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Warner & Kaine Announce $6.2 Million in Federal Funding for Virginia College Readiness Programs

 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs. Upward Bound, administered through the Department…

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…

Warner & Coons Reintroduce Legislation to Support Lifelong Learning & Worker Training

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) reintroduced legislation to give low- and moderate-income workers more access to lifelong learning opportunities. The Lifelong Learning…

Statement of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner on Announcement Making Available an Additional 35,000 H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Visas

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announcement making available…

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…

Warner, Kaine Urge Biden Administration to Ensure Virginia Seafood Processors Receive Necessary Visas

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Angus King (I-ME) in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

Statement of Senate Intel Chair Mark R. Warner on Threats Against HBCUs

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the below statement on the bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs): “I am deeply…

Warner, Brown Measure To Expand Defense Research Opportunities for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Included in NDAA Conference Report

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Senate-passed FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report includes a version of their bipartisan Building Equitable…

Warner, Kaine & Colleagues Call on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Higher Education Institutions

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner & Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a bicameral letter led by Sen. Cory Booker…

Warner & Kaine Applaud Nearly $3 Million for Southwest Virginia Workforce Development and Outdoor Economy

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded two grants totaling $2,966,029 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded to Southwest Virginia to strengthen the region’s…

Warner & Kaine Applaud More Than $49 Million to Expand Broadband at Libraries and Schools in Virginia

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded $49,943,399.02 in federal funding to…

Warner & Kaine Reintroduce Bill to Modernize Virginia’s Aging Schools

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education,…