In the News
Secret Santa
Dec 13 2011
We don’t see enough bipartisan cooperation on Capitol Hill, but 58 members of the 100-member Senate teamed-up this week for one thing that didn’t involve a knock-down, drag-out fight: a Christmas gift exchange. The price limit was $10, and senators gathered to meet their “Secret Santa” last night.
Town Hall with Teachers
Dec 13 2011
Senator Warner spoke to almost 7,500 school teachers from across the Commonwealth during an hour-long telephone town hall on Monday night. The conversation ranged from proposed changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the impact of deficit reduction on federal education funding.
"This is no way to treat a Navy family."
Dec 11 2011
Senator Warner met today in Norfolk with about three-dozen military families, top Navy brass and the company hired to manage off-base Navy housing to sort-out complaints about leaky roofs, windows, mold and rats.
A memorial fund has been established to support the needs of the family of Deriek Crouse, the Virginia Tech Police officer who was fatally shot Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. Those wishing to contribute can mail checks, payable to “Deriek Crouse Memorial Fund,” to the address below:
Working to help victims of tainted drywall
Dec 06 2011
“I’ve been involved in politics and government for 20 years, and I can’t think of a more frustrating issue that I’ve been involved with than this issue with drywall,” Senator Warner said at a Senate hearing on contaminated drywall this morning. Senator Warner, with Florida Senator Bill Nelson had called for the hearing today before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance.
Mark Center BRAC traffic: Enough is enough
Dec 01 2011
The Department of Defense Inspector General released a report today arguing that the proposed move of almost 6,500 workers to the Mark Center would result in “extreme traffic congestion with possible gridlock conditions” in the West End of Alexandria. “The Army needs to take a time out on putting more people in the building until we have transportation improvements in place,” Senator Warner said.
Politico: Update tax policy, rebuild schools
Nov 30 2011
America’s economic recovery continues to pose tough challenges. Our citizens need good jobs, and our students need the skills to compete for those jobs in the years ahead. During a time of economic uncertainty, we need to work together on creative ideas that confront these challenges in an innovative manner.
The second annual Virginia Women's Conference
Nov 22 2011
Senator Warner and Old Dominion University hosted Saturday’s second-annual Virginia Women’s Conference, which welcomed about 750 women to Norfolk. “Look, I have an amazing wife and three almost perfect daughters,” Senator Warner said Saturday in his remarks to open the conference. “I know who really runs the show.”
Missed opportunity
Nov 22 2011
The inability of the Congressional supercommittee to meet its deadline identifying $1.2 trillion in debt reduction is both disappointing and frustrating. "Unless you can help the politicians get out of their foxholes, we're not going to get this stuff done," Senator Warner told about 50 students at a Virginia Commonwealth University.
On the Road: Richmond
Nov 21 2011
Senator Warner spoke to VCU students this morning in Richmond about the need to tackle our debt and deficit crisis in order to move on to encouraging job creation, an issue all-too-familiar to college students these days.
