As the U.S. Senate this week considers a significant Ukrainian aid package, Sens. Warner and Kirk (R-IL) announced that they will introduce a bipartisan amendment creating a law enforcement partnership between the United States and Ukraine to combat cybercrime and improve cybersecurity.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., visited NASA's Langley Research Center Monday to get a progress update on NASA's Advanced Composites Project (ACP) and a first-hand look at some of the advanced composites work taking place in the Structures and Materials Lab.

"If we think about 30 years ago, Silicon Valley in northern California kind of carved out their brand — they were the information technology capital of the world," Warner said. "Composites has the potential in all its applications to be a huge industry. We'd like to make Hampton Roads the Silicon Valley of composites."

Following massive security breaches that hit retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus, Senator Warner says the need has never been greater for data security legislation. The Senator chaired a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing yesterday on the recent credit and debit card security breaches impacting major retailers and millions of American consumers.

Senator Mark Warner organized a roundtable in Hampton Roads this past Friday where he discussed the future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the possible economic benefits for manufacturing in the Hampton Roads.Senator Warner also held a town hall meeting with Williamsburg community leaders.