Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jim Risch (R-ID) welcomed an interim final rule from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which eliminates the arbitrary requirement that forces foreign-born religious workers to leave the United States after five years of service and remain outside the U.S. for at least one year before they can return. Because the permanent residence process for religious workers is heavily backlogged due to no fault of their...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) slammed Republicans’ procedural motion to sidestep their War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress. The Senate voted 52-47 to advance the legislation last week, and then President Donald Trump lashed out at the Republicans who crossed the aisle to vote...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former civil rights lawyer, (both D-VA), joined their Senate Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief in the case of Watson v. Republican National Committee, a landmark mail-in voting case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court later this year. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case could determine whether vote-by-mail in Virginia will be thrown into chaos. In 2024, the Republican National Committee (RNC) challe...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and colleagues introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Critical Mineral Mining Education Act, legislation that would help build a workforce pipeline to support the United States’ growing domestic critical mineral mining industry and strengthen U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs. “Access to critical minerals is crucial to our national security, supply chains, a...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation today to rename a Sterling, Va. post office as the “Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building.” This legislation honors the service of Firefighter Trevor Brown – a husband, father of three, and youth soccer and baseball coach who lost his life in the line of duty on February 16, 2024, while investigating reports of a gas leak that resulted in a catastrophic explosion as firefighters began their i...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO OF KAINE’S REMARKS ARE AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of a vote on legislation he sponsors to repeal a Trump Administration rule that adds red tape to the Affordable Care Act enrollment process, making it harder for Americans to enroll in health coverage. The legislation will be voted on today and needs a simple majority to pass. “I’m...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and subpoena of Chair Jerome Powell following an unprecedented year-long pressure campaign from the Trump Administration: “The Federal Reserve was designed to be independent from the executive branch so it could make decisions based on data and current economic conditions—not the whims of any President. This investiga...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) applauded the Senate’s advancement by a 52-47 vote of their bipartisan War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress. The Senate is expected to continue voting on the measure next week. “Maduro’s arrest is good for the U.S. and Venezuela. If President Trum...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), welcomed the Senate’s unanimous approval of a bipartisan bill he cosponsored to expand access to job counseling services for spouses of servicemembers who died while on active duty through the Disabled Veterans Outreach Program. The program, which is housed within the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service at the Department of Labor, currently provides every state with funding to hire spe...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the Senate will vote tomorrow morning at 11:00am on their War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress. The legislation needs a simple majority to pass the Senate. “Instead of responding to Americans’ concerns about th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke on the Senate floor at length about President Donald Trump’s illegal, confusing, dangerous, unnecessary, unpopular, and likely corrupt war against Venezuela. Broadcast-quality video of Kaine’s speech is available here. Kaine, alongside U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), ...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO OF KAINE’S SPEECH IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke on the Senate floor to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that led to the tragic deaths of five law enforcement officers from Virginia. The attack was instigated by President Donald Trump in his efforts to block the peaceful transfer of power, and in the years following, Trump has attempted to rewrite history on what really happened on Ja...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol instigated by President Donald Trump: “Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited thousands of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol and try to block the peaceful transfer of power. The resulting violent insurrection led to the tragic deaths of five law enforcement officers from Virginia. My heart ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela: “President Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela to arrest Maduro—however terrible he is—is a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and colleagues introduced the bipartisan, bicameral PBM Fiduciary Accountability, Integrity, and Reform (FAIR) Act, legislation that would establish fiduciary responsibilities for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—the middlemen of drug pricing—and require PBMs to act in the best interests of employees relying on employer-sponsored health plans, while keeping plan costs ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine along with U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (all D-VA) issued the following statement: “Despite our senior roles on the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, the administration has failed to share any new information that supports this sudden and sweeping move to halt all offshore wind development, including a project off the coast of Virginia that is already almost complete and operational. That silence speaks volu...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that a lease has been awarded for a new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility in Hampton Roads. The awarding of this lease for a new, state-of-the-art outpatient clinic will improve veterans’ access to care in this region and follows years of congressional action and advocacy by the senators. “We are thrilled to announce the awarding of this new clinic lease in Hampton Roads,” said the senators. “T...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Ranking Member of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower, released the following statement after the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes key provisions Kaine secured to advance U.S. national security, support servicemembers and their families, boost Virginia’s defense industry, and strengthen relations with allies and partners, was signed into law:...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) applauded the repeal of the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs) against Iraq. Kaine and Young’s bipartisan legislation to repeal these AUMFs was included in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was signed by the President today. “The repeal of the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force against Iraq—the first repeal of an authorization in more ...Continue Reading

FULL VIDEO OF KAINE’S SPEECH IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, spoke on the Senate floor sounding the alarm about the Trump Administration’s dangerous decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced H200 chips to Chinese commercial customers and the threat this poses to U.S. national security. Kaine has spoken out about how this sale would allow China to use H200 chips to erode America’s a...Continue Reading