Senator Warner had a great conversation yesterday with employees at the State Farm operations center in Charlottesville. Employees were interested in his thoughts on government regulation and the economy, and the Senator also talked about his efforts to form a bipartisan coalition of colleagues to tackle the budget deficit and our nation’s spiraling debt.

Jim Webb is an American original. He is a patriot, an intellectual, and a man who has devoted his life to serving our country. He has been a great working partner in the Senate and a strong advocate on issues of importance to Virginia.

Sen. Warner, who has long advocated an “all-of-the-above,” portfolio approach to alternative energy, applauded today’s big announcement on major offshore wind initiatives: as part of the “Smart from the Start” approach, the federal government will accelerate the preliminary review of potential offshore wind sites along Virginia’s coast.

Look for a renewed focus on effective government now that the President has signed Senator Warner’s Government Performance & Results Modernization Act of 2010.