Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Accelerating Biomedical Innovation Act, which would establish a network of universities to work with the private sector on the development of FDA-regulated products that could be used to combat potential public health emergencies:   “One of the many crucial lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance of investing in countermeasure technologies—such as vaccines, tests, t...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee—applauded the HELP Committee’s passage of the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act, legislation that would help lower drug costs for Virginians and Americans across the country. The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act included the Patient Right to Shop Act, bipartisan legislation led by Kaine and U.S. Senators Roger M...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the end of the public health emergency for COVID-19, which was declared on January 31, 2020: “The past three years of COVID have brought incredible loss and economic uncertainty, but thanks to federal relief we passed in Congress and the strength and resiliency of the American people, we’ve been able to get back to work and school and reconnect with loved ones. As the public health emergency co...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a push by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine to fix the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it has approved a total of $42 billion in Public Service Loan Forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers, including over $1.3 billion in relief for more than 20,000 Virginia public servants, since October 2021. The PSLF program provides America’s teachers, servicemembers, police, firefighters, and other public servan...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner reintroduced the School Infrastructure Modernization Act, legislation to help modernize aging schools in Virginia and across the country by making it easier for school districts to use the current federal historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) to upgrade historic school buildings that will continue to operate as schools after renovation. Current law makes it difficult for school districts to use the HTC because it requi...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee—joined Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in reintroducing the Early Educators Apprenticeship Act, bipartisan legislation to address staffing shortages of child care and early childhood educators by developing, administering, and evaluating early childhood education apprenticeships. These apprenticeships would help student...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues for a third week, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), joined by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), have formally requested that the Biden administration offer all avai...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chair of the SASC Seapower Subcommittee, applauded the Department of Defense’s (DOD) implementation of the Brandon Act to help servicemembers access mental health support. DOD Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros signed a policy today to begin the Act’s implementation. “For over a year, I’ve been working with Brandon CasertaR...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $669,200 in federal funding to improve community facilities and purchase equipment in rural communities across Virginia. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development division’s Community Facilities Direct Loans & Grant Program and Water and Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grant Program. “We’re glad these funds will help improve essent...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, along with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and help ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. In Virginia, most families pay over $15,000 for infant care. “I hear about the child care crisis everywhere I go in Virg...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), as well as a bipartisan group of colleagues, in calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take further action to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid use disorder. Specifically, the senators urge the DEA to initiate a multi-agency evaluation of buprenorphine with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Substa...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Marco Rubio (R-FL) applauded committee passage of their Caribbean Basin Security Authorization Act. The bipartisan legislation would improve security cooperation, combat drug trafficking, strengthen the rule of law, and increase ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With violence erupting across the country, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee in search of safety, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today formally requested that the Biden administration issue a new Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Sudan. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators expressed their concern with the ...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) in reintroducing the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, bicameral gun safety legislation that would ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, and possession of gun silencers or suppressors. A gun silencer, also known as a suppressor, is attached to the barrel of a firearm in order to curb its sound, muzzle flash, and kickback. Silencers m...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and his colleagues in introducing the College Transparency Act (CTA), bipartisan legislation to provide students and their families with accurate reporting on student outcomes, so they can make better decisions about which schools and programs of study are best suited to their unique needs and desired outcomes. The CTA would modernize the college reporting system for postsecondary data...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2023. The legislation would ensure that legal cannabis businesses have access to critical banking and financial services.  Most state legal medicinal or recreational cannabis businesses across the country are denied access to traditional and secure banking systems and financial services because...Continue Reading

***WATCH: Kaine, Murray, Scott, colleagues reintroduce bill, underscore need for bold action to tackle the child care crisis*** WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03) in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. Se...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement today: “With the expansion of Metro access to Dulles, long-distance flights from the Washington region have never been more accessible or competitive. The slot and perimeter rules help to balance consistent world-class aviation services at the region’s three major airports, which has in turn allowed for billions of dollars in private-sector capital investment in the met...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate’s historic vote on a resolution that would facilitate the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first introduced 100 years ago to guarantee equal protection for women in the U.S. Constitution: “In 2020, Virginia made history by becoming the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, the Senate has the oppor...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), applauded the renaming of Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams. The military base will hold an official redesignation ceremony today at 1 PM. Kaine cosponsored an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that initiated the process to rename military bases and Department of Defense (DOD) facilities named after individuals tied to the Confederacy. Fort Gregg-Adams will honor two ...Continue Reading