Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) in introducing the Expanding Medical Education Act, legislation to address the lack of representation of students of color, rural students, and underserved students in the physician pipeline. Specifically, the bill would encourage the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of students from underrepresented backgrounds, by providing grants th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) applauded the Administration’s announcement of its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project off the coast of the Hampton Roads region, which is expected to power over 650,000 homes, create thousands of jobs, and grow Hampton Roads’ economy. The CVOW project will be the largest commercial-scale offshore wind project in America. In addi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel: “The confirmation of Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel is crucial to making sure Israel has the resources to defend itself against Hamas’ terrorism, securing the release of hostages, and helping facilitate the swift delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. As the crisis i...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On Monday, October 30, 2023, Virginia’s Democratic Congressional delegation sent a follow-up letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the Youngkin Administration’s improper removal of nearly 3,400 eligible voters from the rolls. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-VA), and Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Donald Beyer (VA-08), Abigail S...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, cosponsored the Stop Campus Hazing Act, bipartisan legislation led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would require colleges to report incidents of hazing on college campuses and provide parents and students with better information about a college’s hazing prevention policies and history of hazing. Currently, there are no national reporting require...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), as well as other colleagues, in calling for the delivery of fuel into Gaza for hospitals and water treatment centers: “We condemn Hamas’ horrific terrorist attacks against Israel, for which Israel must hold Hamas accountable. In the course of that endeavor, every...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the HBCU Africa Partnerships Act to encourage the growth of research partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and federal agencies to advance development in sub-Saharan Africa. “HBCUs like Delaware State University can play a critical role in helping the United States connect with members of the African diaspora and further build our partner...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of SFRC’s Subcommittee overseeing the Western Hemisphere, led his colleagues, including Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), in urging the U.S. Department of State to address corruption in Honduras. The senators request that Secretary Blinken continue pushing the Honduran government to fulfill President Xiomara Castro’s pl...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine wrote to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to share his deep concern regarding the rise in instances of antisemitism and Islamophobia in America, particularly in the aftermath of the recent Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel. In the letter, Kaine expressed support for asks made by his colleagues to boost funding to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to protect non-profit institutions...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement regarding the draft domestic supplemental funding legislation that was unveiled this afternoon and includes robust funding to address the child care crisis. The proposed legislation comes shortly after the expiration of child care funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that helped child care providers keep their doors open and a new repor...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine cosponsored the Better Collaboration, Accountability, and Regulatory Enforcement (CARE) for Animals Act, bipartisan legislation led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Kennedy (R-LA) to strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement power against animal abusers. Specifically, the bill would provide the DOJ with the same enforcement authority as the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Animal Welfare Act, which establishes th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission will receive a loan of up to $143,000,000 to widen I-64, which will help reduce congestion and improve travel times. The funding was approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Build America Bureau’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, which provides credit assistance for projects of regional and national sig...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), applauded the committee’s vote to advance the nominations of Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Herro Mustafa Garg to be U.S. Ambassador to Egypt. Lew and Garg now await a vote by the full Senate. “In the wake of Hamas’ horrific terrorist attacks, a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and rising threats to U.S. national security across the region, it’s crucial that we have our ambassad...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure over-the-counter (OTC) birth control is available without a copay or prescription for servicemembers and their families on military bases. After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), called for swift passage of a supplemental funding package to support key national security priorities, including defense assistance for Israel and Ukraine, humanitarian aid for Gaza and Ukraine, support for the Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) agreement, and resources to strengthen border security: “History has shown us that we’re all less safe when ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $93,123,844 in federal funding to help low-income individuals and families in Virginia pay for home heating costs, cover utility bills, and help weatherize homes to lower their energy bills as winter approaches. The funding is awarded through the Administration for Children and Families’ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and was made possible by last year’s government funding bill, the st...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and nine Democratic colleagues in a call to the Department of Labor (DOL), urging Acting Secretary Julie Su to hold companies accountable to the fullest extent of the law for serious violations of child labor laws. Specifically, the senators urged DOL to go after companies that benefit from illegal child labor by continuing to rely on contractors found liable of breaking labor laws and exploi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded $2,720,950 in federal funding to spur economic development across Southwest Virginia by helping more businesses access capital and upgrading outdoor recreation infrastructure. The funding was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)’s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, which provides funding to help communities and regions that have been affected by j...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) selected two projects in Virginia as part of the first phase of EDA’s Regional Tech Hubs Program. The Tech Hubs Program, made possible by the CHIPS and Science Act, bipartisan legislation strongly supported by both senators, aims to strengthen U.S. economic and national security by investing in regions across the country that have the assets, resource...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Ranking Member and Chairman, respectively, of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, released the following statement after Venezuelans both at home and in exile voted yesterday to elect their presidential primary nominee ahead of the 2024 election: “Yesterday, Venezuelans worldwide made their voices heard dur...Continue Reading