Press Releases
The President’s budget shows a willingness to cut spending on programs he cares about. It also demonstrates there is only so much that can be achieved in a one-year budget when the problem is a significant, long-term structural imbalance in our country’s budget.
.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today introduced the “STOP the OverPrinting Act” (S. 210), the Senate version of House legislation requiring the Government Printing Office to post legislative bills and resolutions on-line instead of automatically printing and distributing them to each Congressional office. It should result in significant savings in the $7 million GPO is expected to spend on Congressional printing this year.
Sen. Warner calls for prompt action on U.S. deficit & debt
”Every day, week, month” of delay “limits our options, makes the choices harder”
Dec 06 2010
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today urged the White House and the bipartisan Congressional leadership to allow consideration of the recommendations of the bipartisan Deficit Commission despite the Commission’s inability on Friday to reach the “supermajority” consensus that would have triggered Congressional action.
A group of 14 Senators today asked the White House and the bipartisan leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to move forward to address the urgent fiscal challenges facing our nation regardless of the outcome of today’s scheduled vote by members of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Senator Warner's Statement on the Fiscal Commission Package
Cites Urgency of Averting Fiscal Crisis
Dec 01 2010
U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate’s Budget and Banking committees, released the following statement today on the debt reduction package produced by the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Sen. Warner's proposal mandating more accountability & savings across federal gov't clears committee
Co-sponsors include 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats & 1 Independent
Sep 29 2010
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s (D-VA) bipartisan legislation to make government work better by requiring every federal agency to set clear performance goals that can be accurately measured and publicly reported to Congress and taxpayers was approved by a key Senate committee today. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 this morning.
Senator Warner's proposal mandating more accountability & savings across gov't clears committee
Co-sponsors include 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats & 1 Independent
Sep 29 2010
Senator Warner’s bipartisan legislation to make government work better by requiring every federal agency to set clear performance goals was approved by a key Senate committee today.
