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After days of delays, members of Congress were briefed on ongoing tensions with Iran in a closed-door meeting. Both Virginia Senators are unhappy with how long it took to receive information on the U.S. strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and said they found out about the strikes when everyone else did, on the news. “What are the next steps? Are we sure now that Iran is not going to strike back against our 40,000 troops in the region?” Sen. Mark Warner said. Warner is the Vice Chair of the Senate...Continue Reading

Several days after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on three of Iran’s nuclear sites, and with debate still raging over how effective those strikes actually were, Democrats are finding a rare moment of unity. Not over whether Trump should have done it in the first place—most think no, some think yes, and others have stayed quiet. Instead, they’re rallying around the notion that Trump has usurped Congress’s authority to declare war.  Clearly, the party’s sudden zeal for congressional war ...Continue Reading

Virginia’s U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner criticized the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites without congressional authorization, while Gov. Glenn Youngkin supported President Donald Trump’s actions. Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation faulted the president for acting without congressional backing or consultation, while Republicans supported the U.S. effort to neutralize Iran’s nuclear threat. Kaine, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Relation...Continue Reading

As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is working to ensure the United States isn’t drawn into another war without congressional approval. The Virginia Democrat has introduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at preventing the president from unilaterally launching military action against Iran. Under the resolution, Congress would be required to debate and vote before the U.S. could enter the conflict. “We have about 40,000 troops in the region. And Iran has made plain...Continue Reading

Accomack County Supervisors are considering drafting a letter to federal legislators to 'make every attempt necessary" to restore lifeguard services at Assateague Island National Seashore, as beachgoers raise safety concerns heading into the peak of summer. With local officials now looking for federal government assistance, WBOC spoke with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) about what can be done to restore funding for seasonal lifeguards. “We’re writing the FY26 budget, and [we're] in the ...Continue Reading

On Wednesday, President Trump said he hadn't decided yet if the U.S. will strike Iran's nuclear facilities. But Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said a war with Iran would be disastrous. Kaine introduced a resolution that would require Trump to seek congressional approval before U.S. troops could engage in military conflict with Iran. "A third war in the Middle East in this century would be a horrible, horrible mistake," Kaine said, "and it's going to put U.S. service members at risk and al...Continue Reading

As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is working to ensure the United States isn’t drawn into another war without congressional approval. The Virginia Democrat has introduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at preventing the president from unilaterally launching military action against Iran. Under the resolution, Congress would be required to debate and vote before the U.S. could enter the conflict. “We have about 40,000 troops in the region. And Iran has made plain...Continue Reading

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) said Monday he has introduced a resolution to ensure the United States does not go to war against Iran without congressional approval. “It is not in our national security interest to get into a war with Iran unless that war is absolutely necessary to defend the United States,” Kaine said in a statement. Kaine announced the war powers resolution on the fourth day of bloody strikes between Israel and Iran. President Donald Trump has pushed for a diplomatic solution, tho...Continue Reading

Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.)  toured the new barracks at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown on Monday and told 13News Now the issue surrounding housing for all military members remains a top concern. "These guys have missions that are tough enough; housing should not be an additional stressor, it should relieve stress," Kaine said. Kaine, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the trip as he plans fiscal priorities ahead of writing the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA...Continue Reading

Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are slamming the Republican spending plan moving through Congress, warning that tucked among its billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy is a dangerous gift to the gun industry that rolls back long-standing safety rules for firearm silencers. In a blistering joint statement Thursday, the senators said the proposal would weaken gun laws that have been in place since 1934 by eliminating registration and ownership requirements...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON - Senators Tim Kaine, Chris Van Hollen and Chuck Schumer are filing a resolution to require the State Department to issue a human rights report on El Salvador.  What we know: Kaine, Van Hollen and Schumer announced Thursday that they are filing a resolution under Section 502 B.C. of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.  "This is a little-used privilege motion. But it's designed, like the other privileges are designed, to enable the Article I branch to check executive overreach," said ...Continue Reading

When Sen. Tim Kaine launched a new strategy to hold President Donald Trump and Republicans accountable for this administration’s power-grabbing moves, Democratic leadership was resistant. But now they’re embracing it. In the aftermath of Trump’s win, with Republicans also controlling both the House and Senate, Kaine asked his staff to find everything in statute and Senate procedure that would allow a single senator to force a floor vote. When the new Congress began, and Kaine saw what he conside...Continue Reading

On Thursday, Senator Chris Van Hollen joined with Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) at a press conference on the Capitol grounds to discuss their legislation requiring the Trump Administration to detail their steps to comply with current court orders regarding the return of citizens wrongfully deported to El Salvador. In particular, the Senator addressed the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was abducted off the streets of Baltimore and sent to Centro Industrial prison in Santa Ana without due process. Th...Continue Reading

Tim Kaine no longer wears his Senate member lapel pin to work. Instead, the Democrat has been sporting one with Virginia’s seal, which he said serves as a daily, physical reminder to be “on guard against tyranny.” “It's a woman emphasizing virtue, standing atop a monarch who's been knocked over and his crown has fallen off. [It's] the only state that has a motto that, instead of being a positive celebration, is more of a warning or rebuke,” Kaine said. “The phrase is ‘Sic semper tyrannis’ or ‘Th...Continue Reading

Beginning in 2027, riders can travel by train from Washington D.C. to Christiansburg on the same Amtrak route that currently ends in Roanoke. State and local leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of the station Thursday. Governor Glenn Youngkin, Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Morgan Griffith stood side by side to shovel dirt at the train station in Christiansburg. Youngkin recalled his first train trip at age 13 out of Richmond. “And my sister and I still talk about that trip,” Youngkin said....Continue Reading

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., spent the last few days meeting with residents across Southwest Virginia. At each stop during his four-day trip, a familiar topic of concern came up. “What I’m hearing are concerns about the economy, the markets are kind of going nuts and the tariff situation is really challenging,” Kaine said. “So I would say the number one issue that I’m hearing on this trip is the combination of the tariffs and the uncertainty.” Kaine said businesses are looking for stability an...Continue Reading

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine visited and toured the Daikin Applied Facility in Verona today, April 25th. While answering questions from reporters afterwards, Senator Kaine said any company that is involved in manufacturing has an element that can come from someplace else. He noted that a lot of Virginia companies sell product. “Here we are in the Shenandoah Valley. Our farmers in Virginia export a ton, chickens, soybeans, beef,” said Senator Kaine. “So, you get into a global tariff spat, anybody i...Continue Reading

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., traveled around Virginia during the congressional recess, including a stop in Verona at Daikin Applied. Kaine said Daikin focuses on energy efficiency. One reason for the visit was to talk about some of the incentives that are in place in the tax code to make sure they continue. “How can we heat and cool in a way where people can bring their cost down?” Kaine said. Many topics were covered during Kaine’s visits around the commonwealth, including health concerns, like possi...Continue Reading

During a recent trip to Ukraine, Poland and Germany to “highlight his support for America’s transatlantic partnerships and Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s brutal invasion,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) took time to visit Holocaust memorial sites in each country. During his trip, which fell over the Passover holiday, the senator visited Babyn Yar in Kiev, the POLIN Museum in Warsaw and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.  “It was a very powerful experience,” a spokesperson for Kaine...Continue Reading

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., says he is worried that President Donald Trump may try to weaken recently enacted silica standards that are designed to protect American coal miners. Kaine, who met last week with the Daily Telegraph, said he was alarmed by the recent decision by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration to pause enforcement of its final rule to better protect miners from health hazards associated with exposure to silica dust. Kaine said the new silica standar...Continue Reading