Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the Metropolitan Police Department. The introduction follows President Trump’s federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department in August, and as congressional Republicans plan more attacks on the District of Columbia’s self-governance. “If President Trump really cared about safety in D.C., he would have immediately deployed the National Guard on January 6, 2...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that they refiled legislation in July to challenge President Donald Trump’s radical, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda by repealing the national energy emergency declaration Trump has used to give Big Oil handouts. Kaine and Heinrich previously filed this legislation in February, but Senate Republicans blocked it fro...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act to reauthorize funding for the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) and the Geriatrics Academic Career Awards (GACA). Both programs were last authorized in 2020 as part of the CARES Act and are set to expire at the end of this month. “Older Americans deserve to age with dignity and...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) and U.S. Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) and Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Appalachian Trail Centennial Act, legislation to strengthen the public-private partnerships that preserve, maintain, and manage national trails. This legislation—inspired by the National Trails System Act of 1968, which has led to the establishment and expansion of thousands of National Recreation Trails—aims t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) slammed the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of $39,265,000 in federal funding they secured for the Fairwinds Landing maritime operations and logistics facility in Norfolk: “The withdrawal of federal funding for the Fairwinds Landing facility is further evidence of this Administration’s across-the-board, reckless approach to governing. If the Administration took the tim...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $700,000 in federal funding for Wise County to expand water service connections as part of the Upper Guest River Sewer Extension project. The funding was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments that collaborate to invest in community economic growth and innovation in 423 counties across the Appalachian region. T...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $48,329,251 in federal funding to support infrastructure improvements at 18 airports across Virginia. This funding, allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration under the Airport Infrastructure Grants and the Airport Improvement Program, is made possible in part by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—historic legislation the senators helped pass. “We’re proud to announ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) highlighted a new report from the Joint Economic Committee warning that the Trump Administration’s sweeping tariff regime—which has included almost 100 different policies since April—has directly harmed the American manufacturing sector and could cost the U.S. more than $490 billion in manufacturing investments by 2029. “If President Trump were actually focused on lowering costs, he would never have never implemente...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s plans to pull federal funding from the Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William County Public School Districts: “The Trump Administration destroyed the federal Department of Education and forced out an exceptional president at the University of Virginia. No...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $8,235,920 in federal funding to reduce energy costs for Virginian households and expand access to reliable, affordable energy across the Commonwealth. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), this funding is allocated through the Weatherization Assistance Program, which aims to reduce energy costs for low-income households by increasing energy efficiency of homes, and through the State Energy Progr...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded Senate passage of legislation to fund a number of major priorities, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Fiscal Year 2026. “Especially after Congress failed to pass a full-year FY25 funding bill last year, I am encouraged to see the Senate move to pass legislation to fund key parts of the government for Fiscal Year ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement after President Trump signed executive orders to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control and allow the deployment of the D.C. National Guard: “If President Trump really cared about safety in D.C., he would have immediately deployed the National Guard on January 6, 2021, and wouldn’t have pardoned hundreds of rioters who broke into the Capitol that day, including individuals ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released the following statement regarding reports of a secret directive by President Donald Trump to the Pentagon to begin using unauthorized military force against certain Latin American drug cartels: “There is strong bipartisan interest in addressing the risks posed by drug cartels, and significant intera...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement after the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) reported that premiums for Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage are projected to rise by an average of 20.5% next year – a spike driven largely by the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits that have helped make health care more affordable for hundreds of thousands of Virginians: “The news that Virginians who rely on health...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Virginians continue to struggle to pay their rising electricity bills, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are pushing back against the Trump administration’s plans to terminate a program designed to lower energy costs and support the deployment of affordable solar power to communities hardest hit by skyrocketing costs. Today’s letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding reporting that the Trump Administration is planning to terminate $156 million in federal grant funding to Virginia, which was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that the senators helped pass, to help people cut their energy costs by installing solar panels on their roofs: “We were proud to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which helped attract hund...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding this week’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing about the fatal January 29 crash near DCA. Yesterday, Potomac radar facility manager Bryan Lehman testified that he voiced concern that there were too many flights departing and arriving at the airport, but was then rebuffed by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managers who cited ongoing congressional work ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Curtis (R-UT), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to support Taiwan and its diplomatic partners in Latin America and the Caribbean and to deepen U.S. engagement in the Western Hemisphere. The United States-Taiwan Partnership in the Americas Act comes as Taiwan faces increasing military and diplomatic aggression from the People’s Republic of China, which has pressured Taiwan’s remaining par...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), announced his filing of legislation to force up to six votes to require the Trump Administration to produce assessments of the human rights situations in Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Eswatini, following reports that the Trump Administration deported immigrants who are not from those countries to those places. The legislation would require the reports to desc...Continue Reading

CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD BROADCAST-QUALITY AUDIO AND VIDEO: SEN. WARNER ON THIS LEGISLATION SEN. KAINE ON THIS LEGISLATION  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) were joined by Sens. Angus King (I-ME), Michael Bennett (D-CO), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) in introducing today to increase transparency, accountability, and safety in immigration law enforcement. The Immigration Enforcement Identification Act would prohibit law enforcement officers from obscuring th...Continue Reading