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) highlighted important progress made in implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), which increases transparency and public access to federal spending through the standardization of spending data across the federal government.
Sen. Warner issued the following statement on today’s shootings of WDBJ-CBS7 television reporter Alison Parker, videographer Adam Ward, and Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vicki Gardner.
Sens. Warner, Kaine Urge Immediate Bipartisan Budget Negotiations
Letter from Senate Democratic Caucus Warns of Manufactured Crisis in the Fall
Aug 17 2015
U.S. Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) today urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to schedule the first round of bipartisan budget negotiations immediately to prevent a predictable fiscal crisis as the federal budget year draws to a close on Sept. 30.
“Enough is enough. How many more times do we have to express our anger, frustration and outrage? This most recent incident is unacceptable and further demonstrates a pattern of neglect to physical infrastructure critical to the safety of those who ride Metro and those who work on it. We demand accountability from Metro."
Warner, Hurt, Kaine, Griffith Introduce Bill To Promote Economic Development, Reform Permitting Process
Aug 12 2015
"This bipartisan, bicameral legislation will address regulatory problems that have impeded prospective economic development sites like Berry Hill Mega Park in the Danville-Pittsylvania County area."
Warner, Kirk, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Make Air Travel Safer for Passengers with Severe Allergies
Airline Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act (S.1972) would ensure life-saving medication available for passengers with allergies
Aug 06 2015
Sen. Warner introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to life-saving medication for airline passengers with food and other severe allergies.
