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Virginia Business: The future of work
Apr 04 2016
Warner, who is serving his second term as a senator, says statistics show as many as 60 percent of Americans couldn’t afford an unexpected $400 expense. “[We’re] at a real uncertain time,” Warner says, “and the best evidence of that is the political campaign that is playing out right now where people go to the extremes.”
Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) introduced a bill in Congress in January that would allow employers to put as much as $5,500 a year pretax toward their workers’ student loans.
"A good first step would be for Congress to pass the bipartisan Care Planning Act sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner from Virginia and Johnny Isakson from Georgia."
"Virginia’s senior senator, Mark Warner, held a town hall meeting with a group of Monacan High School juniors Monday morning, exhorting the students to remain engaged in the political process despite the “embarrassing” level of discourse in the 2016 presidential campaign."
Washington Post -- Editorial: The fight between Apple and law enforcement should not be left to the courts
Feb 24 2016
"Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) are drafting a bill they intend to introduce next week that would establish “a national commission on security and technology challenges in the digital age” composed of “the brightest minds from the technology sector, the legal world, computer science and cryptography, academia, civil liberties and privacy advocates, law enforcement and intelligence.”"
"House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., a former tech entrepreneur who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, will introduce a bill next week to create a national commission on digital security."
For years, lawmakers have grappled with how to balance individual privacy protections and law enforcement’s need for access to encrypted communications. They haven’t gotten very far. That could change, thanks to a bipartisan partnership forged between House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).
The shape of the economy is changing under our feet, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and cyber business leaders in Loudoun aren’t sure we’re keeping up.
Neal is no exception, and she, along with 19 other student leaders from colleges and universities around the state, traveled to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to talk with Sen. Tim Kaine and Sen. Mark Warner (both D-Va.) to talk about higher education and concerns about higher loan debt.
"A bipartisan group of senators would like to change that. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced a bill that Thursday would allow employers to put up to $5,500 a year pretax toward their employees’ federal or private student loans."
