Warner responds to DOD on F-22 issue
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) today held a media conference call following the Pentagon’s announcement on the F-22 Raptor.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta today instructed the Air Force to restrict F-22 flight activities, and to work with NASA and the Navy to find solutions to F-22 oxygen-deprivation issues. These actions were a direct result of Sen. Warner’s and Rep. Kinzinger’s continued pressure on the Secretary of the Air Force to take action. Read more
Sen. Warner looking into concerns over F-22s
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) today requested additional information from the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force to further determine the scope of safety concerns raised by several pilots of the USAF F-22 Raptor.
A joint letter to Secretary Michael B. Donley also recommends a comprehensive and confidential survey of F-22 pilots and USAF flight surgeons to determine the scope of oxygen-related, hypoxia-like symptoms and other health issues reported by F-22 pilots. Read more
Chris Graham: What will Warner do?
The short answer: I don’t know any more than anybody else. Not that this stops me from having some strong thoughts on the subject.
Spending a day with the frustrated junior senator on Capitol Hill a few weeks ago, well, I kinda gave myself away there, calling him frustrated. It was clear to me that Warner could do without being forced to be the guy to bang the gavel to open and close the Senate on Mondays and Fridays so that other members can make speeches on C-SPAN that nobody will watch, among other things. Read more
PPP breaks down Virginia electorate on 2014 Senate race, 2016 presidential race, more
-An epic US Senate contest in 2014 between Mark Warner and Bob McDonnell…might not be that epic. Warner leads McDonnell 51-40 in a hypothetical head to head. Warner would take 14% of the Republican vote while McDonnell gets just 7% of Democrats, and Warner has a narrow edge with independents as well. McDonnell is popular but there’s still no doubt who Virginia’s favorite politician is.
-Virginians would prefer that neither Warner nor McDonnell go for the White House in 2016. They’re pretty closely divided on a possible Warner bid with 34% saying he should run and 39% that he should not. There’s less division in regards to McDonnell. Only 24% think he should run for President while 52% are opposed to the possibility. Read more
PPP: Warner would be heavy favorite in 2013
There has been talk about the possible interest of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in running for a second term as governor of Virginia in 2013.
A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters puts Warner as a heavy favorite in ’13 if he were to make that call.
Warner outpolls Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli by a 53 percent-to-33 percent margin and outpolls Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling by a 53 percent-to-32 percent margin. Read more
Warner amendment addresses federal pension backlog
Postal reform legislation adopted by the U.S. Senate today on a vote of 62-37 included an amendment written by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) that aims to accelerate and improve a federal benefits processing system that still relies on the hand-processing of paper records.
Virginia is home to an estimated 130,000 federal workers, and many of them have contacted Sen. Warner about delays, sometimes as long as 12-18 months, in the payment of full earned benefits. These constituent concerns led Warner to focus on the technological challenges and lack of accountability across the federal workforce benefits system. Read more
Warner joins in introducing bipartisan Alzheimer’s legislation
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Senate co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, today introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution affirming the national goal of preventing and treating Alzheimer’s by 2025.
Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) introduced companion legislation in the House declaring support for the goal set forward by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease in the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. Hundreds of Alzheimer’s caregivers and advocates are expected to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday to renew calls to support efforts to cure the disease. Read more
