
Senators ask childcare providers for flexibility during shutdown
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) led an effort requesting financial flexibility from childcare organizations for parents and guardians affected by the government shutdown.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) led an effort requesting financial flexibility from childcare organizations for parents and guardians affected by the government shutdown.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), along with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), wrote to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager and CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld to express safety and security concerns.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), along with Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD), are seeking information on the impact that the partial government shutdown has had on WMATA’s transit system.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner, Chris Van Hollen, Mazie Hirono, Tim Kaine, Ben Cardin and Sherrod Brown sent a letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to back off a planned pay freeze for civilian federal employees in 2019.

The U.S. Senate passed a compromise package that includes Virginia priorities championed by U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA).

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are again criticizing President Trump for escalating the trade war with China, this time by placing an additional $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, which the Chinese government has recently matched with $60 billion in tariffs on American goods.

Sen. Mark Warner and Reps. Gerry Connolly and Don Beyer comment on President Trump’s decision to cancel a 2.1 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees scheduled to take effect in January of next year.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statement.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide financial relief to certain civilian federal employees who move for work.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the Committee’s unclassified summary of its initial findings on the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian activities in the 2016 U.S. elections.
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