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Mexico remains the Western Hemisphere’s deadliest country for reporters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, and Ranking Member Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a bipartisan letter urging the U.S. Department of State to outline detailed steps the agency will take to help protect freedom of expr...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today in introducing the United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022. The bipartisan legislation strengthens the United States’ cooperation wi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced $22,790,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia – an effort that will strengthen coal communities by promoting economic opportunity and addressing dangerous hazards that threaten the health of Virginians and the long-term wellbeing of communities. The funding, awarded through the Department of the Interior (DOI), was made possible by the Infrastructure Inve...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 17 of his Senate colleagues in a follow-up letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging her to provide tax relief to auto dealers experiencing inventory shortages due to global supply chain issues. Pandemic-related supply chain disruptions have impacted businesses and consumers, with slow-downs and factory closures, particularly with semiconductors, leaving businesses with drastically ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) announced that following their efforts to secure a major disaster declaration, businesses and residents in Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell County can now file their applications for low-interest disaster relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help with their recovery efforts following severe flooding, landslides, and mudslides that o...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a January announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launching a Miner Vaccine Outreach Program to deliver free vaccinations and provide educational outreach to mining communities in Kentucky and Arizona, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are calling on the DoL to include Southwest Virginia in the plans. In a letter to the MSHA, the senators highlighted that while the Commonwealth ha...Continue Reading

Larger than the rail cars alone, WMATA’s challenges involve thinking through the long-term transit needs of our region and how the Metro system can evolve and adapt to post-pandemic ridership patterns WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) met virtually Thursday with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration (WMATA) General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld to thank him for his service and dis...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine — co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus and member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee — applauded House passage of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act, a major investment in America’s scientific and technological advantage, which includes his bipartisan JOBS Act. Introduced with Senator Rob Port...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $971,639 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded to the Economic Development Authority of Floyd County to develop the Floyd Regional Commerce Center. The funds will be used to construct an access road, an industrial cul-de-sac, and a pedestrian and bike path that will stimulate economic growth and support the creation of an estimated 130 new jobs in the region. “We’r...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and 212 colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers and help reduce processing backlogs at the IRS, after hearing from Virginians who are still waiting on their refunds from the 2021 filing season. Taxpayers may qualify for relief from penalties if they ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced their cosponsorship of bipartisan legislation to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in the U.S. Constitution. This bipartisan, bicameral resolution was first introduced by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and U.S. Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced companion le...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court: “Justice Breyer has served admirably on this nation’s highest court for more than 27 years, and he will leave a lasting legacy of fairness and justice. I look forward to working with my colleagues and with President Biden to confirm a qualified nominee to succeed Justice Breyer. It is critical that any Supreme Court Just...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $19,962,161 in funding for the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) to help further connect Virginia’s Appalachian region to national Interstates. The funding, awarded through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in coordination with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), was made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law negotiated by Sen. Warner and supported by S...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2,089,275 in federal funding to Catholic Charities USA and the Virginia Housing Development Authority for housing counseling services. The funding was awarded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling to provide counseling services to tenants and homeowners to improve their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of tenancy and homeownership like proper...Continue Reading

Funding Is Made Possible Thanks To Provisions of Kaine’s Bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Passed in The American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that $5,652,254 in funding is being awarded to Virginia by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help respond to ...Continue Reading

Letter follows yesterday’s announcement by President Biden that he is following through on his commitment to provide hundreds of millions of high-quality masks at no-cost to Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a letter led by Senators Sherrod Brown and Tammy Baldwin to President Joe Biden, urging the Administration to prioritize the purchase of masks made in the U.S. wit...Continue Reading

“Given the dangerous situation in Afghanistan, the history of the conflict, and the risk that many of these Afghans face due to their support for the United States over the past two decades, mechanistically applying these restrictive standards is inhumane, cruel, and contradictory to U.S. commitments and interests.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and 13 of his Senate colleagues in writi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the bipartisan Promoting Access to Critical Countermeasures by Ensuring Specimen Samples (ACCESS) to Diagnostics Act, which supports quicker research and development of medical countermeasures, including diagnostic tests, vaccines, and therapeutics, in response to emerging infectious diseases. Thi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after an effort to reform Senate rules to overcome Republican obstruction and pass voting rights legislation was blocked on the Senate floor: “I am deeply disappointed by today’s vote, but the stakes are too high and the moment too meaningful to give up on voting rights legislation. We will keep fighting to protect our democracy and ensure that people can vote free of obstacles or intimidation. We...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after voting rights legislation was blocked by Senate Republicans and ahead of a vote to reform Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation: “The unwillingness of Republicans to entertain voting rights reform does not absolve the Senate of the responsibility to protect democracy. Following massive disenfranchisement efforts in states across the country, we need to reform the Senate rules so that we c...Continue Reading