Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus and a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (D-VA), and U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing February 2026 as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. Joint legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Representatives Glenn Thompson (...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senate colleagues to introduce a bipartisan resolution condemning the Iranian regime for suppressing its citizens’ right to peacefully assemble and highlighting its long pattern of censorship, intimidation, and violent crackdowns against the Iranian people. “The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental human right that no government should impede,” said Kaine. “The Ira...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Todd Young (R-IN), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced legislation to improve access to affordable child care for families with parents working nontraditional hours. The After Hours Child Care Act would support expanding legitimate existing child care programs, or establishing new facilities in some cases, so parents can remain in the workforce and provide for their...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden (D-OR), praised the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of legislation to repeal President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs on Canada. The senators led bipartisan legislation in the Senate to challenge Trump’s tariffs on Canada, and...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio pushing the Trump Administration to immediately end deportation flights to Iran. Last month, it was reported that the Administration resumed the deportation of dozens of Iranians, many of whom could be persecuted, tortured, or even e...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) and U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined colleagues to introduce the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, bicameral legislation that would provide federal employees with a 4.1 percent pay increase in 2027. “Federal workers are the backbone of America, delivering the essential services and benefits that families have earned in every corner of our country,” said Walkinshaw. “They serve co...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Friday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, led a letter to Vice President JD Vance ahead of his upcoming trip to Azerbaijan. In the letter, the members urged Vice President Vance to raise concerns about the detention of Virginia constituent Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu in Azerbaija...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following pressure from U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General has launched an audit of DHS data practices, including those used by ICE, in response to serious concerns about potential data privacy abuses and the misuse of sensitive personal information. In a letter to the senators, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari confirmed that his office has initiated an audit to assess how DHS components collect...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) slammed the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) final rule that will allow the Trump Administration to reclassify and fire federal employees without cause or appeals rights. Schedule Policy/Career, previously known as Schedule F, is a policy that President Donald Trump pursued during his first term to strip federal workers of their protections and carry out politically motivated firings. “For decades, our no...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applaud the congressional passage of legislation to fund our country’s defense, security, health, education, transportation, and housing programs. This package supports a number of Warner and Kaine priorities, including affordable housing, safer airways, improved infrastructure, medical research, servicemember pay, and shipbuilding. These five bipartisan bills fund Defense; Financial Services and General Government; Labor,...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation to redesignate the site known as “Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial” to its original name, “Arlington House.” The bill would repeal statutes that memorialized Lee and add a formal historic site designation to the name, making it “the Arlington House National Historic Site.” “The names of our national sites hold significance and should honor individuals whom we can all look up to,” said Kaine. “That’s why I’m introd...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act, bipartisan legislation that would remove an arbitrary cap on the pay of Therapeutic Medical Physicists (TMPs) and Diagnostic Medical Physicists (DMPs)—physicists who assist radiation oncologists in delivering cancer care and treatment—employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This legislation would also help address staffi...Continue Reading

VIDEO OF KAINE’S REMARKS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke on the Senate floor to pull back the curtain on what the Trump Administration claims is an immigration crackdown focused on reducing crime. In reality, President Donald Trump has spent years dehumanizing immigrants and their countries of origins. Since his inauguration, his Administration has rounded up thousands of individuals, hurting communities across Virginia and the country, including peo...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, legislation to increase transparency and accountability about the costs of law enforcement misconduct. This bill would require federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to report judgments and settlements related to police misconduct, including court fees and insurance payments, to the Department of Justice. There is no currently no searchable...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding the Senate’s vote to block the appropriations package that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week: “It’s Congress’ responsibility to put an end to the chaos and fear caused by roving bands of ICE and Border Patrol agents in our communities that resulted in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. With this morning’s vote, Senate Democrats sent a clear message. We will not let the Hou...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari urging him to investigate current and future DHS procurements that enable the collection, retention, and analysis of sensitive personal data. As DHS continues a mass deportation campaign across the country, Warner and Kaine raised serious concerns that DHS is collecting and utilizing sensitive data about U.S. citizens and non-citizens in w...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released the following statement applauding committee passage of his bipartisan legislation that will bolster efforts to counter China, Russia, and organized criminal groups in our hemisphere and around the world: “Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and illicit gold mining contribute to instability in o...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement marking the one-year anniversary of the January 29, 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which resulted in the deaths of all 67 people aboard both aircraft: “One year ago, 67 people – passengers, airline personnel, and members of the U.S. Armed Forces – died in a midair ...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio on U.S. policy toward Venezuela and President Donald Trump’s comments at the World Economic Forum in which he confused Iceland and Greenland. Kaine has pushed for more transparency on the Administration’s operations in Venezuela and previously i...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the below statement on a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing announcing the agency’s findings from its year-long investigation into the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) that took the lives of 67 people: “We thank NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, Board Member Inman, the other members of the Board, and the investigators and staff at the National Transportation ...Continue Reading