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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Ranking Member of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower, sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy John Phelan raising concerns regarding the deployment of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), which has been extended twice and is on track to break the record for longest carrier deployment since the end of the Vietnam War. This comes as Ford is currently headed to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Maternal Vaccinations Act, legislation to increase maternal vaccination rates for common illnesses like influenza, HPV, and pneumonia; address vaccination rate disparities; and better support new mothers’ health. “More than 80 percent of deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum are preventable. We can and must do more to address this tragedy an...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was awarded the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Foundation’s World Trade Award, which is given every year to an individual who has demonstrated exemplary efforts in advancing access to the global economy. “Americans and American businesses are working harder than ever, while President Trump’s broad-based tariff regime is raising costs and causing uncertainty that makes it nearly impossible for many companies to grow,” said Kaine. “I’v...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-02) and Dina Titus (D-NV-01) introduced the State Department Disability Policy and Accommodations Act, bicameral legislation to strengthen international disability rights and provide accommodations for State Department staff. The legislation would establish an Office of International Disability Rights at the State Department to champion disability rights globally, e...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of a Senate vote, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are sounding the alarm on the so-called ‘SAVE America Act’ and its far-reaching and harmful consequences for eligible voters. If signed into law, the SAVE America Act could strip millions of Americans of their ability to vote by imposing unnecessary and burdensome verification requirements. Under the SAVE America Act, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship – such as a passport or b...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the Rx Access, Choice, Cost Equity, and Supply Stability (Rx ACCESS) Act, legislation to enhance pharmacy access for active-duty servicemembers and their families. The Rx ACCESS Act would require that independent pharmacies participating in the TRICARE program be fairly reimbursed, thus ensuring that TRICARE beneficiaries have c...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former civil rights attorney, Mark R. Warner (D-VA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), John McGuire (R-VA-05), Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) filed a bipartis...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a War Powers Resolution to ensure any U.S. participation in hostilities against Cuba is explicitly authorized by Congress. The resolution is privileged and may be called up for a vote after 10 days. President Trump has engaged in a military blockade of Cuba, and has recently threatened direct military action against Cuba. He has said that the U.S. would “take care of Cuba” and suggested Cub...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO OF KAINE’S REMARKS IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, spoke at a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing urging an end to President Donald Trump’s illegal, unnecessary war with Iran. Kaine—whose bipartisan War Powers Resolution to end the use of U.S. forces in hostilities against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress was blocked by Senate Republicans l...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, & Global Women’s Issues, and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health Policy, led their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former fair housing attorney, applauded the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act, legislation that will build more homes, bring housing costs down, and expand access to affordable housing. The bill incorporates provisions from several pieces of legislation that Kaine has introduced, including to improve transparency of mortgage loans for veteran homebuyers, create a pilot grant program to support new housin...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ),Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) are following up on their demand that Republican Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) ensure the relevant committees of jurisdiction in the Senate hold immediate public hearings on the Trump-Vance Administration’s ongoing unconstitutional war in Iran. This follows the Senators’ move to file War Powers Resolutions to stop President Don...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 41 of their Senate Democratic colleagues demanded that the Department of Defense (DOD) provide answers to the American people about civilian casualties in the Trump Administration’s war in Iran, including the missile strike on an elementary school in Minab, and take measures to pursue accountability for those responsible...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Reclaim Trade Powers Act, legislation that would end President Donald Trump’s indiscriminate 10 percent tariffs on most goods by repealing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. After the Supreme Court ruled last month that President Trump’s tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) were illegal, President Trump applied tariffs of 10 percent on goods citing Secti...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Angus King (I-ME) and other colleagues in introducing the Fiscal Commission Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen America’s fiscal health and stabilize the nation’s finances for future generations. The bill would create a bipartisan, bicameral fiscal commission tasked with finding legislative solutions to stabilize spending and decrease the national debt, which now exceeds $38.8 trillion. “We ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement after the Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered full IEEPA tariff refunds for all importers: “Today, the Court of International Trade ruled that companies subjected to President Trump’s illegal tariffs are legally entitled to refunds. The Trump administration must move quickly to reimburse the thousands of small businesses in Virginia and across the country that bore the brunt of Preside...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) slammed the Senate’s failure to pass their bipartisan War Powers Resolution that would have stopped President Donald Trump’s illegal, unnecessary war with Iran and ensured any U.S. participation in hostilities against Iran be explicitly authorized by Congress. It would not have prevented the U.S. from defending itself or Israel from an Iranian attack. “No one is disp...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following update regarding resources available to Americans stranded in the Middle East: “To Americans struggling to get home: we are doing everything we can to push for more resources to assist you. In the meantime, in accordance with current State Department guidance, we recommend that you shelter in place, immediately enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), complete the Department’s c...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement slamming the Trump Administration for its poor planning and coordination that has left Americans stranded in the Middle East: “The Trump Administration waited three days after it began waging an unwise, unconstitutional, and deeply unpopular war with Iran to warn American citizens to evacuate from 12 countries in the Middle East. By that point, commercial flights were almost completely shut down, and Iran ha...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the Senate will vote on their bipartisan War Powers Resolution for Iran tomorrow. The bipartisan resolution, which was introduced on January 29, would stop President Donald Trump’s illegal, unnecessary war with Iran and ensure any U.S. participation in hostilities against Iran is explicitly authorized by Congress. It does not prevent the U.S. from defen...Continue Reading