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Rebooting America
Nov 09 2012
Senator Warner spoke today at Reboot America, a summit focused on how startups, corporations, and policymakers can collaborate on private sector solutions to public sector challenges and helping to create jobs in the fields of energy, education, health care, national security, and more.
“The election's over and the American people have spoken,” Senator Warner told NPR’s Melissa Block yesterday in an interview about working with the so-called “Gang of Eight” to avoid the fiscal cliff.
WSJ: CEOs Call for Deficit Action
Executives to Press Congress to Embrace Spending Cuts and Higher Tax Revenue
Oct 25 2012
Chief executives of more than 80 big-name U.S. corporations, from Aetna Inc. to Weyerhauser Co., are banding together to pressure Congress to reduce the federal deficit with tax-revenue increases as well as spending cuts.
The CEOs, in a statement to be released on Thursday, say any fiscal plan "that can succeed both financially and politically" has to limit the growth of health-care spending, make Social Security solvent and "include comprehensive and pro-growth tax reform, which broadens the base, lowers rates, raises revenues and reduces the deficit."
The CEOs, in a statement to be released on Thursday, say any fiscal plan "that can succeed both financially and politically" has to limit the growth of health-care spending, make Social Security solvent and "include comprehensive and pro-growth tax reform, which broadens the base, lowers rates, raises revenues and reduces the deficit."
"The Biggest Risk our Country Faces"
Oct 25 2012
CEOs of more than 80 big American corporations voiced support today for a comprehensive, bipartisan deficit reduction plan in a joint statement organized by the bipartisan Fix the Debt campaign. The statement calls on Congress to pass a deficit reduction package that includes tax reform that raises new revenue, entitlement reforms and spending cuts
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says the Hampton Roads region is a great example of the committed community partnerships that keep the American military the strongest in the world. The Pentagon chief traveled to Norfolk at Senator Warner’s request on Friday to speak to members of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
Crowdfunding a Startup
Oct 17 2012
“Crowdfunding has the potential to not only change the way that startup businesses access capital, but to allow entrepreneurs to create and keep jobs in places like Danville or Roanoke,” Senator Warner said today in Arlington at the first of a series of events that he’s holding to help Virginia entrepreneurs better understand how crowdfunding can be a tool for business growth.
On the Road: Roanoke
Oct 13 2012
Senator Warner stopped by the Virginia Economic Developers Association fall conference yesterday afternoon in Roanoke to deliver a keynote speech on deficit reduction and job creation. He thanked the economic developers for their hard work for the Commonwealth, and remarked that when he was Governor, he felt that his job was "economic developer in chief."
Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner offered Mary Baldwin College students an update on federal deficit reduction efforts and encouragement about their futures during a Friday visit. Warner met with students after Mary Baldwin President Pamela Fox briefed him on the latest developments at the college.
Staunton News Leader: Warner tells MBC students he's working to reduce their government 'bill'
Oct 13 2012
Federal lawmakers need to keep their commitment to education without loading too much debt onto the young people whose education it funds, U.S. Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., told Mary Baldwin College students Friday. The former governor was on campus to get an update on school projects before addressing a group of Mary Baldwin students and answering questions.
On the Road: Staunton
Oct 12 2012
Senator Warner kicked off a day of travel through central and southwest Virginia with a stop this morning at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton to chat with students and administrators.
