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Republicans Reject Bill to Pay Federal Workers, Military, Contractors During GOP Shutdown

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate pushing for passage of the True Shutdown Fairness Act, legislation…

Warner Applauds Senate Passage of Annual Defense Bill

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today applauded the Senate passage of the nation’s annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill, which includes key Warner-led priorities,…

Warner Applauds Committee Approval of Bipartisan Bill to Extend Life-Saving Veteran Suicide Prevention Program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today applauded the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee for advancing legislation to renew and expand the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant program – a…

Warner and Kaine Ask Navy for Answers Regarding Death of Seaman Angelina Resendiz

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, (both D-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy…

Warner & Kaine Applaud Congressional Reapproval of VA Medical Facility Leases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs voted to approve updated authorizations for…

Warner, Kaine & Bennet Secure DoD Fixes to Broken Military Moving System

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) issued the statement below after the Department of Defense (DoD) announced immediate modifications to the military’s…

Warner, Kaine, Bennet Press Defense Department on Continued Moving Issues for Relocating Military Families

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) wrote to the commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) General Randall Reed to follow up on…

Warner and Boozman Introduce Legislation to Expand Veteran Suicide Prevention Efforts

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced legislation to renew and expand the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, a Department…

Warner Presses Defense Department on Moving Issues for Military Families

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today contacted the commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to express concern that military families are experiencing delays and poor communication from the contractor…

Senate Passes Warner Resolution Recognizing the 80th Anniversary of Iwo Jima

WASHINGTON – Late yesterday evening, on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the anniversary of the battle, which began on…

Warner, Reed, Colleagues Blast Trump Admin. Decision To Shutter The CFPB and Put Consumers & Military Families at Risk

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and a number of their Senate colleagues in a letter demanding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Warner Applauds Passage of Virginia Priorities in Annual Defense Bill

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, applauded congressional passage of the nation’s annual defense bill, which includes key priorities for…