Thursday, May 2, 2013
“It’s time to solve the issue of Visa reform,” said U. S. Senator Tim Kaine at the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Highly skilled talent is needed for unfilled high-tech jobs in the U.S. Forcing highly skilled educated college graduates back to their country of origin after graduation is the wrong thing to [...]
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Internet retailers have an advantage over brick and mortar retail stores when it comes to collecting state sales taxes. Shoppers say they look at a product in a store then order online to avoid paying sales tax. Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said though he understood the concerns of retailers “The [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Brian McGinn, Public Affairs Specialist at the United States Attorney Office for the Western District of Virginia said that the Department Of Justice is in the midst of a hard hiring freeze. “When that freeze lifts the Community Outreach Coordinator position that Gwen Mason held will be advertised and filled,” he said. McGinn emphasized that the position has [...]
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Former city council member, Gwen Mason has been selected as a member of U.S. Senator Tim Kaine’s staff. Mason will serve as Regional Director for the Roanoke area. A Roanoke office location has yet to be selected. UPDATE: According to Mason she will start work for Senator Kaine on May 6th. ”The Regional Directors have responsibility [...]
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following statement after the Senate rejected a series of gun measures: “It’s very disappointing that we could not reach 60 votes in the Senate for the reasonable, bipartisan legislation to strengthen background checks. The compromise put forward by Sens. Manchin and Toomey would have closed the [...]
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the votes today on gun violence measures: “On the sixth anniversary of the horrible shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday, I took to the Senate floor to remember the 32 Hokies who lost their lives. The tragedy happened after a dangerous young man illegally [...]
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Former nurse, hospital CEO, Va. Health & Human Resources Sec’y. nominated at CMS WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens, Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today urged Senate confirmation of the Presidential nomination of Marilyn B. Tavenner of Virginia to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS is the lead [...]
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee issued a statement following the passage of a budget out of the full Senate at 4:56 a.m. Saturday morning: “I’m proud of the work we did on the Budget Committee to develop a balanced plan that will spur economic growth while putting us [...]
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Goodlatte released the following statement after signing on in support of the Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act (H.R. 176): “What started with good intentions as the Lifeline plan has now grown into Uncle Sam’s unlimited plan. Federal subsidization of wireless phone service has increased the cost of this program exponentially, [...]
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An internal U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) document obtained by the House Judiciary Committee reveals that the agency planned to release thousands of criminal aliens onto the streets to reduce the agency’s costs in light of sequestration. As of February 15, 2013, the document shows that ICE had roughly 31,000 illegal immigrants and criminal [...]
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Friday, March 1, 2013
RICHMOND—Governor Bob McDonnell issued Executive Order No. 60 today to reconstitute Virginia’s Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities. The Governor issued the order following the implementation of automatic federal sequestration cuts. The purpose of the Commission will be to examine in detail the likely impact on Virginia of the defense cuts contained in the [...]
Thursday, February 28, 2013
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the sequester votes in the Senate today: “Today, the Senate acted on two bills related to the harmful sequestration cuts scheduled to take effect tomorrow. I voted to support consideration of a bill that offered a balanced, specific and accountable approach to replace these cuts entirely. [...]
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