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In President Obama’s address to the nation a few days ago, he asked Congress to postpone their vote and spoke of diplomacy between Syria, Russia, and the United States to degrade Syria’s chemical weapon supply. We should continue to put pressure on the Syrian regime to turn over their chemical weapon supplies to an international body and deter an attack of this nature in the future.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) applauded the release of new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) guidance on “payroll cards,” which some employers use to pay their employees instead of payroll checks or direct deposit.
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Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Congressman Robert Hurt respond to President Obama’s speech on Syria.
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Sixth District Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte said today that he cannot support President Obama’s request for United States military action in Syria.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released the following statement today on the proposal that Syria place its chemical weapons under international control and abide by the terms of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention.
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The U.S. tax code is littered with wasteful loopholes and preferential rules written by insider lobbyists to benefit powerful corporations and wealthy special interests. For them, these loopholes do indeed represent an enormous and bountiful treasure.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, held a roundtable today with veterans and members of the Norfolk community to discuss the issue of war powers and the process of consultation between the executive and legislative branches on military action.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, participated in a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today on the president’s request for authorization of the use of military force in Syria.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, spoke today in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the Senate’s Banking Committee, sent a letter today to Mary Jo White, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asking White to look into Thursday afternoon’s three-hour breakdown in trading on the NASDAQ exchange.
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