Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA). The legislation authorizes and increases funding for a range of programs and services to help older Americans age in their homes and communities. It also includes key provisions secured by Kaine, including his bill to strengthen advocacy for residents of nursing homes and other...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced a bipartisan proposal to encourage congressional action on Social Security. The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone (PROMISE) Act follows the release of the Social Security Board of Trustees’ annual report, w...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – As President Trump declares that the war with Iran has resumed, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are underscoring new data that shows the extent to which the president’s war has driven up gas costs in Virginia and across the country. According to a new congressional report, since the war began on February 28, Virginians have paid a total of $1.8 billion more, or an extra $573 per household, on the gas they need to commute to work, run errands, pick up th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $5,819,548 in federal grant funding to revitalize infrastructure, improve air travel safety, and support the long-term viability of nine local and regional airports across Virginia. This funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for Fiscal Year 2026, which the senators have supported robust funding for. “From connecting families to supporting businesses and t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $76,095,720 in federal grant funding for four transportation infrastructure projects that will expand passenger rail, reduce traffic congestion, and strengthen infrastructure across Virginia. “From passenger rail services to roads and waterways, countless travelers and goods move through the Commonwealth every day, and Virginia commuters and businesses deserve infrastructure that can keep up,” said the senators. ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former fair housing attorney, (both D-VA) joined Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in a letter urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds. Earlier this month, Congress passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to help build more housing, lower costs, streamline construction regulations, pres...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Trump-Vance administration’s billionaire tax giveaway megabill becoming law, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement highlighting the devastating impact the law has had on Virginia families: “One year ago, President Trump and Republicans in Congress made a choice. They chose to slash health care and nutrition assistance for working families in order to pay for massive tax breaks for the weal...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $32,463,128 in federal grant funding to modernize infrastructure at eight airports across Virginia. This funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program for Fiscal Year 2026, which is made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that the senators helped negotiate and pass. “Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Virginia’s airports continue to ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) applaud a $310.2 million federal loan awarded to the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) to fund the construction and implementation of much needed express lanes, a free-flowing toll system, and a new flyover ramp that together will help ease traffic congestion in the area. This Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan is awarded to...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Barbara: “President Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship by executive order was lawless and shameful from the start. I am glad that the Supreme Court ruled against this attempted circumvention of the Fourteenth Amendment and the foundational Supreme Court precedent of Wong Kim Ark. Today the Court affirmed the po...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) announced the introduction of the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, a bipartisan bill that would boost Ukraine’s defense by allowing for the more consistent and timely provision of high-volume, low-tech munitions critical to the country’s fight against Russian aggression. The legislation would foster greater investment by our NATO allies in Ukraine’s defense—as well as build out the capacity...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which will allow Trump to fire independent agency heads at will: “Today, the Supreme Court set a precedent that will have grave consequences for America’s dedicated civil servants, as well as our economy, health, and safety. For more than a century, heads of independent agencies that Congress created to do the nuts-a...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Securing Partner Supply Chains Act, bipartisan legislation to secure supply chains and counter China’s growing influence. There is a significant gap in ability among the U.S. and its partners, particularly in the Western Hemisphere, to adequately screen foreign investment into critical sectors. The lack of safeguards leaves supply chains, ports, and critical...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led his colleagues in a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the Trump-Vance Administration conduct a study to help improve post-secondary outcomes for American students with disabilities. The letter comes shortly after the Administration announced it will further gut the Department of Education by shifting the Office of Special E...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot that will allow the Trump-Vance Administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than a million people living and working in the United States: ­­­ “Nearly 30,000 TPS holders live, work, attend school, worship, run businesses, and pay taxes in Virginia. These Virginians received TPS because...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act. The legislation would reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, which expired in September 2022. “As China becomes more emboldened, the U.S. has an even greater responsibility to stand up against dictators and protect those who’ve been denied the most basic freedoms. Kim Jong-un and his regime have committed horrendous abuses again...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations (SFRC) Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, led his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for stronger diplomacy to address the ongoing conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This comes after the senators’ previous letter to Secretar...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after tonight’s vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution: “After both Republican-majority Houses took the historic step of voting that additional war against Iran is illegal without congressional authorization, President Trump came to the Capitol and tried to browbeat Republican senators for upholding their oaths of office. To appease his temper ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act, legislation that would provide funding to states and other eligible entities to support direct care workers and family caregivers, who provide essential daily care and support for many older adults and people with disabilities. “I first introduced this bill five years ago, and since t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Chris Murphy (D-CT)—who have been leading the charge in the Senate against the Trump-Vance Administration’s Iran war—applauded the Senate’s passage of a resolution to terminate the war. The resolution was first introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Gregory Mee...Continue Reading