Press Releases
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 17 of his Senate colleagues in a follow-up letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging her to provide tax relief to auto dealers experiencing inventory shortages due to global supply chain issues. Pandemic-related supply chain disruptions have impacted businesses and consumers, with slow-downs and factory closures, particularly with semiconductors, leaving businesses with drastically ...Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) announced that following their efforts to secure a major disaster declaration, businesses and residents in Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell County can now file their applications for low-interest disaster relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help with their recovery efforts following severe flooding, landslides, and mudslides that o...Continue Reading
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February 04 2022
Warner, Kaine Urge Mine Safety and Health Administration to Include Southwest Virginia in Vaccine Outreach Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a January announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launching a Miner Vaccine Outreach Program to deliver free vaccinations and provide educational outreach to mining communities in Kentucky and Arizona, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are calling on the DoL to include Southwest Virginia in the plans. In a letter to the MSHA, the senators highlighted that while the Commonwealth ha...Continue Reading
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February 04 2022
Virginia & Maryland Senators Urge WMATA CEO to Use Final Months to Set Metro on Right Track
Larger than the rail cars alone, WMATA’s challenges involve thinking through the long-term transit needs of our region and how the Metro system can evolve and adapt to post-pandemic ridership patterns WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) met virtually Thursday with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration (WMATA) General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld to thank him for his service and dis...Continue Reading
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February 04 2022
Kaine Applauds House Passage of America COMPETES Act, Including His Bipartisan JOBS Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine — co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus and member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee — applauded House passage of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act, a major investment in America’s scientific and technological advantage, which includes his bipartisan JOBS Act. Introduced with Senator Rob Port...Continue Reading
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January 31 2022
Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $1 Million in Federal Funding for Infrastructure and Economic Development in Floyd County
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $971,639 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded to the Economic Development Authority of Floyd County to develop the Floyd Regional Commerce Center. The funds will be used to construct an access road, an industrial cul-de-sac, and a pedestrian and bike path that will stimulate economic growth and support the creation of an estimated 130 new jobs in the region. “We’r...Continue Reading
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January 31 2022
As 2022 Tax Filing Season Begins, Warner & Kaine Join Bipartisan Call for IRS to Provide Relief for Taxpayers & Reduce Processing Backlogs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and 212 colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers and help reduce processing backlogs at the IRS, after hearing from Virginians who are still waiting on their refunds from the 2021 filing season. Taxpayers may qualify for relief from penalties if they ...Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced their cosponsorship of bipartisan legislation to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in the U.S. Constitution. This bipartisan, bicameral resolution was first introduced by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and U.S. Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced companion le...Continue Reading
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January 26 2022
Kaine Statement on Justice Stephen Breyer’s Retirement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court: “Justice Breyer has served admirably on this nation’s highest court for more than 27 years, and he will leave a lasting legacy of fairness and justice. I look forward to working with my colleagues and with President Biden to confirm a qualified nominee to succeed Justice Breyer. It is critical that any Supreme Court Just...Continue Reading
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January 25 2022
Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $20 Million in Funding for Appalachian Development Highway System
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $19,962,161 in funding for the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) to help further connect Virginia’s Appalachian region to national Interstates. The funding, awarded through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in coordination with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), was made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law negotiated by Sen. Warner and supported by S...Continue Reading
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January 24 2022
Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $2 Million in Federal Funding for Housing Counseling Services in Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2,089,275 in federal funding to Catholic Charities USA and the Virginia Housing Development Authority for housing counseling services. The funding was awarded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling to provide counseling services to tenants and homeowners to improve their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of tenancy and homeownership like proper...Continue Reading
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January 21 2022
Kaine Secures Over $5.6 Million in Grants to Virginia to Promote Mental Health among Health Care Workforce
Funding Is Made Possible Thanks To Provisions of Kaine’s Bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Passed in The American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that $5,652,254 in funding is being awarded to Virginia by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help respond to ...Continue Reading
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January 20 2022
Kaine Joins Colleagues in Letter Urging President to Prioritize Purchase & Distribution of Made in America Masks
Letter follows yesterday’s announcement by President Biden that he is following through on his commitment to provide hundreds of millions of high-quality masks at no-cost to Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a letter led by Senators Sherrod Brown and Tammy Baldwin to President Joe Biden, urging the Administration to prioritize the purchase of masks made in the U.S. wit...Continue Reading
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January 20 2022
Kaine & Colleagues Sound Alarm Following Reports of High Denial Rates for At-Risk Afghans Applying for Humanitarian Parole into U.S.
“Given the dangerous situation in Afghanistan, the history of the conflict, and the risk that many of these Afghans face due to their support for the United States over the past two decades, mechanistically applying these restrictive standards is inhumane, cruel, and contradictory to U.S. commitments and interests.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and 13 of his Senate colleagues in writi...Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the bipartisan Promoting Access to Critical Countermeasures by Ensuring Specimen Samples (ACCESS) to Diagnostics Act, which supports quicker research and development of medical countermeasures, including diagnostic tests, vaccines, and therapeutics, in response to emerging infectious diseases. Thi...Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after an effort to reform Senate rules to overcome Republican obstruction and pass voting rights legislation was blocked on the Senate floor: “I am deeply disappointed by today’s vote, but the stakes are too high and the moment too meaningful to give up on voting rights legislation. We will keep fighting to protect our democracy and ensure that people can vote free of obstacles or intimidation. We...Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after voting rights legislation was blocked by Senate Republicans and ahead of a vote to reform Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation: “The unwillingness of Republicans to entertain voting rights reform does not absolve the Senate of the responsibility to protect democracy. Following massive disenfranchisement efforts in states across the country, we need to reform the Senate rules so that we c...Continue Reading
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January 19 2022
Warner, Kaine, Scott & Luria Applaud $369 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Key Army Corps Projects in Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA), applauded $369,000,000 in federal funding for a number of key projects, including the City of Norfolk’s Coastal Storm Risk Management project and the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project. This funding, awarded through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which wa...Continue Reading
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January 19 2022
VIDEO: Kaine Delivers Floor Speech During Debate on Voting Rights Legislation: 'The Time to Act Is Now’
For video of Kaine’s remarks, click here WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a former civil rights attorney, spoke on the Senate floor during the Senate debate on voting rights legislation. During his speech, Kaine pushed for passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act following attempts to restrict voting rights in certain states across the country. Senator Kaine spoke on the floor after Senator Cornyn, who holds President Lyndon B. J...Continue Reading
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January 19 2022
Kaine & Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Push Back against President López Obrador’s Fossil Fuel-Friendly Agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) today joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in pressing the Biden administration to speak out publicly and through diplomatic channels with greater force regarding Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s troubling fossil fuel-friendly agenda. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granho...Continue Reading