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Warner Joins Durbin, Senate Democrats in Calling on President Trump to Protect DREAMers Following Landmark Supreme Court DACA Decision

WASHINGTON— Following yesterday’s historic Supreme Court ruling rejecting President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Dick…

Warner Joins Hirono, Colleagues in Calling for DOJ Inspector General Investigation into Attorney General Barr’s Conduct in Suppressing Peaceful Protests around Lafayette Square on June 1

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) joined Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and 19 Senate Democrats in requesting that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz open an…

Klobuchar, Brown Lead Colleagues in Urging Department of Agriculture to Minimize Food Deserts and Support Programs to Help Americans Access Healthy, Affordable Food

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 17 colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to express…

Sens. Warner, Schumer, and Feinstein Call On FBI Director Wray And DNI Ratcliffe To Publicly Release Any Information Supporting President Trump’s Inflammatory Claims Related To Protests Against The Police Killing Of George Floyd

WASHINGTON – Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), released a…

Warner & Kaine Join Colleagues in Introducing Sweeping Police Reform Bill

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA) and 31 of their Senate colleagues in introducing sweeping…

Warner Joins Colleagues in Introducing VoteSafe Act

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and U.S. Reps. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH) in introducing the VoteSafe Act, legislation to expand…

Warner, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ensure People with Limited English Proficiency and People with Disabilities Access the Necessary Information to Receive COVID-19 Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) led a group of 15 colleagues in sending a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging the Administration to ensure persons with…

Warner Requests DOJ Plan to Address Coronavirus-Related Anti-Asian Discrimination, Hate Crimes

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 13 Senate colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to address the surge in…

Warner & Kaine Applaud More Than $36 Million to Support Virginia HBCUs Amid COVID-19

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), members of the Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Caucus, applauded $36,475,848 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of…

Warner, Colleagues Urge Mnuchin & Powell to Expand PPP Opportunities for Minority and Underserved Communities

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) was joined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the Banking Committee, and fellow Committee…

Warner, Colleagues Call for Diversity in COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Trials

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and a group of Senate colleagues in urging pharmaceutical companies engaged in COVID-19-related work to prioritize diversity…

Warner, Colleagues Call for Action Against Anti-Asian Rhetoric

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and 24 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in sounding the…