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Warner encourages DOE to ID best practices in expanding access to Pell Grants

Chris Graham

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner pressed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to continue an experimental pilot program that has already helped put 41 low-income high school students on the pathway to college by allowing them to take courses for college credit through Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg.

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Sen. Warner responds to GAO placing security clearances on high priority list

Chris Graham

Sen. Mark Warner responded to today’s announcement by the GAO that it intends to add the Governmentwide Personnel Security Clearance Process to GAO’s High-Risk List of federal areas in need of either broad-based transformation or specific reform to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.

Kaine, Warner join stand to protect independence of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Chris Graham

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a group of 40 Senate Democrats in standing up for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) independence and power to obtain justice for consumers who have been wronged by large financial institutions.