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Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) today called on the Secretary of the Interior to promptly commence steps to ensure that the Virginia Lease Sale, for the development…
Senator Warner and Senator Jim Webb today urged the Obama Administration to move forward without delay with a five-year plan to begin to allow oil and gas exploration and production…
Following his visits to Martinsville and Danville on Monday, Senator Warner traveled to Franklin yesterday and met with officials at the International Paper transition facility who are helping employees who…
The U.S. Department of Labor has provided some good news to 1,100 International Paper employees in southeastern Virginia: the Department has approved job retraining benefits and other assistance for those…
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mark Warner, Jim Webb and Rep. Glenn Nye have joined members of Congress from two other states in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to approve…
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has approved Transition Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for former employees of International Paper's (IP)…
Yesterday, the Senate passed S.1407, the military construction and Veterans Administration appropriations bill, which included two amendments submitted by Senator Warner:…
Senator Warner sent a letter to the CEO and Board of Directors of International Paper, Inc., today, asking for a meeting to discuss their decision last week to close their…
Senator Warner traveled to the City of Franklin on Sunday to meet with community leaders to discuss what to do following last week's announcement that the International Paper facility there…
Senator Warner released the following statement today after learning that International Paper will shut-down its facility in the City of Franklin, which has been in the community for more than…