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Senator Warner highlighted cutting-edge scientific research underway on Virginia's Peninsula today.
Pushing for customer service improvements at TSA
Jun 10 2010
Senator Warner questioned Transportation Security Administration nominee John Pistole today about complaints he’s heard from several Virginia constituents about staffing levels and TSA employee attitudes while handling security screening at the nation’s airports.
Meeting with the President of Peru
Jun 04 2010
Senator Warner met today with President Alan Garcia of Peru as part of a weeklong trip that also included stops in Colombia and Ecuador. Senator Warner is traveling with Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd.
Colombia's fight against the drug trade
Jun 02 2010
Senator Warner met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota on Tuesday, the first day of his week-long trip that also will include visits to the South American countries of Ecuador and Peru.
Fighting to save Roanoke-to-NYC flights
Mar 29 2010
Senator Warner and Virginia colleague Jim Webb are working to preserve direct airline flights that connect Roanoke and New York City.
Senate approves FAA reauthorization
Mar 23 2010
Last night, Senator Warner joined his colleagues in voting to unanimously adoptthe FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. The new FAA bill contains crucial funding to speed the implementation of state-of-the-art air traffic control technology, and it supports critical improvements to the nation's aviation infrastructure.
An update on Fort Belvoir
Feb 18 2010
Senator Warner traveled to Fort Belvoir today to receive an update on the BRAC-related base expansion and to tour the new hospital construction site.
Investment in high-speed rail
Jan 28 2010
Senator Warner and Senator Jim Webb announced today that Virginia has been awarded nearly $75 million in stimulus funds to upgrade passenger rail capacity between Richmond and Washington, D.C.
Traffic relief around Ft. Belvoir
Dec 14 2009
Working with his colleagues from Virginia and Marlyand, including Senator Jim Webb and Congressman Jim Moran, Senator Warner successfully added $300 million to the FY2011 military construction appropriations bill to specifically address ways to mitigate current and future traffic congestion at Fort Belvoir and Maryland's Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Yesterday, the Senate passed S.1407, the military construction and Veterans Administration appropriations bill, which included two amendments submitted by Senator Warner: