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With Pandemic Poll Worker Shortage Looming, Merkley Introduces Legislation to Give States Flexibility to Send Poll Workers to Areas of Greatest Need

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today in introducing legislation, the Poll Worker Recruitment Act of 2020, to address the urgent shortage…

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…

Warner Joins Gillibrand in Amicus Brief on Ending Discrimination in Foster Care and Adoption

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and 22 Senate colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, an impending Supreme Court…

Warner & Kaine Urge Virginia Registrars to Ensure All Virginians Can Access their Right to Vote

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) urged Virginia’s election registrars to do everything in their power to ensure that all Virginians can access…

Warner Joins Peters in Demanding Answers from Postmaster General on Mail Service Delays

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding…

Warner & Kaine Demand Answers from Postmaster General on Mail Service Delays

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the entire Senate Democratic caucus…

Warner, Klobuchar, Peters, Carper, Schumer & Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Sent a Letter Urging USPS to Fix Delays and Avoid Cost Increases for Election Mail

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental…

Warner, Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Coronavirus Language Access Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Bob Casey (D-PA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and other colleagues introduced the Coronavirus Language Access Act, which expands…

Warner Presses Postmaster General on Mail Delivery Delays, Mail-In Voting Concerns Amid COVID-19

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to the Postmaster General raising concerns that he’s heard directly from Virginians regarding delayed mail service following structural…

Intel Dems Demand Answers from DHS Intelligence on Role in Portland Protests

WASHINGTON – Today, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide information to the Committee about the role that its Office of…

Warner & Kaine Urge Deployment of Public Health Professionals to Farmville Detention Center, Trump Admin. Actions Have Caused Nearly Every Detained Person to Contract Covid-19

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) urged President Trump to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create and…

Statement of Sens. Warner & Kaine on the GOP HEALS Act

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement today in response to the release of the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and…