
Mark Warner comments on immigration proposal
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) issued the following statement after a bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a bill to fix our nation’s broken immigration system.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) issued the following statement after a bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a bill to fix our nation’s broken immigration system.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) released the following statement on today’s report by the Government Accountability Office, which cited specific examples of duplication, overlap and other inefficiencies in programs administered across the federal government.

U.S. Sens, Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) today urged Senate confirmation of the Presidential nomination of Marilyn Tavenner of Virginia to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) today asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to take action to protect military families from unsafe levels of lead in drinking water. Recent tests at two Hampton Roads Navy child care centers found lead in drinking water that far exceeded Environmental Protection Agency safety levels. Lead exposure has been found to cause serious medical issues including permanent damage to the brain and nervous system, which can result in behavioral and learning problems. Sen. Warner urged Secretary Hagel to confirm that appropriate testing has occurred at other military facilities across all branches of the military services.

Business, economics, jobs – that’s Mark Warner’s wheelhouse. On Monday, the Virginia Democrat stepped outside his wheelhouse to take a rare stand on a social issue, and not just any social issue, but the social issue – gay marriage.

Mark Warner is known as a different breed of Democrat. Among the areas where he has stood out has been his steadfast support of Second Amendment rights. A comment posted by the senator to his Facebook page on Monday in the wake of the tragic events at an elementary school in Connecticut that left 27 people dead – including 20 first-grade students – shows that Warner is moving in a different direction on gun rights.

It’s time to examine the impacts on various Virginia political players from the news this week that U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will not mount a campaign to run for governor in 2013.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner ended months of speculation about a possible run for governor in 2013, releasing a statement on Tuesday to announce that he will not be a candidate for the job that he held from 2002-2006.

The question isn’t, Would Mark Warner clean the floor with whichever Republican would be unfortunate enough to run against him in the 2013 governor’s race?

Mark Warner appears to be giving serious thought to a run for governor in 2013, according to multiple sources.
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