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Sens. Warner & Kaine Call for Improved Rail Safety, Better Communication Following Lynchburg Derailment

Senators Warner and Kaine called for improved safety for rail shipments of crude oil and increased collaboration with local first responders following last week���s derailment of 17 rail tank cars…

Sen. Warner Urges V-A to Eliminate Delays in Treatment and Diagnosis for Veterans

In a letter today, Sen. Warner called on the U.S. Veterans Administration (V-A) to immediately improve delays in diagnosis and treatment at its V-A hospitals. A recent V-A report on…

Sens. Warner & Kaine Urge FCC to Consider Rural Virginia in Efforts to Expand Broadband

���Access to broadband is no longer a luxury and the current divide between urban and rural area access to modern communication is unacceptable,��� the Senators said. ���We need to continue…

Sen. Warner, Rep. Kinzinger Urge Pentagon To Complete Probe Involving Air Force F-22 Whistleblower

Sen. Warner and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-11) today asked U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to order the timely completion of a nearly two-year-long Pentagon investigation into alleged retaliation against Virginia…

Va Delegation Announces Final Approval of $1.9 Billion Loan for Rail to Dulles

WASHINGTON – The bipartisan Northern Virginia congressional delegation today announced that the Dulles Metrorail Project has received final approval for a nearly $1.9 billion low-interest, long-term federal loan.  U.S. Secretary…

Senator Warner Statement on Minimum Wage Vote

���I support raising the minimum wage, and that���s why I voted today to move forward to a Senate debate. I am open to a discussion about alternative proposals for how…

Warner, Kaine Statements on Mark of The House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces

���This is a great example of the bipartisan Virginia Congressional delegation working together to get the maximum service life from our aircraft carriers and maintain the 11 carrier fleet,��� said…

Statement of Sen. Warner on In-State Tuition for Virginia DREAMers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement on Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s announcement today that Virginia students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)…

House Unanimously Passes Sen. Warner’s Bipartisan DATA Act

The House of Representatives today approved Sen. Warner���s bipartisan legislation to standardize federal spending data and ensure it is made available online so Virginians can access information about how their…

Sen. Warner Statement on Silver Line Announcement

While I welcome today's news of additional progress on bringing rail to Dulles, I strongly encourage MWAA and WMATA to maintain a sense of urgency so that we will see…