Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following video statement today regarding new steps being taken to address the baby formula shortage, including an FDA and Abbott agreement to reopen the shuttered plant and the FDA’s move to make it easier to import formulas: Click here to watch Kaine's video statement A transcript of Senator Kaine’s remarks is below: “I know people are real...Continue Reading

The Century Foundation: “At a time when parents feel more alone than ever, this new proposal makes clear that there are parents, and grandparents, in Congress who have their backs.” First Five Years Fund: “Sen. Murray and Sen. Kaine [are] taking definitive action to ensure child care is included in the budget reconciliation package, and we call on all Senate Democrats to unite behind this crucial, commonsense economic policy proposal.” Community Change Action: “Sena...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray and Senator Bob Casey, as well as 28 of their Democratic colleagues, in sending a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids. Over the past sev...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2022. The bill would reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 for five years past its expiration in September 2022. U.S. Representative Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the House version of this legislation earlier this year. “As Pyongyang continues to disregard the dignity of its citizens and demonstrates no tolerance for human rights, I...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $114,700,190 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase affordable housing across the Commonwealth. “All Virginians deserve access to safe and affordable housing, but rents and home prices have skyrocketed across Virginia in recent years,” said the Senators. “We’re glad that this funding will go to supporting the construction of new affo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,900,000 in federal funding from Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration for the Culpeper Regional Airport. This funding – made available thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act negotiated by Warner and strongly supported by Kaine last year – and will go towards the final phase of a project that will remove a road obstruction on the runway. “This in...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Michael Bennet as well as a group of their colleagues requested increased funding for the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill. The COPS Program provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies across the country to hire additional police officers to strengthen community policing and crime prevention efforts, which includes expanding ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, alongside 23 of his colleagues, requested that congressional leadership include the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2021, which would allow state-legal cannabis businesses to access banking services, in the final version of the competitiveness legislation being negotiated between the House and Senate. Under current law, state-legal medical cannabis businesses in Virginia are forced to operate in all cash, which puts th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey, Tammy Duckworth, and Tim Kaine today urged public health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better prioritize the needs of populations at highest risk of severe illness from COVID-19 – including seniors, people with disabilities, and the immunocompromised – in their ongoing response to t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after their bipartisan bill to commemorate historic sites that catalyzed litigation leading to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was signed into law by President Biden: “We’re excited our legislation to commemorate the Moton Museum in Farmville and other historic sites associated with the Brown v. Board of Education decis...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,402,421 in federal funding for affordable housing for Virginia Tribes. The funding will be used for housing development, housing services, crime prevention and safety, and other affordable housing activities. “These past two years have been difficult for all of us, with some of the most extreme pandemic impacts falling on tribal communities,” said the Senators. “It’s critical that we n...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after an effort to pass reproductive health legislation was blocked on the Senate floor by a 49-51 vote: “I’m deeply disappointed by today’s vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, but we must keep fighting to make sure that women can exercise their constitutionally-protected reproductive rights. Today is the start, not the finish. We cannot stand idly by as the Supreme Court threat...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act: “In light of the draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, it’s critical that Congress act now to ensure that women are able to make their own decisions regarding reproductive health. I’m a proud cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act and will vote in favor of this legislation to co...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined today by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022, comprehensive legislation to reauthorize and enhance critical programming, policy, and funding essential to the United States’ efforts to combat human trafficking ar...Continue Reading

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) issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) Board of Directors has selected Randy Clarke as its new General Manager and CEO. Clarke currently serves as President and CEO of Capital Metro in Austin, Texas. “Safe and reliable Metrobus and Metrorail service is essential for our c...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded President Biden’s announcement of new efforts to lower high-speed internet costs for Virginians and all Americans, including commitments from 20 internet providers to either increase speeds or cut prices to no more than $30/month for Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)-eligible households. Warner and Kaine helped create the ACP, which was established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Warner negotiated...Continue Reading