Mark R. Warner

• 10/15/10 -
  Webb, Warner announce $148 million in public safety funds for Virginia

  Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced $148 million in federal grants to Virginia agencies, municipalities, and public safety organizations. The 296 U.S. Department of Justice grants support public safety projects across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

• 09/16/10 -
  Award-winning homegrown innovation

  A team from Lynchburg won $5 million and top honors today for their “Very Light Car” – an 840 lb, 102 mpg entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition.
• 09/09/10 -
  Shaking up the system

  "I think it's time to shake up the education system," Senator Warner said today in front of a crowd of about 75 professors and students at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
• 09/08/10 -
  Taking "wonky" questions at JMU

  Senator Warner started the day off talking business with business and finance majors at James Madison University's Forbes Center for the Arts.
• 09/07/10 -
  Rosetta Stone: a great homegrown success story

  Senator Warner visited Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg for a tour and a town hall meeting with employees. Rosetta Stone is the leading technology-based foreign language education company, founded in Harrisonburg, and it soon will reach 2,000 employees worldwide.
• 09/07/10 -
  Visiting Winchester's Our Health

  Senator Warner visited Our Health in Winchester today, a campus-like setting that combines 10 public health, social service and non-profit agencies at one location. The shared location allows for closer coordination and administrative savings for the organizations.

• 08/27/10 -
  Working together to get small business back on track

  The Senate will act on legislation to help small businesses as soon as they return from the August recess, and the challenges facing Central Virginia's small business owners were front and center as Senator Warner met with about 25 business owners today at Inklings Bookshop in Lynchburg.
• 08/27/10 -
  On the road in Chesterfield, Richmond and Farmville

  Senator Warner met with members of the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce this morning and talked about the economy and the need for a tax structure and policy choices that encourage economic development, job creation and greater innovation and global competitiveness.
• 08/27/10 -
  Senator Warner Meets with Local Business Owners

  WSET-13 reports on Senator Warner's meeting with small business owners in Lynchburg on August 27.
• 08/19/10 -
  Sens. Warner, Webb announce $26 million in grants for rural broadband expansion

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Jim Webb announced today that Virginia has received a combined $26 million in federal grants for three regional projects that will expand rural broadband access, creating hundreds of jobs and providing a platform for additional economic activity and job creation. The U.S. Department of Commerce grants target rural and economically distressed areas with low rates of broadband accessibility.

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