On Saturday, over 850 women from around the Commonwealth joined Senator Warner for the 5th Annual Virginia Women’s Conference at Old Dominion University.
This is terrific news for Norfolk and the Navy. This move will bring new opportunities to Norfolk, home to the greatest naval concentration in the world.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Virginia's Mark Warner, has pushed a reasonable proposal that would mandate anonymous surveys on campuses and require that the results of those surveys be available to the public.
The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted a policy today urging all law schools to create legal clinics to help veterans access the benefits they have earned. U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) has called for the adoption of these legal clinics nationwide for more than three years, following the success of the College of William and Mary’s Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic.
The benefits of advancing energy production are significant: It would diversify Hampton Roads' economy, provide revenue for our schools and roads, and lessen our dependence on foreign energy. And we are convinced it can be done in a manner that meets our shared obligation to protect our waters and shoreline.
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine today applauded the announcement that the Fiscal Year 2015 Senate Defense Appropriations bill includes $848 million for the refueling and complex overhaul of the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington - a top defense priority for the Senators and the Virginia delegation.
“We are pleased the House Appropriations Committee included $789 million for the refueling and overhaul of the USS George Washington – sending yet another clear signal that maintaining an 11-carrier fleet is critical to the defense of our nation."
"I'm proud to have been a supporter of offshore wind development in Virginia since the very beginning and I applaud Dominion and VOWTAP on receiving this competitive grant. I'm especially excited that this project brings in a lot of local partners, who have the opportunity to make Virginia a real leader in offshore wind and create high-skill jobs in the Commonwealth."
Sen. Mark R. Warner has again joined with an Illinois lawmaker on behalf of two whistle-blowing pilots at Langley Air Force Base, this time in hopes of saving one's career. Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger have written to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about Maj. Jeremy Gordon and Capt. Joshua Wilson.
Warner says knowing so many jobs will be maintained could spur other economic growth. "This shows some of the uncertainty we saw with sequestration hopefully will be in the rear-view mirror," Warner said.
