Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the State Department Integrity and Transparency Act, legislation to strengthen the State Department workforce and ensure senior State Department officials are selected based on merit. This bill would help ensure positions are staffed by nonpartisan, experienced, and thoroughly vetted foreign policy professionals. “From counterin...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) raised concerns with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) about federal agencies’ lack of progress in improving retention of federal employees who are military spouses. The senators urged OPM to fulfill commitments that they and other agencies have previously made to help retain military spouses. The senators wrote, “Military service is shouldered by the entire family, with partners and spouses, kids, parents, and othe...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 22 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump-Vance Administration over the removal of the most recent version of the Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses manual from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) website without explanation. In their letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the senators highlighted the alarming actions taken by the Administration regarding election inte...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 35 Senate Democrats are refuting the Trump administration’s claim in a May 1 letter to Congress that the hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 in Iran have “terminated” and requesting President Donald Trump release the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion supporting this claim. The Senators emphasize that the already unconstitutional war in Iran has violated its...Continue Reading

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio regarding the Administration’s current policy toward Haiti. In the letter, the senators request information from the Administration about the United Nations Gang Suppression Force (GSF) to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars are used effectively and in alignment with international...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), both members of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans passed a partisan megabill that abandons the regular-order funding process and provides $70 billion in taxpayer funds for the Trump-Vance Administration’s draconian immigration agenda: “At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to deal with rising costs generated by Donald Trump’s disastrous Iran war and h...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, unveiled his amendments to Senate Republicans’ budget resolution in an effort to improve the partisan megabill, which the Trump-Vance Administration is using to end-run regular order for funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “Democrats have been advocating for common-sense guardrails for ICE and CBP to protect our communities, particularly in the ...Continue Reading

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) raised concerns over the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) blanket pause on the adjudication of immigration applications for foreign nationals from 39 countries and a re-review of cases since January 20, 2021. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow, Sens. Warner, Kaine, Van Ho...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a War Powers Resolution to force an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran: “It shouldn’t be surprising to the President and his national security team that this war is deeply unpopular—especially when the Trump-Vance Administration has offered no explanation to the American people a...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Farm Credit Adjustment Act, legislation to extend the Farm Credit Administration’s (FCA) audit schedule for low-risk institutions from every 18 months to up to every 24 months. This extension would reduce regulatory burdens and costs for farm credit institutions, helping ensure they have the ability to deliver for the hundreds of thousands of farmers, agribusinesses, and rural operations they serve. “Agricult...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Virginia congressional delegation invites individuals across the Commonwealth to submit photographs to be considered for the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule. The delegation is collecting photographs that represent the many treasures Virginia has to offer in 2026 – whether they capture everyday life, natural landscapes, historic places, community events, local traditions, work, or recreation. Selected photographs will be included in Virginia’s submission to th...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO OF THE EXCHANGE IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) hearing, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio on the Administration’s failure to provide Congress with the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion justifying the Iran war.  “We’re [over] 92 days into a war against Iran, and the Administration will not let Congress look at the OLC legal op...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, joined 19 Senate colleagues in urging the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to determine the true cost of war in Iran and set the record straight regarding inaccurate and incomplete estimates by the Trump-Vance Administration. “We are concerned that the administration has not been fully truthful or transparent in its public accounting of the war’s costs so far,” w...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $5,693,508 in federal grant funding for infrastructure upgrades to four Virginia airports. This funding is awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program for FY26, which is made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that the senators helped negotiate and pass. “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the gift that keeps on giving, continuing to make Vir...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans pulled consideration of their partisan budget bill amid internal Republican disagreements and delayed further action until after the Memorial Day work period: “Senate Republicans couldn’t even hold their own conference together long enough to bring this partisan bill to the floor before recess. After weeks of rushing ahead with backroom negotiations, Republicans are now open...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced his cosponsorship of the INSULIN Act, bipartisan legislation that would cap insulin costs at $35 per month for those with private insurance and create a pilot program to make insulin more accessible to those without insurance. “Far too many Virginians and people throughout the country have to ration their insulin, or even go without it, because of how ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to designate a United States Postal Service facility in honor of Patricia Paige, longtime member of the New Kent County Board of Supervisors. This legislation renames the USPS facility located at 12109 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA 23124 from the “New Kent Post Office” to the “Patricia Paige Post Office.” “Patricia Paige was a trailblazer who used her position on the New Kent Board of Supervi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded the Senate’s passage of their legislation to designate the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, known as Dodona Manor, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service (NPS). Warner and Kaine advocated for years alongside then-U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton, and now with U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), for an official designation, which would provide new resources to pre...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) slammed the Senate’s vote to block their Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Trump-Vance Administration’s final rule politicizing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program: “Today, the Trump-Vance Administration and its Republican allies in the U.S. Senate not only made it harder f...Continue Reading

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), secured unanimous congressional passage of late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly’s final legislative effort, the Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act. Rep. Connolly introduced the bill two days before he died of esophageal cancer, and the bill has since been renamed to the Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act. The bill passed unanimously in the House of Representatives in June 2025, and passed the Senate today by unani...Continue Reading