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Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $19 Million in Funding to Career and Training Services for Arlington

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $19,013,614 from the U.S. Department of Labor for two career and training centers for seniors in…

Warner & Kaine Announce Federal Funding for Hampton University

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $17,735,349.43 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education to Hampton University to establish the Virginia Workforce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (VWIEC), a statewide…

Warner & Brown Ask for Greater Study of Subcontracted Workers in the 21st Century Workforce

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on companies’ increased use of subcontracted and contingent…

Warner Pushes for Measures to Reinforce Cybersecurity in Schools

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), former technology entrepreneur and Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today raised alarm regarding the need to protect education infrastructure from…

Warner & Kaine Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Commemorate Moton Museum in Farmville & Other Brown v. Board of Education Sites

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris Coons and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn to introduce legislation to honor and commemorate the…

Warner Leads Colleagues in Letter Urging Internet Service Providers to Adopt New Policies to Support Wider Internet Access During COVID-19

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray…

Warner, Kaine Statement on McConnell COVID-19 Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement today before voting against moving forward on Senator McConnell’s latest attempt to pass a “skinny”…

Warner Joins Hassan, Colleagues in Urging School Nutrition Program Extension for 2020-2021 School Year

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and 27 of their colleagues in calling for a full extension of school meal waivers through the…

As School Year Begins, Warner & Kaine Call on FCC to Bolster Lifeline Program to Keep Students Connected

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Richard Blumenthal and 23 of their colleagues in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to…

Warner Urges Tech Companies to Help Bridge the Homework Gap

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a former technology and telecommunications entrepreneur, urged prominent tech companies to contribute to a whole-of-society effort to contain the economic and societal impact of COVID-19…