
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute wins $2.5 million contract for trucker safety study
Virginia Tech won a $2.5 million contract from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study a flexible hours-of-service safety provision.

Virginia Tech won a $2.5 million contract from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study a flexible hours-of-service safety provision.

Legitimate concerns have been raised that ISIS terrorists and sympathizers could enter the U.S. through what is called the Visa Waiver Program.

Congress is poised to offer very costly permanent tax giveaways to powerful corporations.

Today President Barack Obama signed into law the latest in the federal government’s long string of education mandates, this time a bill dubbed the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Virginia is one of four states to win the opportunity to stand up a new Air Force Cyber Operations Squadron.

Sen. Mark Warner praised Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passage of the bipartisan the Federal Asset Sale and Transfer Act.

Eric Edelman is a former undersecretary at the Pentagon. He promotes higher military spending, an attack on Iran, and deployment of nuclear weapons.

Sen. Tim Kaine praised passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which passed the Senate 85-12 today following House passage of the legislation last week.

Last Wednesday, our nation was struck by a horrific terrorist attack – the deadliest terror attack in our nation since 9/11.

Sen. Mark Warner has signed on to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, which grants judges greater sentencing flexibility for low-level drug offenders.
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