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Bicameral Delegation Statement on Ghaisar Case

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) today…

Statement of U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine on Republican Obstruction of Bill to Address Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after their Republican colleagues blocked the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act from receiving a final Senate…

Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $115 Million for Affordable Housing Across Virginia

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $114,700,190 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase affordable housing…

Warner & Kaine Statement on Bipartisan Bill to Commemorate Moton Museum in Farmville Becoming Law

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after their bipartisan bill to commemorate historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the landmark 1954 Supreme…

Bicameral Delegation Urges Justice Department To Reconsider Ghaisar Case

(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA),…

Warner, Kaine Applaud Congressional Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Commemorate Brown V. Board of Education Sites Across Multiple States, Including Virginia

WASHINGTON— U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded House passage of their bipartisan legislation to commemorate historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court…

Statement of U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine on Virginia’s decision to end prosecution of U.S. Park Police Officers who fatally shot Bijan Ghaisar

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement today following the decision by Attorney General Miyares to drop the state’s federal appeal in the manslaughter…

Warner, Kaine Applaud Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Commemorate Brown v. Board of Education Sites Across Multiple States, Including Virginia

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to commemorate the historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the 1954…

Warner Presses Wells Fargo for Answers Following Report of Racial Disparities in Approval of Refinancing Applications

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) pressed Wells Fargo for answers after a Bloomberg News investigation revealed that the financial services company approved only 47 percent of Black…

Warner & Kaine Applaud Passage of Resolution Condemning Recent Bomb Threats Against HBCUs

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of a bipartisan resolution condemning a recent series of bomb threats at Historically Black Colleges and…