Press Releases
Following Calls From Warner & Kaine, President Obama Bans the Box on Federal Job Applications
Nov 02 2015
Today, Sens. Warner and Kaine praised President Barack Obama’s announcement that federal employers will be required to “ban the box” on job applications, removing a barrier for former offenders seeking employment after incarceration.
Sen. Warner Applauds CMS Final Rule to Pay for Advance Care Planning
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes new rule to provide a Medicare benefit to discuss end-of-life care
Oct 30 2015
“By confirming that it will reimburse for advance care planning in accordance with the recommendation of the American Medical Association, CMS has taken an important step forward in moving the conversation around end-of-life care beyond political scare tactics."
Sen. Warner on SEC Approval of Crowdfunding Rules
Warner has been calling for crowdfunding rules since 2012
Oct 30 2015
"As someone who has pushed the SEC since 2012 to move forward these rules, I applaud the Commission’s vote to allow more smaller investors to participate in America’s entrepreneurial economy.”
Sen. Warner Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Improve H-2B Visa Program
Legislation provides certainty for seasonal employers who depend on temporary workers and supports Virginia jobs dependent on seasonal industries
Oct 30 2015
Sen. Warner introduced the bipartisan Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 to strengthen the H-2B temporary non-agricultural visa program to help seasonal employers better prepare for fluctuations in demand during peak seasons.
"I applaud the Air Force's selection of Northrop Grumman to produce the Long Range Strike Bomber."
Warner, Kaine Urge Senate Leadership to Save Student Loan Program
Join majority of Senate in bipartisan effort to renew Perkins Loan Program, critical lifeline for low-income students that expired Sept. 30
Oct 29 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine today pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. This critical lifeline for many low-income students expired on September 30, despite receiving a unanimous one-year, no-cost extension from the House of Representatives on September 28.
Warner, Kaine to DOD: Servicemembers Deserve Financial Protection During Deployment
Impact of one missed payment on credit report can snowball while away from home
Oct 29 2015
Senators Warner and Kaine joined 17 of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter outlining their concerns over reports of significant harm to the finances and credit of active servicemembers while deployed and requesting specific information and feedback to help ensure all servicemembers have the tools they need to safeguard their financial security.
Warner Pushes for Public Disclosure of Corporate Spending in Elections
Warner, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, urges newly-named SEC nominees to support rule requiring publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending to shareholders
Oct 28 2015
Sen. Warner and seven of his colleagues on the Senate Banking Committee urged two newly-named nominees for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to improve transparency in the U.S. political process by supporting a requirement for publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending to shareholders.
Warner Praises Senate Passage of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Legislation includes key provisions championed by Sen. Warner
Oct 27 2015
Sen. Warner, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, applauded Senate passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), which will strengthen cybersecurity efforts by encouraging private companies to voluntarily share information while ensuring individual privacy and civil liberties.
Warner Welcomes House Vote to Renew the Export-Import Bank
The Ex-Im Bank Supported More than 160,000 U.S. Jobs Tied to Exports Last Year
Oct 27 2015
“The Export-Import Bank helps sustain hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs in the U.S., and it does so at no cost to the taxpayer. With it, U.S. businesses are able to export billions of dollars in goods and services each year. Without it, our exporters face a major disadvantage against their foreign competitors.”
Warner, Finance Sens. Release Proposals to Improve Treatment for Chronic Illness
Finance Committee Members Offer Bipartisan Legislative Language to Improve Chronic Care Outcomes in Medicare
Oct 27 2015
Finance Committee Members Offer Bipartisan Legislative Language to Improve Chronic Care Outcomes in Medicare
Warner, Kaine Urge Social Security Administration to Implement Supreme Court's Marriage Equality Decisions
Bicameral letter urges SSA not to penalize previously-married same-sex couples who received overpayments due to delayed implementation of same-sex marriage decisions
Oct 26 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) joined 119 of their congressional colleagues in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Social Security Carolyn W. Colvin and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make sure that the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decisions are implemented and that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is treating all marriages equally.
Sen. Warner Statement on Benghazi Hearing
Oct 23 2015
After the House select committee investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya conducted its daylong hearing today, Sen. Warner released this statement on the need to move forward on the State Department’s preferred location for a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center at Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia
Warner Praises Final Passage of Bill to Improve Health Care and Reduce Costs for Elderly
Oct 22 2015
The House of Representatives passed legislation, supported by U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, that will improve efforts to reduce costs and strengthen comprehensive and coordinated health and long-term services for some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens.
Sen. Warner (D-VA), along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) expressed profound concern in a letter to Secretary Kerry about the October 11th Iranian ballistic missile test.
Warner, Kaine Announce Nearly $1 Million in Funding for Behavioral Health Clinics in Virginia
Planning grants will support Virginia’s efforts to improve mental and substance abuse treatment through community-based clinics
Oct 21 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine announced that Virginia has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal planning grants to strengthen and improve community behavioral health clinics for mental and substance use disorder treatment.
Today Sen. Warner pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense on policies that are impacting former servicemembers in Virginia who have received military separation pay and are later deemed eligible for disability benefits.
Sen. Warner on the Reunification of Koreans Separated by War Over 60 Years Ago
Sen. Warner urges U.S. Department of State to prioritize facilitating reunions of Korean-Americans and relatives separated during the Korean
Oct 20 2015
Sen. Warner, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement following news that hundreds of Korean families separated by the 1950-1953 war reunited today in North Korea for the first time in more than six decades.
During National School Lunch Week, Warner & Kaine Call for Improvements to Childhood Nutrition Programs
As Congress prepares childhood nutrition reauthorization, Senators offer proposals to cut red tape, increase flexibility, and ensure more hungry kids have access to healthy meals outside of school hours
Oct 16 2015
During National School Lunch Week, which is October 12-16, U.S. Sens. Warner and Kaine recommended ways Congress can streamline federal childhood nutrition programs to more efficiently feed hungry low-income children outside of school hours.
Senators Warner and Kaine joined U.S. Senators Ayotte (R-NH), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and a bipartisan group of 20 other Senators in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to take immediate, overdue action to fully implement and enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
Warner, Kaine Announce $275,000 in Funding for Economic Development in Southwest Virginia
Oct 15 2015
Senators Warner and Kaine announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $275,000 in grant funding to Friends of Southwest Virginia in Abingdon, Virginia to promote and support tourism, outdoor recreation and entrepreneurial activities in Southwest Virginia.
Warner, Kaine Join Bipartisan Group of Senators in Calling for Full Implementation of Mental Health Parity Law
Senators urge HHS & DOL to ensure that individuals seeking behavioral health treatment have access to benefits promised under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Oct 15 2015
Senators Warner and Kaine joined U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and a bipartisan group of 20 other Senators in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to take immediate, overdue action to fully implement and enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
Sen. Warner joined fellow Senate Democrats in unveiling principles for new gun safety legislation, launching a major effort to pressure Congressional leaders to pass new laws.
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) announced today that he has signed onto bipartisan legislation to reform Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare to provide safer and more effective pain management services to our nation’s veterans.
Warner & Kaine Praise Nominations of U.S. Attorneys for Eastern & Western Districts of Virginia
Senators applaud nominations of Dana J. Boente and John P. Fishwick
Oct 08 2015
Sens. Warner and Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement on today’s White House nominations of Dana J. Boente to serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and John P. Fishwick, Jr. to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
