On Thursday, Senator Warner held the fifth and sixth in his series of ‘crowdfunding’ seminars for Virginia entrepreneurs and start up businesses. Today’s events, held in Danville and Blacksburg included panel discussions with a range of business leaders, including a representative from Kiva, the revolutionary online microfinancing platform, and the CEO of Blacksburg’s own Interactive Design & Development.
Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC), and Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a joint letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today urging immediate action to collect unpaid duties owed by importers of wooden bedroom furniture made in China.
In case you missed it, our staff put together this quick video about Senator Warner's recent trip to Danville, Martinsville, Rocky Mount and Bedford. The Senator held a series of town hall meetings, toured small businesses and threw the opening pitch at a collegiate league baseball game during a weekend of travel.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (Va.-D) told a crowd of about 40 Franklin County citizens Saturday morning that it's going to take a bipartisan effort to reduce the country's deficit and get the economy back up to speed.
Senator Warner held a series of town hall meetings, toured small businesses and threw the opening pitch at a collegiate league baseball game during a weekend of travel across southside Virginia.
After touring Solid Stone Fabrics Inc.’s plant uptown on Friday, an excited U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said it may exemplify the future of manufacturing in this area. Solid Stone Fabrics builds on this area’s generations of manufacturing, but with 21st century skills, Warner said. He added that the small company is flexible, with quick turnaround time, and is high-tech. He said it makes a value-added product with environmentally friendly processes.
In places like Southside, struggling to bring in new business, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, is focusing on ways to help drive more jobs. Warner, D-Virginia, visited Averett University on Friday afternoon to give updates on the happenings in Washington and hear concerns from residents.
Senator Warner met today with Savior Waddell, a rising fifth grader at Danville's Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, to celebrate his winning entry in an anti-smoking poster contest. Savior's entry was called "Hang Tough - Don't Puff."
Senator Warner recently hosted a strategy session in Fredericksburg to help Virginia localities learn about various funding opportunities and ideas for high-speed broadband deployment.