Mark R. Warner

• 11/18/10 -
  Senator Warner to join Senator Cornyn as co-chair of Senate's India Caucus

  U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) announced today that he will join Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) as a co-chair of the Senate India Caucus in January, succeeding Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), who is retiring at the end of the year.

• 10/27/10 -
  Sen. Warner: "Troubled" by Pentagon's continued lack of cooperation, disclosure on JFCOM
• 10/25/10 -
  Sens. Webb & Warner announce $45 million in planning funds for Richmond-to-D.C. high-speed rail

  Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced that Virginia has been awarded $45.4 million in federal transportation grants to develop high-speed passenger rail service between Richmond/Petersburg and Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• 10/08/10 -
  Sen. Webb, Warner announce grants to five Va. community health centers

  U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced that Virginia has received almost $30 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase capacity at five community health centers serving the uninsured and underinsured.

• 09/29/10 -
  Sen. Warner's proposal mandating more accountability & savings across federal gov't clears committee

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner’s (D-VA) bipartisan legislation to make government work better by requiring every federal agency to set clear performance goals that can be accurately measured and publicly reported to Congress and taxpayers was approved by a key Senate committee today. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 this morning.
• 09/16/10 -
  U.S. Sen. Mark Warner's proposal to boost credit for small businesses adopted by Senate

  Senator Warner today joined a bipartisan majority of the Senate in voting for passage of the Small Business Lending Act, legislation that includes his proposal to encourage additional credit to small businesses hurt by the credit crunch after the 2008 financial crisis. The legislation (HR 5297), which passed today 61-38, also includes several other incentives for small businesses to grow and hire new workers.

• 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.
• 08/09/10 -
  Statement of Senator Warner on JFCOM

  The Defense Department has announced plans to shut-down one of its 10 major military commands. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to eliminate the Joint Forces Command, a Hampton Roads-based command which trains troops from different services to fight together.
• 08/06/10 -
  U.S. Sen Warner: Army accepts pro-bono I-T assistance for Arlington National Cemetery from Northern Va. Technology Council

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner announced today that the Army has accepted an offer from the Northern Virginia Technology Council to assess the information technology challenges at Arlington National Cemetery, where the continued use of paper records has been tied to the recent disclosure of misidentified and misplaced remains. In addition, NVTC members will immediately work to digitize the paper records and maps to protect these fragile records from damage or loss.
• 08/05/10 -
  Sens. Webb, Warner announce $5.5 million in grants to health care workforce training programs in Virginia

  U.S. Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced today that Virginia has received more than $5.5 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants for health care workforce training programs.
• 08/04/10 -
  Sens. Webb and Warner announce $3 million in Department of Transportation grants to four VA. regional airports

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced today that Virginia has received nearly $3 million in grants to upgrade runways and increase airport safety at four regional airports in Virginia.
• 08/02/10 -
  Statement of Sen. Warner on settlement with black farmers

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following statement today regarding this week’s U.S. Senate vote to fund a national settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and thousands of African-American farmers who settled their discrimination law suit against the USDA in 1999.

• 07/30/10 -
  Webb, Warner and Boucher announce $1.2 million investment

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced that a network of three community colleges will share a $1.2 million federal grant to provide nursing education in new technologies to nursing students in Southwest Virginia. Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC) in Abingdon is leading the consortium, called the Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program (VATNP), which also includes Southwest Virginia Community College (SVCC) and Mountain Empire Community College (MECC). The grant money will be used to strengthen the education and preparation of the nursing workforce in Southwest Virginia leading to higher quality care for the medically underserved population of the rural Appalachia.
• 07/30/10 -
  Statement of U.S. Senator Mark Warner on the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation vote

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement today on the upcoming Senate confirmation vote on Elena Kagan’s nomination to serve as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. A vote on her nomination is expected next week.

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