Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,642,519 in federal funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the Virginia State Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS). This funding will go towards improving call and text response rates at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. “In the last two years of the pandemic, we have seen an increased demand for mental health...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced that his office is launching an initiative to highlight small business success stories from across the Commonwealth during National Small Business Week (May 1-7), a week dedicated to supporting small businesses across the United States. “Amid COVID-19, many small businesses have faced difficult challenges, and Congress responded by providing them with federal support,” said Senator Kaine. “As I’ve traveled ar...Continue Reading

Letter Urges HHS to Expand Head Start Programs to Lower-Income Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Maggie Hassan and his colleagues in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand eligibility for the Head Start Program to help ensure that more families in Virginia and across the country can access affordable, high-quality child care and preschool services. “We write to ask the Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to afford...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s decision to issue a Temporary Protected Status designation for Cameroon:  “We are pleased to see the Biden administration recognize the humanitarian crisis threatening the people of Cameroon. This TPS designation will ensure that Cameroonians already living in the U.S. are not forced to return to a nation torn by unrelent...Continue Reading

Video remarks are available here WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine issued the following statement today ahead of the 15th anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting, which killed 32 people and left 17 more injured on April 16, 2007: “Today, I'm thinking about the beautiful members of the Virginia Tech community whose lives were tragically cut short 15 years ago. These Virginians had so many dreams left to accomplish, and so much life ahead of them. I’m holding their love...Continue Reading

Approximately 460,000 families are without reliable child care; 1 in 9 child care jobs have been lost since the start of the pandemic WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has teamed up with more than 150 of his congressional colleagues to push for legislation to lower the cost of child care for families, expand access to pre-kindergarten, and invest in early childhood education. Citing the impacts of chil...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Tammy Duckworth, and Edward J. Markey introduced the Targeting Resources for Equitable Access to Treatment for Long COVID (TREAT Long COVID) Act to increase access to medical care and treatment for individuals struggling with long COVID. The first-of-its-kind bill will fund the expansion of long COVID clinics and empower health care providers—including community health centers and local public health departments—to treat...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined SFRC Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and 15 of their Committee colleagues in introducing a resolution to celebrate the life, achievements, and legacy of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. In addition to commending Secretary Albright’s patriotism and public service in the pursuit of a more peaceful, prosperous, and cooperative w...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to commemorate the historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The bill will expand the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Kansas and designate National Park Service (NPS) Affiliated Areas in Delaware, South Carolina, Kansas, Virginia, and the Dis...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine — Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues — and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), President Pro Tempore and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent a letter pushing the U.S. Department of State to urge Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s Administration to ensure the new ant...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after voting to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: “I am so glad to have helped confirm Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court and to now be able to call her Justice Jackson. Justice Jackson’s dedication to liberty and justice for all, her impressive list of achievements, and her excellent legal expertise will be of great value to the Court. “Justice Jackson will also be...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as the Virginia congressional delegation, today in calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce to consider Virginia for future locations of major semiconductor production and research facilities — as efforts to fund the CHIPS for America Act continue. In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the...Continue Reading

Bill would help ensure that the most skilled individuals are selected for important overseas posts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Cory Booker—members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—introduced legislation to increase oversight and transparency of ambassadorship nominations. The Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act would require the President to detail how a nominee’s language skills, foreign policy expertise, and experience have prepa...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced the designation of $232,426,060 in federal funds for Virginia transit systems. This largest-ever investment in Virginia transit was authorized by the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act negotiated by Sen. Warner and supported by Sen. Kaine. The funding will be awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration formula programs and distributed to transit system...Continue Reading

For video of Kaine’s remarks, click here WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine spoke on the Senate floor to discuss his support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. “The nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history. She'll be the first African American woman on the court. And she'll move a court that had never had a woman member when I start...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today regarding new steps by the Biden Administration to help respond to long COVID, including key efforts first proposed by Kaine in his Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) for Long COVID Act: “There is so much left for us to learn about long COVID, and the best way to get those answers is to put our full weight behin...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement announcing that he will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to the Supreme Court: “Given the gravity of a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, my practice is to withhold any decision on a nominee — regardless of my previous positions on that nominee for other judgeships — until I carefully review their qualification...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Representative Elaine Luria and the Virginia delegation in a letter to U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro urging the U.S. Navy to name a ship after Fireman Second Class Telesforo Trinidad, the only Filipino American to receive the Medal of Honor. “Trinidad was awarded the Medal of Honor, in accordance with General Order Number 142 signed by the Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on April 1, 1915, due to his extraordinary hero...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act, which would grant the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) additional flexibility so that schools and summer meal sites can stay open and improve access to free, healthy meals for children. The additional flexibility would mean less red tape and more op...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $65,591,635 in federal funding for Virginia to make homes more energy efficient and help lower utility costs. The funding will be awarded through the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which was expanded under the bipartisan infrastructure law‘s historic federal investments in upgrading our power infrastructure and reducing carbon emissions. Eligible organizations will be...Continue Reading