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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, joined a group of his Senate colleagues led by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in sending a letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding a full and accurate accounting of all servicemembers who were killed, wounded, and injured in support of or in connection with Operation Epic Fury. The senators raised concerns about multiple inconsistencies between the Pentagon’s public...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As oil prices hit $100 a barrel last week amid President Trump’s war of choice with Iran, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are spotlighting a new congressional report that found that farmers in Virginia and across the country spent over $1,500 more to fill up their farm’s onsite fuel tank – the common way farmers buy and store diesel fuel – during this year’s spring planting season than they did last year. Trump’s war of choice has caused diesel prices to...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, sent a letter to the Department of Defense regarding the pre-selected lists of targets in Iran used during the initial strikes of Operation Epic Fury. In his letter, he specifically raised concerns about the February 28 strike on a school in Minab, Iran, in which over 150 civilians, including many children, were killed. Kaine requested answers by August 14 about the De...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Tim Scott (R-SC), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and John Kennedy (R-LA), introduced the Merit-Based Educational Reforms and Institutional Transparency (MERIT) Act, bipartisan legislation that would end the longstanding practice of colleges and universities giving “preferential treatment” in the admissions proce...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on everyday goods from 86 countries under Section 301: “President Trump promised to lower costs, but he’s done everything but that. In addition to his budget-busting war in Iran, he imposed tariffs that have raised costs across the board for American families and businesses. Although the Supreme Court struck down many of his tariffs, President Tru...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded committee passage of the INSULIN Act, legislation that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for those with private insurance and create a pilot program to make insulin more accessible for those without insurance. Kaine, a cosponsor of the legislation, made a statement to the chair during the June 2026 HELP Committee markup urging passage of t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act, bipartisan legislation that would supply clinicians and scientists with high-quality data to help advance research into chronic pain conditions impacting many Americans. “Over 60 million Americans live with debilitating and often life-altering chronic pain conditions. We must provide researchers with the tools and resource...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 50 percent tariffs on many Canadian imports: “President Trump’s move to impose tariffs on Canada will raise costs for Americans at a time when prices are already through the roof because of his foolish and illegal war with Iran. These new taxes continue Trump’s obsession with using outdated laws to punish one of our closest allies and everyday Americans. ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representative Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) celebrated $16 million in federal funding for the Virginia Advanced Pharma Manufacturing (APM) and R&D Cluster in the Richmond-Petersburg region. The cluster is led by the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority. The funding, awarded through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs Program, will...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues led by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in introducing legislation negotiated with the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and the White House to hold major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Sanctioning Russia Act would impose primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s speech last night: “Donald Trump spoke to the nation last night for nearly half an hour. Did he share any semblance of a plan to lower Americans’ housing, food, or energy costs? Or to end his deeply unpopular war with Iran that is putting servicemembers at risk and crushing working families at the pump? Of course not. Apparently, he’d rather focus on obsessing over an elect...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation to address health care workforce shortages across the country. The bill would help internationally educated health care professionals overcome common barriers to entering the health care workforce in the United States. “Everywhere I go in Virginia—especially in ru...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $6,733,892 in federal grant funding for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to help state and local law enforcement agencies strengthen crisis intervention systems, expand evidence-based diversion strategies, and improve public safety across the Commonwealth. This funding comes from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program and Byrne St...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) are leading a congressional effort demanding answers from President Trump over the implementation of Schedule Policy/Career (Schedule P/C), a sweeping policy that strips civil service protections from thousands of career federal employees and could reshape the federal workforce around political loyalty instead of merit. In a letter to President Trump, Walkinshaw, Kaine, and their colleagues call on the Administ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA). The legislation authorizes and increases funding for a range of programs and services to help older Americans age in their homes and communities. It also includes key provisions secured by Kaine, including his bill to strengthen advocacy for residents of nursing homes and other...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Angus King (I-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Alan Armstrong (R-OK) introduced a bipartisan proposal to encourage congressional action on Social Security. The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone (PROMISE) Act follows the re...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – As President Trump declares that the war with Iran has resumed, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are underscoring new data that shows the extent to which the president’s war has driven up gas costs in Virginia and across the country. According to a new congressional report, since the war began on February 28, Virginians have paid a total of $1.8 billion more, or an extra $573 per household, on the gas they need to commute to work, run errands, pick up th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $5,819,548 in federal grant funding to revitalize infrastructure, improve air travel safety, and support the long-term viability of nine local and regional airports across Virginia. This funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for Fiscal Year 2026, which the senators have supported robust funding for. “From connecting families to supporting businesses and t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $76,095,720 in federal grant funding for four transportation infrastructure projects that will expand passenger rail, reduce traffic congestion, and strengthen infrastructure across Virginia. “From passenger rail services to roads and waterways, countless travelers and goods move through the Commonwealth every day, and Virginia commuters and businesses deserve infrastructure that can keep up,” said the senators. ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former fair housing attorney, (both D-VA) joined Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in a letter urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds. Earlier this month, Congress passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to help build more housing, lower costs, streamline construction regulations, pres...Continue Reading