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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Apr 1

Folks, the widespread layoffs at health care agencies are disastrous news for the safety of our food, the health of our kids, and the benefits that countless Americans rely on. Here’s a quick thread on who exactly is being impacted ⬇️ 🧵

First up, 3,500 workers at FDA, the people that inspect and approve our food and medicine to ensure they’re safe. This is life or death stuff – how much will the quality of our food and drug supply suffer under this gutted agency?

The cuts include the entire department responsible for regulating electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products. It also includes many employees at the Office of New Drugs, which helps bring safe and effective medical breakthroughs to market.

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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Feb 25

Behind the headlines of mass layoffs, there are thousands of people with families, bills, and responsibilities that suddenly have their lives turned upside down because of this insane political stunt.

Today, I want to share a few of their stories.

Ashley Ranalli is a cancer survivor and park ranger in Fredericksburg. Despite an exemplary performance evaluation, she was fired earlier this month after years of working towards becoming a park ranger.

Ashley, who survived thyroid cancer, lost her health insurance because of the DOGE bros.

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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Oct 31, 2023

Let me be clear: what House Republicans are proposing in terms of separating Ukraine and Israel aid – and “offsetting” the latter with cuts to the IRS – is absurd and dangerous. Here’s why:

First of all, cutting money to the IRS is not an “offset” at all – it raises the deficit. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that our original IRS funding would cut the deficit by MORE THAN $100 BILLION! Cutting that funding means the deficit will rise.

Plainly, cutting funding to the IRS keep their tech in the Dark Ages. It means it’s harder for you to get your refund on time. It means it’s easier for tax cheats to get away with fraud.
brookings.edu/articles/cutti…

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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Mar 31, 2023

Folks, I’ve heard a lot of pretty wild misconceptions about the RESTRICT Act. Let’s dispel some myths:

MYTH: This bill allows unlimited surveillance by the U.S. government!
Fact: Totally untrue. This bill doesn’t give the government any power to track what you’re searching! In fact, it is aimed at COUNTERING foreign surveillance from authoritarian nations.

The bill is restricted to tech from just a handful of nations – China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and Iran – that are controlled by authoritarian regimes.

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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Nov 30, 2022

Hey folks, I just want to follow up on some things we learned about election subversion in the wake of the midterms. A thread:

First of all, a lot of the news is good. Elections were largely peaceful, open, and fair. Many high-profile election deniers lost their races. Most certification processes across the nation appear, for the most part, to be going smoothly.

There are some worrying signs, however. A handful of counties resisted certification of the final vote. And angry crowds protested vote certification processes across the country. The certification of the statewide vote in Michigan, for example, was briefly disrupted.

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Mark Warner

@MarkWarner

Jul 14, 2022

For the last year, I’ve been working to get our competition bill done, but if partisan actors are intent on slowing it down, I’m ready to separate anything we have bipartisan agreement on – particularly the money and tax incentives for semiconductors and 5G – and get that passed.

This money can’t wait – solving the semiconductor shortage is critical to cutting costs and easing the supply chain. If we wait, we risk losing investments from companies like Intel that are ready to create jobs and boost domestic manufacturing.

And funding ORAN will give us next generation tech that will allow us to expand connectivity and 5G. It could be a game changer for folks across the country, especially in rural areas.

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