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Senator Warner stopped by Ruby's in Harrisonburg yesterday afternoon to talk about Startup 3.0, his bipartisan effort to create jobs through the promotion of startup businesses.
Senator Warner spent this morning in Northern Virginia leading a roundtable conversation on end-of-life issues with about 50 hospital executives, nurses, religious leaders, advocates for patients and financial planners. The discussion, held in Loudoun County, focused on issues involved in supporting people with advanced illness and their families.
Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress Presents Sen. Warner with Publius Award
Mar 26 2013
The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress has awarded Senator Warner and his Republican colleague, Bob Corker of Tennessee, with its prestigious Publius Award for their bipartisan leadership in Congress. In 2010, Senators Warner and Corker worked closely together on Dodd/Frank Wall Street reform legislation. Today,they’re working in a bipartisan way to address deficits and debt issues.
Almost 70 years after learning of Army PFC Alonzo Haynes’ death in combat, his family received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart he earned during his service in World War II. Haynes’ brother contacted Senator Warner recently after learning that he was eligible for the medals.
“If there’s a gang of bipartisan Senators trying to solve tough issues, there’s a pretty good chance Mark Warner is part of that group,” Bloomberg TV host Peter Cook said yesterday in as he introduced Senator Warner on WUSA-TV and Bloomberg TV’s Capital Gains.
U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine today discussed the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget on the Senate floor and pushed for passage to give agencies, businesses, and families certainty they deserve for the next fiscal year. During their exchange on the Senate floor, Warner and Kaine also noted the importance of passing the budget to replace deep, indiscriminate sequester cuts with a balanced approach to grow the economy and responsibly reduce the deficit.
Senator Warner received a standing ovation on Tuesday when he told visiting members of the National Association of Home Care & Hospice that "we are overdue as a nation for an adult conversation about end-of-life planning."
Warner on Warner
Mar 16 2013
Senator Warner attended Saturday's keel-laying ceremony at Huntington-Ingalls New News Shipbuilding to celebrate a key milestone in the construction of the Navy's newest fast-attack submarine. The sub will bear the name of his Senate predecessor, John Warner.
'Hope Springs Eternal" for Fiscal Progress
Mar 14 2013
Senator Warner joined WTOP radio this morning to talk about the ongoing Congressional budget negotiations, which continue this week as both the House and Senate debate how best to move forward.
Senator Warner called into Hot 91 radio Norfolk this morning to speak with Norfolk State University’s Dr. Erica Taylor about the effect of the sequestration cuts on the Hampton Roads area, and to discuss the political environment in Washington and his upcoming visit to the area.
