Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Jack Reed (D-RI) and the majority of Senate Democrats in a letter to President Biden condemning the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas and expressing the need to defeat the threat from Hamas and protect civilians in Gaza. Specifically, the senators request the...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) sent a letter requesting that the National Park Service (NPS) conduct a reconnaissance survey to evaluate the suitability of designating Oak Hill, the home of President James Monroe located in Loudoun County, as a unit of the National Park System. “Oak Hill has clear historic value to our nation, and we believe that the property would make an excellent and appropriate addi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Merit-Based Educational Reforms and Institutional Transparency Act (MERIT Act), legislation to end the practice of colleges and universities giving “preferential treatment” in the admissions process based on an applicant’s relationship to alumni or donors of the deciding institution. The MERIT Act would amend the Higher Education Act to add a new standard for accreditation in order to prevent accredited...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Issues, today released the following statement on the undemocratic power grab and political violence in Honduras. “We are deeply concerned by the LIBRE Party’s attempt to consolidate power in Honduras. Unilaterally appointing an interim Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General undermines the confidence in Honduras’ de...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in introducing the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act, legislation that would increase access to telehealth services for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) temporarily removed an in-person exam requirement for provide...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation that would support offshore wind workforce development that meets the growing needs of the offshore wind and maritime industry. According to a recent report by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), together with Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), released the following statement: “The tragic war in Gaza, initiated by Hamas terrorist attacks on innocent civil...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,483,817 in federal funding for the Commonwealth to provide distance learning services for rural areas. The funding was awarded through U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants, which provide rural communities with advanced telecommunications technology. In all, these grants will provide 197,010 Virginia students with the technology they need to take ad...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the statement below after voting in favor of a legislative package that will fund the Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, and military construction projects for Fiscal Year 2024. This package, which passed by a vote of 82-15, comes one month after Congress narrowly averted a governme...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $8,165,000 in federal funding to improve wastewater treatment in Kilmarnock and Clarksville. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development division’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program, which provides funding for sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in rural areas. “It’s critical for the health an...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding the filing of a rules change that would suspend Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) ability to block military nominations, which is projected to impact as many as 650 servicemembers and their families by the end of the year: “Senator Tommy Tuberville’s reckless holds on military promotions have gone on too long. They have meant military families are left in ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a former civil rights lawyer, cosponsored the Same Day Registration Act, the Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States (SAVE VOTERS) Act, and the Register America to Vote Act, three bills that would make it easier for Americans to register to vote and update their registration status. Most provisions of these bills were included in the Freedom to Vote Act, voting rights legislation Kaine introduced to improve access t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) in introducing the Expanding Medical Education Act, legislation to address the lack of representation of students of color, rural students, and underserved students in the physician pipeline. Specifically, the bill would encourage the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of students from underrepresented backgrounds, by providing grants th...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) applauded the Administration’s announcement of its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project off the coast of the Hampton Roads region, which is expected to power over 650,000 homes, create thousands of jobs, and grow Hampton Roads’ economy. The CVOW project will be the largest commercial-scale offshore wind project in America. In addi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel: “The confirmation of Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel is crucial to making sure Israel has the resources to defend itself against Hamas’ terrorism, securing the release of hostages, and helping facilitate the swift delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. As the crisis i...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On Monday, October 30, 2023, Virginia’s Democratic Congressional delegation sent a follow-up letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the Youngkin Administration’s improper removal of nearly 3,400 eligible voters from the rolls. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-VA), and Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Donald Beyer (VA-08), Abigail S...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, cosponsored the Stop Campus Hazing Act, bipartisan legislation led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would require colleges to report incidents of hazing on college campuses and provide parents and students with better information about a college’s hazing prevention policies and history of hazing. Currently, there are no national reporting require...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), as well as other colleagues, in calling for the delivery of fuel into Gaza for hospitals and water treatment centers: “We condemn Hamas’ horrific terrorist attacks against Israel, for which Israel must hold Hamas accountable. In the course of that endeavor, every...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the HBCU Africa Partnerships Act to encourage the growth of research partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and federal agencies to advance development in sub-Saharan Africa. “HBCUs like Delaware State University can play a critical role in helping the United States connect with members of the African diaspora and further build our partner...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of SFRC’s Subcommittee overseeing the Western Hemisphere, led his colleagues, including Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), in urging the U.S. Department of State to address corruption in Honduras. The senators request that Secretary Blinken continue pushing the Honduran government to fulfill President Xiomara Castro’s pl...Continue Reading