Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) are introducing bipartisan legislation to establish a China Grand Strategy Commission tasked with developing a comprehensive whole-of-government approach for how the United States should address the economic, security, and diplomatic challenges posed by China. The proposed 2-year commission is modeled after the recent, successful Cyberspace Solarium Commission and President Eisenhower’s Solar...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded $1,422,570 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for economic development projects in Wise County, Radford, and Roanoke. The funding will go toward three projects improving quality of life and promoting economic growth in the region. “We’re proud to support these investments to help small businesses, attract tourists, and ensure access to clean drinking water in these comm...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would prevent the politicization of the federal workforce. The amendment – the Preventing a Patronage System Act, introduced by Kaine and Feinstein in August – would prohibit nonpartisan federal civil service positions from being reclassified as political appointees without the express consent of Congress. The bill would ensur...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine issued the following statement today after the Senate successfully passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government funded through mid-December: “We’re relieved that this legislation will keep the government operating; allow the Food and Drug Administration to continue its review of innovative drugs and medical devices; deliver critical disaster relief funding to Puerto Rico; and send a strong message tha...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, led his colleagues in introducing a bill designating the month of September as African Diaspora Heritage Month. This legislation was introduced to recognize and reaffirm the significant contributions of the African diaspora to the growth and prosperity of the U.S. Kaine was joined in introducing the legislation by U.S. Senators Mark R. Wa...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Jerry Moran (R-KS), joined by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), introduced the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) — legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding directed for the implementation of broadband from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will not be consider...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)—the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere—and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the following statements after their resolution supporting democratic institutions in Brazil was passed by the Senate. The move comes amid Brazilians’ fears that the results of next week’s general election could be undermined by President Bolsonaro, who is down in the polls and has told his base to ̶...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, cosponsored legislation led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would strengthen U.S. military readiness and ensure the U.S. has sufficient critical munition stocks to support allies and partners in a crisis without depleting U.S. military stocks. The Promoting Readiness for Overseas Contin...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine issued the following statement today after successfully pushing to strip an unprecedented provision to greenlight the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from the government funding bill: “Like so many Virginians, I’m relieved we defeated the attempt to greenlight the Mountain Valley Pipeline without normal administrative and judicial review. Now we can move on and fulfill our responsibility to fund the government.”  ###

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine issued the following statement ahead of today’s Senate vote to proceed to a House bill that will be amended to become a continuing budget resolution funding the government through mid-December. The text of the continuing resolution was released at midnight last night and contains a provision exempting the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from normal permitting processes, eliminating judicial review of key elements of the project, and ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) in calling on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the U.S. delegation to the United Nations (UN) to push for the creation of a new Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Safety of Journalists. “Every day, around the world, courageous journalists regularly put themselves in harm’s way in pursuit of truth and accountability. They acce...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the first day of early voting in Virginia: “Early voting is easy and convenient, and I’m proud that Virginia makes it so simple for people to cast their ballots ahead of time and not worry about lines on Election Day. Voting should be fast, secure, and simple, regardless of who you are or who you’re voting for, and I hope that we can pass legislation at the federal level to ensure that’s...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $4,275,080 in federal funding to help more Virginians access affordable housing. The funding will be awarded to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) across the Commonwealth through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Incremental Housing Choice Vouchers program.   “Rising rents and home prices are making it harder and harder for Virginians to find affordable housing options,̶...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), applauded unanimous Senate passage of his bipartisan bill to bolster federal efforts and increase coordination to address global malnutrition. The Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act will authorize the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to scale up programs and activities to prevent and treat malnutrit...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Dick Durbin (D-IL), as well as a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced the Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act, which would require U.S. policy to not recognize any Russian claim of sovereignty over any portion of the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine and prohibit any federal department or agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that implies rec...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate vote on the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, legislation he has cosponsored which would improve transparency around political spending in federal elections: “The DISCLOSE Act is critical legislation to strengthen campaign finance laws to make sure the public knows who is spending money to influence federal elections. While additional...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine issued the following statement regarding recently released legislative text containing an unprecedented provision to approve the Mountain Valley Pipeline and exempt it from normal administrative and judicial review: “We owe it to Virginians to ensure that any energy project that deeply affects their communities, even to the point of seizing their property, should only proceed following an orderly, fair, and transparent process overseen...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on Senate ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocols (Kigali Treaty), which would curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases that contribute heavily to climate change: “I have long said that we don’t need to choose between fighting climate change and creating jobs—we can use American innovation to do both. I’m proud that, by ratifying the Kigali Treaty, ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), as well as a bipartisan group of their colleagues, sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin and White House officials, urging additional action to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing and remediation and improvements to PFAS-related planning.   PFAS are manufactured substances linked to increased risk of cancers and other adverse...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-07), and a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to President Joe Biden to urge him to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for all of Puerto Rico’s municipalities in response to Hurricane Fiona. Just days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Fiona ravaged the isla...Continue Reading