
Warner, Kaine applaud $2 million to help preserve Virginia HBCUs
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded an announcement by the National Park Service that it will award $2,267,306 in grant funding for four Virginia HBCUs.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded an announcement by the National Park Service that it will award $2,267,306 in grant funding for four Virginia HBCUs.

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development announced a total of $232,280.00 in grant funds for the construction of an open-air farmers’ market facility in Chilhowie, Virginia.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), both members of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced legislation that would help expand access to mortgages for the self-employed, gig workers.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner today introduced bipartisan legislation to boost participation in federal programs that detect and treat black lung disease among coal miners.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the conviction of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

The last day of July marked the beginning of the latest in a long line of mass protests throughout Iran. Fueled in part by the precipitous decline in the value of Iran’s national currency, demonstrations broke out first in the city of Isfahan and then spread to approximately a dozen cities over the course of a week.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine comments on President Trump signing into law the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a majority of Kaine’s military spouse employment provisions.

On Monday, Virginia House Democratic Leader David Toscano sent a letter to Speaker Kirk Cox requesting a special session to redraw 11 districts deemed by the courts to be racially gerrymandered.

AFP editor Chris Graham muses on life, the issues of the day and whatever.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are pressing for answers on how the Administration is implementing actions to address hate violence, following the deadly protests in Charlottesville in 2017.
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