In his speech to the attendees of the opening, Senator Warner read from a letter that George Washington wrote, “Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day, whilst the momentous concerns of an empire -- a great and accumulated debt; ruined finances, depreciated money, and want of credit -- are but secondary considerations, which are postponed, from day to day and week to week…”

Senator Warner appeared on PBS Newshour with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) to talk about looming budget and fiscal deadlines which threaten a government shutdown.

This morning Senator Mark Warner, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined the hosts of CNBC Squawkbox, Joe Kernen and Becky Quick, to discuss the looming government shut down.

The Internet headlines called it a “rant,” but Sen. Mark Warner’s Wednesday remarks to a joint economic committee were really rare calm sanity on Capitol Hill.

Senator Mark Warner wrapped up his visit to Southwest Virginia by celebrating the 10th anniversary of Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference. As Governor of Virginia, Senator Warner was integral in making sure VT was included in the then-newly established ACC.

Senator Warner started off a couple of days of travel by observing National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.