In the News
Shaking up the system
Sep 09 2010
"I think it's time to shake up the education system," Senator Warner said today in front of a crowd of about 75 professors and students at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
Taking "wonky" questions at JMU
Sep 08 2010
Senator Warner started the day off talking business with business and finance majors at James Madison University's Forbes Center for the Arts.
Rosetta Stone: a great homegrown success story
Sep 07 2010
Senator Warner visited Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg for a tour and a town hall meeting with employees. Rosetta Stone is the leading technology-based foreign language education company, founded in Harrisonburg, and it soon will reach 2,000 employees worldwide.
Visiting Winchester's Our Health
Sep 07 2010
Senator Warner visited Our Health in Winchester today, a campus-like setting that combines 10 public health, social service and non-profit agencies at one location. The shared location allows for closer coordination and administrative savings for the organizations.
Not Exactly Trash Talk...
Sep 04 2010
Monday night's game between #10 Virginia Tech and #3 Boise State is widely considered the strongest opening week college football contest in the country this Labor Day weekend. Senator Warner and his Republican colleague Jim Risch of idaho have made a friendly, bipartisan wager on the outcome of the game.
The Senate will act on legislation to help small businesses as soon as they return from the August recess, and the challenges facing Central Virginia's small business owners were front and center as Senator Warner met with about 25 business owners today at Inklings Bookshop in Lynchburg.
Senator Warner met with members of the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce this morning and talked about the economy and the need for a tax structure and policy choices that encourage economic development, job creation and greater innovation and global competitiveness.
Senator Warner Meets with Local Business Owners
Aug 27 2010
WSET-13 reports on Senator Warner's meeting with small business owners in Lynchburg on August 27.
The Virginian-Pilot covers Senator Warner's meeting with Hampton Roads elected officials on the proposed closure of the Joint Forces Command.
Multi-track strategy on JFCOM
Aug 26 2010
Senator Warner met with local, state and federal officeholders from across Hampton Roads today to help craft a responsible and focused strategy in response to a recent Pentagon proposal to close-down the military's Joint Forces Command, or JFCOM, in Portsmouth.
