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Senator Mark Warner
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Senator Mark Warner
@SenatorWarner
Updates from the U.S. Senator from Virginia and Staff
- Pres. Obama just signed Lands Bill, which preserves 43K acres of Jefferson Natl Forest as a wilderness area & 12K acres as scenic area.
- Announced today: $5.2M to 24 community health centers from recovery package to help create/maintain more jobs as they expand access.
- About to go on "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, will likely talk about budget and fixing our financial system.
- Beginning the "vote-a-rama" - where we vote on a bunch of budget amendments one after another, all day and late into the night.
- Just did some local tv abt the crazy 13-hour "votearama" yday before we passed the budget. Can't wait to travel the state during recess.
- At a Commerce Cmte hearing, confirming Gov. Gary Locke as Secretary of Commerce: http://ow.ly/14yW
- Annced stimulus funds for Jefferson Labs in Newport News. It'll create jobs and strengthen our research infrastructure: http://tr.im/hIgx
- Calling in to Kojo's Virginia politics show on WAMU 88.5 FM.
- Cmtes today: Budget w/ Geithner (http://tr.im/hhRT), Banking on transit (http://tr.im/hhRs), Commerce on climate change (http://tr.im/hhRy)
- About to give my first speech on the Senate floor on more accountability w/ stimulus funds. Watch live @10:45am on CSPAN2: http://ow.ly/1lt7
- Heading over to a lunch/budget talks with President Obama, Peter Orszag, and other Senate Dems.
- Calling into "HearSay with Cathy Lewis" on 89.5 WHRV-FM in Norfolk around 12:30, to talk about health care. Listen here: http://ow.ly/1HfA