Sen. Mark Warner-D (VA) Makes Stop in Martinsville, VA
January 10, 2010
U. S. Senator Mark Warner makes stop in Martinsville and Danville on Monday, January 11, 2010. He is pictured here with Tom Bishop, Executive Director, Patrick County Chamber of Commerce
He was in town to speak with business leaders in the Southside of Virginia about burning issues now being dealt with in the U. S. Senate.
He Spoke about the Stimulus package and the American economy, the Health Care plan, which he voted for, Small Business Loans he is working on in support of our small businesses. He is assigned to the Banking and Commerce committee and working on a bi-partisan effort to reduce the U. S. Deficit.
One important issue he is working on is to bring jobs into America. This is one of his important Economic Development projects. He feels that past Economic Development projects simply put one state at odds with another state and caused jobs to simply move from state to state.
On December 8, Senator Warner and 10 other Freshman Senators introduced the "Value and Innovation" amendment package, aimed at encouraging innovation and affordability for consumers across the U.S. health care system.
The legislation has been introduced by: Sens. Mark Begich (AK), Michael Bennet (CO), Roland Burris (IL), Kay Hagan (NC), Ted Kaufman (DE), Paul Kirk (MA), Jeff Merkley (OR), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Mark Udall (NM), Tom Udall (CO) and Mark Warner (VA).
Co-sponsors include: Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe (ME), Tom Carper (DE), Amy Klobuchar (MN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
