Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate regarding the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that killed at least 19 children and two adults. Broadcast-quality video of the Senator’s speech is available here. During his remarks, Kaine spoke about the impact of the Virginia Tech shooting that occurred in April 2007 while he was governor, which killed 32 people and wounded 17 others. Kaine has consistentl...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, teamed up with bipartisan groups of colleagues to introduce two pieces of legislation to strengthen the pipeline and increase transparency for critical medicines, which would lower costs and make it easier for physicians and patients to plan for the future. “Virginians with serious medical conditions should be focused on their well-being, not worrying ab...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs. Upward Bound, administered through the Department of Education, provides support to low-income and first-generation high school students in order to increase high school and college graduation rates. “All students deserve access to the resources they need to succeed,” the senators said. “This funding for...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding the Naming Commission’s recommendations to rename three Virginia bases that were previously named after Confederates. Kaine co-sponsored an amendment in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that initiated the process to rename these bases and all other DOD facilities named after Confederates. “If we as a count...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) issued the following statements after the Department of Labor’s announcement of $3.4 million in funding grants to boost women’s participation in registered apprenticeship programs.  “Apprenticeships are key to ensuring workers can gain the valuable skills and training they need, but far too many women still lack access to these critical opportunities,” said Klobuchar. “These ...Continue Reading

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and 78 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch’s process to advance Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership and pledging to work with the Administration to ensure swift ratification of the Washington Treaty. In the letter, the Senators noted that NATO’s expansion will send a clear message to Putin and au...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (both D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), Donald McEachin (D-VA-4), Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Elaine Luria (D-VA-2), and Robert Wittman (R-VA-1) in pushing U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to direct federal infrastructure dollars to Virginia to ease congestion on I-64 between Richmond and Hampton Roads. Kaine also led Warner, Spanberger, McEachin, Luria, Wittman, an...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded unanimous Senate passage of the Access to Baby Formula Act, which will help improve access to baby formula for families who participate in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. The legislation passed the House of Representatives yesterday and now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. “No one should have to wo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was joined today by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing the Upholding the Inter-American Democratic Charter Act of 2022. Unveiled in advance of the Ninth Summit of the Americas—scheduled to take place in Los Angeles next month—the new bipartisan legislation proposes a series of initiatives to strengthen the United States’ cooper...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, issued the following statement after voting to pass a $40 billion military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine: “Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine underscores the importance of democracies around the world sticking together to stand against authoritarians who violate international law an...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate’s vote on the Small Business COVID Relief Act, legislation to provide restaurants, music venues, and other small businesses with much-needed support: “These past two years have been difficult on all of us, and have posed unique challenges to Virginia small businesses—from restaurants and concert venues, to gyms and Main Street stores—putting jobs and essential servi...Continue Reading

Kaine, Murray, Casey, and 29 Democratic colleagues call on President Biden to appoint a White House coordinator on infant formula and develop a national strategy to address shortages WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray, Senator Bob Casey, and 29 of his Democratic colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to immediately assign a White House coordinator on infant formula to address t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Bob Menendez, and Ben Ray Luján, alongside U.S. Representative Tony Cárdenas and a bicameral group of their colleagues, sent letters to WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal to express serious concerns about the rise of Spanish-language misinformation and disinformation targeted at Latino communities on these group messaging applications. The lawmakers also posed specific questions about what steps, if any, these companies are taking to preven...Continue Reading