Robert Hurt statement on Benghazi hearing
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after House Select Committee hearing to investigate the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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Mark Warner statement on House Benghazi hearing
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After the House select committee investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya conducted its daylong hearing today, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) released this statement on the need to move forward on the State Department’s preferred location for a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) at Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia.
Court halts EPA enforcement of ‘Waters’ rule
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 9 to stop enforcement nationwide of the “Waters of the United States” rule.
Warner and Kaine call for improvements to childhood nutrition programs
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine recommended ways Congress can streamline federal childhood nutrition programs to more efficiently feed hungry low-income children outside of school hours.
Warner, Kaine call for full implementation of mental health parity law
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U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and a bipartisan group of 20 other Senators in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to take immediate, overdue action to fully implement and enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
Sen. Tim Kaine statement on president’s actions in Afghanistan
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s policy actions in Afghanistan.
Robert Hurt: We must return to the Constitution
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In our U.S. Constitution, our Founders meticulously designed three branches of government so that too much power would not be concentrated in any one branch because they understood that if one branch possessed unchecked authority, that power would ultimately diminish the inherent rights of the individual citizen.
Mark Warner sponsors bipartisan legislation to improve healthcare for veterans
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) announced Friday that he has signed onto bipartisan legislation to reform Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare to provide safer and more effective pain management services to our nation’s veterans.
Tim Kaine cites Benghazi in push for embassy security training facility at Fort Pickett
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During a hearing today on the need for a new diplomatic security training facility to better protect U.S. embassy personnel overseas, witnesses from the Government Accountability Office and the State Department testified to the fact that, despite years of delay as a result of Congressional pressure, Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia remains the best site for a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
Tim Kaine joins group introducing Senate bill to create CTE teacher residency programs
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Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Co-Chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), introduced the Creating Quality Technical Educators Act to expand the Higher Education Act’s teacher residency grant program to help schools recruit and train high-quality CTE teachers.
