Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement celebrating the passage of the Retire through Ownership Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) to facilitate the establishment and operation of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), which allow workers to directly share in the profits they help their company earn, leading to higher wages and more wealth-building: “ESOPs help workers make more money, build their retirem...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) filed a War Powers Resolution to prohibit the use of the U.S. Armed Forces in hostilities in or against Oman. Last month, President Donald Trump threatened to “bomb the shit” out of Oman if it interferes with the United States’ blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. “President Trump calls himself the ‘Peace President,’ but he has ordered military strikes in more countries around the world than any President in recent hist...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in leading 20 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a 502B privileged resolution requiring the U.S. Department of State to report to Congress on the growing violence in the West Bank. Nine Americans have been killed in the West Bank in recent years, with many more having been detained, but none have receive...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10)'s legislation designating the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, known as Dodona Manor, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service (NPS) has passed the House of Representatives and Senate. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature. “I am glad to see that my legislation with Representative Subramanyam to designate General George C. Marshall’s Dodona Manor ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding a report that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were instructed to lie in order to unlawfully obtain Virginians’ personal information, by falsely attesting that they were specific Virginians verifying their voter registration records: “As much as President Trump and his cronies insist otherwise, working for the federal government doesn’t mean you can break the...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: “This is a solemn anniversary for all Americans, but it’s especially close to home for the Commonwealth—nearly 200 people died that day at the Pentagon and aboard American Airlines Flight 77, and Virginia, as one of the most military-connected state...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner (both D-VA) announced the DCA Air Safety Act, legislation that would improve safety in the constrained and complex airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) after last year’s deadly midair collision that claimed 67 lives. The bill would cap hourly arrivals, reduce the clustering of flights, and remove 30 slots—thereby addressing issues that contributed to the January 2025 disaster. The legislation would al...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers and former lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of State of California, et al. v. United States Postal Service, et al. The lawsuit, brought by a coalition of state attorneys general, including Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones, challenges the legality of President Trump’s executive order and U.S. Postal Service rule seeking to exer...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), following reports today, commended the official designation of the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial as an affiliated area of the National Park System, a recognition that will help preserve the memory of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon and aboard American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001, and ensure their stories are passed down to future generations. “The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial is a solemn tribute to each of the 184 i...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, joined seven of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz calling on the United States to push to pass additional sanctions measures in Sudan that would restrict the flow of funds to the warring parties driving the current conflict in the country. The letter was transmitted shortly before the September 8 kick-off of the 2026 UN Gen...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees and former civil rights attorney, released the following statement in response to the Trump-Vance Administration deporting dozens of people—including at least one person whose family helped the U.S. fight the Taliban—to the Central African Republic (CAR) and other countries in the region, despite none being residents of those countries: “Over the weekend, the Trump-Vanc...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 former civil rights attorney, and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) led 29 of their Democratic colleagues in both chambers of Congress in issuing a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon opposing the decision from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to end-run federal law and rescind federal guidelines in place for nearly half a ce...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Trump’s latest tariffs, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and 12 of their Senate colleagues introduced the End Trump’s Tariff Tax Act, legislation that would revoke and refund Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs, and rein in the president’s tariff authority by repealing the archaic authorities he has used to continue his trade war. This legislation would apply to Trump’s newest global tariffs of 10­–12.5 percent and 50 percent tariff on $...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07) hosted a roundtable in Fredericksburg with veterans to discuss their experiences with the local VA Health Care Center. This comes after consistent reports of long wait times and staffing shortfalls at the facility. Kaine has pressed leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fill vacant roles and ensure that veterans r...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Seapower, joined a group of his colleagues in urging SASC Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) to hold a hearing with U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leadership to investigate the Trump-Vance Administration’s failure to support servicemembers carrying out indefinite extended deployments in President Donald Trump’s foolish and illegal war in Iran. In their letter, the senators emphasi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Trump-Vance Administration’s war with Iran stretches into its sixth month today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement: “Six months ago, the Trump-Vance Administration launched a deeply unpopular war with Iran that has taken the lives of at least 18 servicemembers, injured more than 750 others, killed countless civilians—including over 100 children from one strike alone—and...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are highlighting a new congressional report showing that Virginia families have had to pay at least an extra $3,200 because of rising costs of goods and services on the Trump-Vance Administration’s watch. “As if it weren’t bad enough that President Trump broke every promise he made to the American people to lower costs, the Trump-Vance Administration has actively made the affordability crisis worse by starting illegal wars...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, joined a group of his colleagues in calling on President Trump to reverse a recent national security memorandum directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to replace electromagnetic catapults with steam-powered systems on Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. The letter was also signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). “Catap...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today pressed the Trump administration about the impacts of extended deployments on military families back home. Last month, Sens. Warner and Kaine visited USS Ford and met with sailors to discuss what effects the deployment had on them. In a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Department of the Navy Acting Secretary Hung Cao, the senators wrote, “We write in response to growing public alarm related ...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 regarding public reporting detailing a series of mysterious attacks on random fishing boats without known ties to narcotrafficking operations: “Beginning in April, The Guardian, The New York Times and the Washington Post have published a set of stories about U.S.-connected attacks on Ecuadoran fishing boats. These attacks are separate from the...Continue Reading