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Senate committee passes key provisions of Kaine Career Ready Act

Published date: April 17, 2015 | 2:01 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed key provisions of the Career Ready Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, co-chair of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, that would help ensure students are ready for postsecondary education and the workforce by encouraging career guidance programs in schools and requiring states to incorporate career readiness indicators into their state report cards.

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Kaine introduces legislation to ensure careful review of new opiod drugs

Published date: April 17, 2015 | 11:54 am

This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced the FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, bipartisan legislation that would hold the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accountable for the approval of new opioid drugs, ensuring experts’ voices are heard as new and potentially dangerous opioid medications are considered for approval.

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Quinnipiac Poll: Virginia voters back McAuliffe, Warner, Kaine; oh, and also medical and recreational pot

Published date: April 14, 2015 | 11:05 pm

Updated: June 22, 2025 | 6:04 pm

Why Quinnipiac lumped all this together into a single news release is not the issue here. The university sent out a news release on Tuesday telling us that Virginia voters approve of the jobs being done by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and then also that those same voters back the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana.

Warner, Kaine voice concern over lack of progress in South African poultry negotiations

Published date: March 31, 2015 | 2:03 pm

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a group of bipartisan Senate colleagues in expressing concern about the lack of progress being made in negotiations with South Africa over antidumping duties that have effectively blocked the import of American chicken for the last 15 years.

Warner, Kaine statement on VA decision on 40 mile rule

Published date: March 25, 2015 | 12:00 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement on the announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that it will revise the 40-mile eligibility rule for the Veterans Choice program.

Warner, Kaine call for crude by rail safety investments

Published date: March 24, 2015 | 12:02 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine along with 19 other Senators sent a letter calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to support robust investment for a Safe Transportation of Energy Products program to address increasing safety concerns related to the transportation of Bakken crude and other energy produc

Warner, Kaine applaud Senate committee passage of Virginia Indian tribe recognition

Published date: March 20, 2015 | 12:05 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

The Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2015, a bill reintroduced in February by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, cleared its first procedural hurdle with passage out of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

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Warner, Kaine praise interim relief for Virginia seafood industry

Published date: March 17, 2015 | 10:31 pm

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine praised the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) for providing interim relief to Virginia businesses that rely on seasonal workers, including the seafood industry, but underscored that many details must still be worked out.

Warner, Kaine fight for Virginia seafood industry

Published date: March 14, 2015 | 12:32 pm

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:17 pm

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and 11 bipartisan Senators in calling on Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson to coordinate and immediately resume accepting and processing H-2B visa applications.

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Sen. Kaine urges confirmation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch

Published date: March 13, 2015 | 1:44 am

In remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine urged his colleagues to confirm Attorney General nominee Loretta E. Lynch.

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