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Valley infrastructure & innovation
Mar 06 2012
The Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal sits near the intersection of Interstates 66 and 81 in the northern Shenandoah Valley, and it helps link truck traffic from the U.S. midwest with rail links to the Port of Hampton Roads at the coast. The VIP is a smart infrastructure investment that operates 24/7 and now supports more than 7,000 jobs in Virginia.
It’s probably not the first time you’ve heard it: The future prosperity of America rides on what measures Congress takes to reduce the federal deficit. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) harped on this sentiment March 5 in Leesburg, where he spoke to workers at the headquarters of K2M, an international medical device company.
Solar Panels, Green Eggs & Ham
Mar 06 2012
After an innovation roundtable at Charlottesville’s Mikro Systems, Senator Warner traveled to Waynesboro to get a look at the largest thermal solar panel installation project in Virginia at the local YMCA. A thunderstorm arrived just as we did, so Senator Warner wasn’t able to climb onto the roof to see the progress of this installation project.
When Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine rocked the political world with her announcement that she would not seek a fourth term in the Senate, she was forthright in expressing her frustration with "an atmosphere of polarization" in politics. But for all her transparency, it was one of Snowe's Senate colleagues who perhaps best summed up her motivation for deciding to end her decades-long tenure on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Mark R. Warner said Friday that the Charlottesville region would be one of the biggest beneficiaries in the state if his legislative efforts to boost startup companies are successful. “Charlottesville is going to gain more from this kind of legislative activity than almost anywhere in Virginia,” Warner said in an interview.
Sen. Mark Warner stopped by the Waynesboro Family YMCA on Friday afternoon, helping tout the facility's recent commitment to thermal solar energy. "I want to commend everyone who's been involved in this project," said Warner, himself a former YMCA board member for 20 years.
Charlottesville's Mikro, Inc. is a great company most people probably have never heard of: its advanced manufacturing processes allow it to produce cutting-edge, clean energy wind turbines and sophisticated medical instruments. And when foreign investors recently suggested moving the operation offshore, Mikro executives insisted on keeping the facility in Central Virginia.
Christian Science Monitor: Try, try again: Senate 'Gang of Six' hatching plan on US debt reduction
Mar 02 2012
Even with Congress at a nadir of bitter partisanship, the so-called Gang of Six, a bipartisan group of senators who came together last year to try to devise a way to strike $4 trillion out of federal spending in the coming decade, is still quietly at work. The group expects to have a debt-slashing plan of the $4 trillion variety ready well before the November election.
Blunt amendment goes way too far
Mar 01 2012
At a time when we should be focused on expanding economic and educational opportunity for everyone and working for genuine fiscal responsibility, some lawmakers in Washington – and also in Richmond – instead prefer to play partisan politics with a woman’s access to health services.
Go Rams! Sen. Warner Skypes into VCU
Feb 28 2012
Senator Warner skyped in to a classroom full of Virginia Commonwealth University today to speak with about 100 students about his work on bipartisan deficit and debt reduction, and his efforts to make it easier for innovators and entrepreneurs to form new businesses and create jobs.
