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washington — U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., wants to see an increase in funding for child care support in the fiscal year 2025 federal funding bill. Kaine has joined 100 other lawmakers in seeking the increase in child care funding. “Despite consistent bipartisan support for increasing investments in federal child care assistance, funding for the child care system has not met the needs of American families,” Kaine and the 100 other lawmakers wrote in a letter to congressional leadership. “The ch...Continue Reading

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine applauded the unanimous Senate passage of a bill to help combat Alzheimer’s disease. The bill, also called the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize funding from across the country to help combat the disease and to preserve brain health. This follows the original BOLD Act, which was successfully signed into law in 2019. “Alzheimer’s disease has impacted millions of families, including my own,” Kaine said. “I’m g...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in asking the Biden Administration to address funding shortfalls for submarine programs as they consider funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025. In two separate letters to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young and Dep...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON (VR) – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Angus King (I-ME), and a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) to release the maximum number of Congressionally-authorized H-2B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Visa Program allows U.S. employers to hire seasonal, non-immigrant workers during peak seasons to supplement the exi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) - Both of Virginia’s U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have joined Arizona’s Senator Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema as well as Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging continued action to address the critical IV fluid shortage affecting hospitals across the nation. This shortage, caused by the temporary closure of Baxter International’s manufacturing plant in North Carolina due to flooding fro...Continue Reading

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced a nearly $35.2 million federal fund on Thursday to replace lead pipes in Virginia. According to a release, an estimated $35,159,000 in federal funding will go towards identifying and replacing lead pipes in Virginia, and to create good-paying water infrastructure jobs. The funding comes after the Biden-Harris administration issued a rule for lead pipes across the country to be replaced within the next ten years. “Every Virginian ...Continue Reading

HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Virginia US Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced this morning that more $2.2 million dollars in federal funding will be earmarked for several education programs in the commonwealth, including Harrisonburg. According to a news release from both senators, $101,716 will go to Eastern Mennonite University to strengthen mental health services for college students, including increasing protective factors that promote mental health, as well as reducing risk fa...Continue Reading

Wednesday, Sept. 18, Sen. Tim Kaine LL.D. ’06 of Virginia introduced legislation he believes will provide support for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. The Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act mandates a trained and federally-funded sexual violence advocate position be put into place at every college and university. Kaine is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which reintroduced the bill, dedicating new amendments to securing a predetermi...Continue Reading

GILES COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was in Giles County on Friday, checking out the damage in the town of Pembroke. It was his latest stop as he continued his tour of the most hard-hit parts of the Commonwealth. Caboose Lane lies right next to the New River, which Helene pushed to a record-breaking crest level at 24 feet. That flooded the street, and the homes next to it. You can still see the mud where the water was. Senator Tim Kaine’s friend Frank has property that went almo...Continue Reading

A Virginia lawmaker is applauding new rules that take effect next week regarding ID requirements for the purchase of tobacco products at retail establishments. U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in backing the bipartisan Tobacco-Free Youth Act, which raised the minimum age to buy all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21. Now beginning Sept. 30, another requirement of...Continue Reading

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Back in 2019, the legal age to purchase tobacco products was raised from 18 to 21, an important step towards keeping tobacco products out of the hands of youth. The FDA issued a final rule this week after the normal rulemaking process about the ID requirement that retailers and others must meet before they sell tobacco products to ensure that they're not selling to people who are under 21. “The ID requirement regulations for the last piece needed to fit toget...Continue Reading

Va. (WSET) — On September 20, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced more than $3.5 million in federal funding to support behavioral health throughout Virginia. The funding - $3,517,754 to be exact - will go toward expanding mental health and substance use disorder services at community health centers. These centers are often the main source of care and treatment for people who are uninsured, underinsured or enrolled in Medicaid. The funding was awarded through the Health Resources an...Continue Reading

Suicide prevention programs serving local veterans and those around Virginia recently received a substantial boost in federal funding.   Volunteers of America Chesapeake will receive $750,000 to help veterans and active military members in Alexandria, Bristol, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Norton, Winchester, Arlington, Buchanan, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Essex, Fauquier, Frederick, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lee, Loudoun, Page, Pr...Continue Reading

Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, introduced a bill that would allow sanctions on foreign adversaries' "maritime militias," saying the aim is to end China's use of military vessels disguised as commercial fishing ships to take over disputed territory in the South China Sea.The Targeting Illicit Disruption and Encroachment in Seas, or TIDES, Act, provides the administration with sanctions authority as tensions escalate in that part of Asia. Kaine is the chair Senate Armed Services ...Continue Reading

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A bill protecting access to in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, failed in the U.S. Senate for a second time this week. Only two Republicans voted in favor. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) co-sponsored the legislation and said he's disappointed his colleagues in the Senate blocked the legislation for a second time. I'm a little bit at a loss as to why Republicans oppose it. It's had the strong support of Senators Collins and Murkowski, strong Republicans, but they support it," ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia’s junior U.S. Senator Tim Kaine has introduced legislation supporting survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. The Survivor Outreach and Support — or SOS — On Campus Act requires every college and university that received federal funds have an independent advocate dedication to campus sexual assault prevention and response. Kaine says students deserve to live and learn in healthy, safe environments. He notes the Association of Title IX Adminis...Continue Reading

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - After an unsuccessful first attempt, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has brought back the ”Survivor Outreach and Support” (S.O.S.) Campus Act to support victims of sexual assault on campus. Kaine said the bill would help address an increase of people not reporting sexual assaults on campus. Many changes to Title IX reporting were finalized in 2020, and in a report done by AP News, the Title IX Association of Administrators estimates nearly 90% of sexual misconduct cases are eit...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON D.C. (WSET) — Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) reintroduced legislation on Wednesday to support survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. The Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act, or S.O.S. Campus Act, would require that every college and university that receives federal funding have an independent advocate dedicated to campus sexual assault prevention and response. "Students deserve to live and learn in healthy, safe environments. We must do everything we can to prevent s...Continue Reading

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine says he's not expecting a government shutdown.   Kaine says as is usually the case, Congress will fund the government thru the end of the year and then a new budget will be approved.  Kaine has proposed changing the federal fiscal year to a calendar year rather than October 1-September 30.

JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine secured more than $5 million in federal grant money for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. “Nearly a million vehicles use the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry every year,” said the senators. “This over-$5 million grant will be instrumental to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation’s efforts to keep this vital transportation resource running safely and efficiently for the many Virginians who rely on it.” The funds wi...Continue Reading