Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, legislation that will expand health care and resources for toxic-exposed veterans under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and authorize a new community-based outpatient clinic in Hampton Roads. “Our nation’s veterans have sacrificed so much while serving ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Metro announces the return to service of some 7000-Series cars, U.S. Senators and Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) are calling on Metro Interim General Manager Andy Off to use his remaining time at the helm of the region’s public transit agency to “productively to lay the groundwork for a lasting course correction that reaches deep within Metro that values rules, procedures, transparency, and accounta...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the Modernizing Accelerated Approval Act they co-authored advanced yesterday as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act, a package to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee amendments. Their bipartisan legislation would make significant improvements to the FDA’s...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray, Senator Mazie Hirono, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in introducing the Affordability is Access Act (AAA) to ensure that people across the country can access and afford over-the-counter birth control options and plan their own reproductive health, on their own terms. The Affordability is Access Act would ensure tha...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who served as Virginia’s Governor during the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, released the following statement applauding the bipartisan proposal to reduce gun violence: “This bipartisan proposal is a first and necessary step to reduce gun violence in our communities. I applaud my Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle for reaching this agreement. Every moment that Congress does not act, another community bears witness to the ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday evening and today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civil Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues—participated in the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. PHOTOS of the Senator’s participation at the summit are available here. This morning, Kaine delivered the keynote address at the U.S. Agency for International Devel...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice that it would not reopen an investigation into the case of two U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed Northern Virginian Bijan Ghaisar in 2017: “We are deeply dis...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement applauding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passing of the Protecting Our Kids Act, much-needed legislation to address gun violence: “This week, I met with high school students in Arlington who had a crystal clear message for Congress: our lives are worth protecting. I couldn’t agree more, and I applaud my colleagues in the House for taking decisive action today to protect them. I’m ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $627,837 in federal funding for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to administer a pilot project through Feed More, Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, and Feeding Southwest Virginia. This funding will help the food banks expand their operations and food delivery in underserved areas. “Virginians shouldn’t have to worry about where they’re going to find their ne...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues—released the following statement regarding the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will be held June 6-10: “As host of the summit, the United States has an excellent opportunity to outline a clear vision for the hemisphere. There are serious challenge...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced a Rural Development investment of $1,932,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition to the grant, a matching 40-year loan has been approved by the USDA to supplement the costs, bringing the project total to $3,864,000. This funding will go towards the construction and installation of approximately eight miles of water line, a pump station, 92 water meters, 28 fire hydrants, and relat...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine issued the following statement applauding the historic $58 million federal transportation investment in the Raleigh to Richmond (R2R) corridor announced today: “We encouraged Secretary Buttigieg to bring this funding to Virginia because when we invest in state-of-the-art transportation infrastructure, we can boost economic development, create jobs, and improve our quality of life. We’re looking forward to seei...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), as well as Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Kirstin Gillibrand (D-NY), and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that they urged Senate leaders to support across-the-board funding sufficient to answer the many threats facing the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The senators’ call comes as the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay hits a record ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the statement below, celebrating the rescue of hundreds of dogs in acute distress from the Envigo breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia. According to a joint motion filed by Envigo and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Envigo has relinquished 446 beagles following their seizure by federal agents. The joint motion also extends the Temporary ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $500,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for Wise County. This funding will go towards an existing project to extend sewer service to 44 households and 13 businesses in the Glamorgan community by constructing 13,640 linear feet of new sewer line. By providing sewer service along this section of US Highway 23, the project will improve public health and promote future developmen...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies urging the inclusion of additional funding to support long COVID patients in Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations legislation. The letter specifically called for...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and U.S. Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced $6,355,829 in federal funding for the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to make improvements to Ettrick Station. The improved station will attract additional train service and approximately 10,050 new riders annually. “We’re excited the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority is receiving these federal dollars to upgrade the Ettrick Station and improve public transpo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after their Republican colleagues blocked the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act from receiving a final Senate vote: “Everyone deserves to go to work or the store without worrying about being a victim of domestic terrorism. Yet in the last two weeks alone, 10 Black Americans died in a racist shooting in Buffalo. Nothing about addressing extremist violence, hate crimes, and domestic te...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) in introducing the United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation that lays out a comprehensive agenda for U.S.-Colombia relations focused on expanding engagement on issues of inclusive economic growth, peace and democratic gov...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) in introducing a resolution designating May 28 as World Hunger Day. The resolution comes on the 90th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, and as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to cause widespread destruction and strangles Ukraine’s ability to export much-needed wheat. “Millions of Ukrainians los...Continue Reading