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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) released a statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 313-118 to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank, which expired on July 1.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement today on the announcement of a bipartisan budget agreement.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 119 of their congressional colleagues in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Social Security Carolyn W. Colvin and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make sure that the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decisions are implemented and that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is treating all marriages equally.
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President Obama, with his recent push to join the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, will be a tough act to follow on the environment. But each of the Democratic candidates has shown a willingness to continue fighting the green fight and working with industry and other nations to rein in emissions and promote sustainable development.
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The Clean Power Plan was published in the federal register today, beginning the process of cleaning up America’s dirtiest power plants, the leading source of U.S. global warming pollution. The rule’s publication is widely expected to trigger a new wave of polluter-driven attacks on the rule, both in the courts and in Congress.
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Donald Trump surged to the top of the Republican polls this summer on the strength of 24/7 news coverage. But that was nothing compared to the 11-hour infomercial for Hillary Clinton brought to you by the House Benghazi committee on Wednesday.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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