Mark R. Warner

• 12/01/10 -
  Sen. Warner Disappointed in Coastal Drilling Decision

  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that no offshore oil drilling will be allowed off the coast of Virginia for at least the next seven years. This announcement reversed an earlier Obama administration decision to open certain parts of the American coastline to drilling, including off the Atlantic Coast of Virginia.

• 11/29/10 -
  Our first annual Virginia Women's Conference

  Senator Warner hosted our first Virginia Women’s Conference on Nov. 22 in Richmond with the theme A Financial Roadmap for Smart Money Decisions. AARP, Dominion, and Genworth Financial co-sponsored the conference.
• 11/23/10 -
  VA congressional delegation, Governor, meet with Pentagon about JFCOM

  Virginia’s governor, Sen. Warner and other members of the congressional delegation met for more than an one hour today with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and afterwards the Virginians were cautiously optimistic about preserving significant pieces of Joint Forces Command in Hampton Roads.
• 11/19/10 -
  Senator Warner to co-chair bipartisan India Caucus

  Yesterday, Senator Warner announced that he will join Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) as a co-chair of the Senate India Caucus in January. Senator Warner will take the place of Senator Chris Dodd, who is retiring at the end of the year.
• 11/18/10 -
  Day Four on the Peninsula and in Hampton Roads

  Senator Warner began the fourth and final day of our trip last Friday at a breakfast meeting of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Newport News, where he discussed his compromise proposal on the Dec. 31st expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts
• 11/16/10 -
  Senator Warner's op-ed in the Financial Times

  Senator Warner has proposed a compromise on the Bush tax cuts that is drawing attention from members of both parties.
• 11/15/10 -
  Day Three: Hampton Roads and the Peninsula

  On Veterans’ Day, Senator Warner began the second leg of our week of traveling in at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
• 11/09/10 -
  Day Two in the Shenandoah Valley

  Our second day of travel in the Shenandoah Valley began in Hot Springs, where Senator Warner delivered the keynote address for the Virginia Association of Counties annual conference. Senator Warner praised the hundreds of local elected officials for their continued hard work before taking questions from the crowd.
• 11/08/10 -
  Day One in the Shenandoah Valley

  Senator Warner began two days of travel in the Shenandoah Valley by honoring veterans at a lunch at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park.

• 10/27/10 -
  Senator Warner "Troubled" by Pentagon's continued lack of cooperation, disclosure on JFCOM

  Senator Mark Warner today wrote Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressing disappointment and frustration with the Pentagon’s continued lack of transparency or cooperation on the August 9th decision to close the Virginia-based U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM)

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