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Senator Warner was happy to take a break from today’s meetings and votes to speak with more than 30 students and teachers from Page County High School, who had made the long trip up to Washington this morning to explore the nation’s capital.
Sen. Warner Introduces Chesapeake Bay Legislation
Bill will increase accountability measures, collaboration
May 21 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced legislation today that would bring increased accountability measures and a more collaborative management approach to Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts.
Senator Warner regularly hosts ‘Commonwealth Coffees’ at his Washington, D.C. office to give an opportunity for Virginians to informally meet with him and his key legislative staff over coffee and doughnuts. Today, members of Virginia’s Asian-Pacific community were invited to stop by Capitol Hill.
Before Mark Warner became a multi-millionaire in the telecommunications industry and was elected as Virginia’s governor and then one of its two U.S. senators, he grappled with something familiar to many people: failure.
Senator Warner joined Virginia Public Radio’s ‘Virginia Conversations’ for over an hour today, taking questions from host May-Lily Lee as well as listeners from across the Commonwealth in a remarkably open and wide-ranging interview. He addressed a broad spectrum of issues important to Virginians, including his bipartisan approach in Washington, the lingering effects of the financial crisis, and 21st century strategies for economic development.
Today, the Senate Budget Committee’s Task Force on Government Performance held its first hearing of the 113th Congress titled ‘Silo Busting: Effective Strategies for Government Reorganization.’ The Task Force has the charge of reviewing federal programs to make them more effective and efficient and to examine the information available to Congress to inform budget decisions. Today’s hearing brought together leaders actively working to reform the government to make it more effective and efficient.
Sens. Warner & Kaine Successfully Boost Virginia Projects in Water Resources Development Act
Senate passes WRDA legislation today on 83-14 vote
May 15 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) successfully amended The Water Resources Development Act, which passed the Senate today by a vote of 83-14, to resolve issues specific to three important Virginia water projects.
Sen. Warner Urges Colleagues to Replicate William & Mary Law School Veterans Clinic Model
W&M law students help veterans verify and file most complicated VA
May 14 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner sent a letter to each of his Senate colleagues today encouraging them to consider an innovative program developed by the College of William & Mary Law School as a national model in efforts to reduce the processing backlog for military veterans with complicated disability claims.
Statement of Sen. Warner on IRS allegations
May 13 2013
“These appalling actions by the IRS are completely unacceptable. We need a quick but thorough investigation, and those who are found to have been responsible for this betrayal of the public trust should be fired.”
The Democrat's personal mission first began with a single Republican partner almost four years ago, grew to include more senators known as the "Gang of Six" and now has him acting as a provocateur of a larger, informal effort to build a Senate coalition that can pass what's been called a "grand bargain."
