Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led his colleagues in introducing the Saving the Civil Service Act, legislation that would prevent any position in the federal civil service from being reclassified outside of merit system principles without the express consent of Congress. This bill would secure the civil service and protect tens of thousands of federal employees from losing job protections and due process rights. U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) is i...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the General Services Administration (GSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) work to finalize a location for the new FBI headquarters, Virginia’s leaders are joining together to make the case that Springfield is the superior site.   In a letter, the Commonwealth’s bipartisan congressional delegation and Gov. Glenn Youngkin detailed the ways in which Springfield best meets the five selection criteria set forth by the GSA and FBI, which are:...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) urged the Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to finalize the Buchanan County Consolidated School Relocation Project, a project that would relocate and consolidate the existing Hurley High School and Buchanan County Career, Technology & Higher Learning Center from their existing locations in a floodplain onto one campus in Grundy, Virginia. “...Continue Reading

WATCH HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), along with U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN), joined CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss their bipartisan bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs). The repeal of the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs would formally end the Gulf and Iraq wars decades after Congress authorized them. The bill would reassert Congress’ constitutional role in deciding whether and when to send our ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) in reintroducing the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) — legislation that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will not be considered taxable income. This le...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act, which would codify the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and related cases protecting women’s rights to access abortion and contraception. This would undo the damage of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade after almost 50 years, and would ensh...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), Chip Roy (R-TX-21), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Tom Cole (R-OK-04) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs), formally end the Gulf and Iraq wars, and reassert Congress’ Constitutional role in deciding whether and when to send our servicemembers into harm’s way. The 1991 and 20...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding his appointment for the 118th Congress as Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) Subcommittee on Seapower: “In my new position as Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, I’m eager to lead the charge to ensure our brave servicemembers have the resources they need to keep Americans safe, and continue working to support Virginia’s military community&...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “Tonight I expect President Biden to highlight our promises kept. And there have been many, including job growth, a resurgence in American manufacturing here at home, lowering prescription drug costs, restoring America’s role as a leader on the international stage, rebuilding our infrastructure, and a crucial fix to provide more certaint...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine urged the Virginia General Assembly to protect marriage equality by repealing the ban on same-sex marriage that remains in Virginia’s constitution. In 2006, over then-Governor Kaine’s strong objection, Virginia passed a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges overrides Virginia’s ban by requiring all states to issue marriage...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced that his guest to Tuesday’s Presidential State of the Union Address will be Bristol, Virginia resident and At-Large International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) James Gibbs. James is a third-generation coal miner from Dickenson County who has worked as an electrician in underground mines and as a lineman at surface operations. “I’m honored that James Gibbs, a lifelong Virginian who has...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and seven of their Democratic Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning the January 8 siege on Brazil’s Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Against the backdrop of the insurrection’s parallels to the January 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol, the resolution expresses...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined their colleagues in introducing a bicameral and bipartisan resolution to immediately remove the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and take a critical step toward enshrining equality for women in the United States Constitution. The introduction of this resolution follows the 2020 passage of an amendment by the Virginia General Assembly, which made Virginia the 38th and fin...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Todd Young (R-IN), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) in introducing the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete agreements that negatively impact American workers. U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-52) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) introduced the legislation in the U.S House of Representatives. Almost one in five American workers – 30 million people – are c...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Tim Kaine, along with U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Dianne Feinstein, today introduced the Protect our Citizens from Reckless Extortion of our Debt and Irresponsible Tactics (Protect Our CREDIT) Act of 2023—legislation aimed at ending Congress’ abuse of the debt ceiling as a political hostage. The Protect our CREDIT Act would change how the debt ceiling is raised, enabling the executive branch to initiate a process to raise the ...Continue Reading

High-quality photos of the meeting are available here. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) met with Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to discuss workforce challenges for Virginia’s seafood industry. During the meeting, they urged DOL to consider reforms to the H-2B lottery that would make the process easier to use for small family businesses like seafood processors to meet their season...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Braun (R-IN) reintroduced the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, bipartisan legislation to help more Americans get good-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants to afford high-quality, shorter-term job training programs for the first time. Pell Grants are need-based education grants for low-income and working students. As of now, students can only use Pell Grants for two-year an...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine teamed up with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to host a first-of-its kind in-person summit in Richmond for providers treating Virginians living with Long COVID and Virginians experiencing Long COVID. Kaine, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, M.D., the Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS, Alison Barkoff, J.D., the Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging a...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Bob Casey and colleagues in introducing legislation to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, as well as increase pay and improve benefits for caregivers who provide this life-sustaining care. The bill would strengthen the caregiving workforce, improve quality of life for...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and other colleagues in introducing the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, legislation to establish a commission to consider proposals for reparations for African American descendants of slavery. The Commission would study the impacts of slavery and continued discrimination against African Americans, and it would make recommendations on reparation proposals for the desce...Continue Reading