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Warner & Daines Introduce Legislation to Establish an Emergency Portable Benefits Fund

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Steve Daines (R-MT), members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a $500 million emergency portable benefits fund for states. Under…

Warner, DelBene Release Proposal for Emergency Portable Benefits Fund

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) released the text of draft bicameral legislation to establish an emergency portable benefits fund for states. The…

Warner Presses Trump Administration to Ensure Workers Receive Unemployment Benefits Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to…

Warner Urges Dept. of Labor to Issue Guidance on Unemployment Benefits for Gig Workers

WASHINGTON – A week after Congress responded to the coronavirus pandemic with a $2.2 trillion package designed to provide economic relief to workers and businesses that for the first time provided…

Statement of U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner on Senate Passage of Coronavirus Relief Legislation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after voting in favor of a $2 trillion bipartisan package to provide financial relief to businesses and families as well…

Warner & Coons to Introduce Bill to Promote Lifelong Learning & Worker Training

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that they will introduce legislation to make lifelong learning more accessible for low- and moderate-income workers. TheLifelong…

Warner & Rounds Introduce Legislation to Expand Mortgage Access for Self-Employed Workers

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), both members of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced legislation that would help expand access to mortgages for the self-employed, gig…

Sen. Warner Announces Growing Support for Portable Benefits Legislation

WASHINGTON – At an event today on Capitol Hill to discuss policy solutions for the contingent and alternative workforce, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) announced two new bipartisan co-sponsors for…

Warner Calls for More Research on the Contingent Workforce

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Acting Commissioner William Wiatrowski, urging the agency to conduct further research on…

Sen. Warner on BLS Report on Contingent and Alternative Workforce

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued a report that for the first time in years provided a…

Sens. Warner, Casey, And Stabenow Introduce Proposal to Encourage Employers to Provide Job Training that Moves Workers Up the Economic Ladder

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation today that encourages employers to invest more…

Sen. Warner Announces Release of Gao Report Identifying Gaps in Training and Employment Resources for Independent Workers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled “DOL Can Better Share Information on Services for On-Demand, or…