Friend —

We hope this email finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. Our team is committed to sending these weekly updates to keep folks around Virginia up to date with what Mark Warner is focused on.

Here’s what Mark is working on right now:

• Last week, Mark met with residents of Harrisonburg for a community check-up where Mark discussed how he is working to ease inequities across industries, including public health, education, and front line workers. Mark will continue to work to ensure all Virginians get the relief they need.


• Mark visited with community leaders in Abingdon to speak on the federal response to the coronavirus, expansion of broadband services for schools that are going virtual in the fall, and a greater need for telehealth services amid the pandemic.


• Of course, he made time to stop by Skeeter’s for their world-famous hot dogs!


• Mark visited Roanoke and the Blue Ridge Parkway to meet with tourism officials to discuss the Great Americans Outdoors Act. The bill will fund $1.1 billion in maintenance needs at Virginia National Parks and support as many as 10,000 jobs in Virginia.


• In a visit to downtown Lynchburg, Mark listened to the concerns of local leaders and organizers regarding broadband, CARES Act funding, and unemployment benefits. Mark knows the importance of broadband in rural Virginia, and he will work with his colleagues in Washington to provide funding to support this essential service in the next CARES Act bill.


• Mark spoke with community leaders about the future of a post-COVID economy in Winchester as he toured the Emil & Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center. With 10% to 20% of jobs lost as a result of the pandemic, Mark is working on how he can assist the new workforce generation in a digital world.


• Mark discussed issues related to the coronavirus pandemic and small businesses in Woodstock, Virginia. During the discussion, he talked with community leaders about the next round of CARES Act funding and how the pandemic has affected small businesses.


• Mark endorsed Dr. Cameron Webb, who is running for U.S. Congress in Virginia’s 5th District. With his years of service to central Virginia, and his expertise as a doctor and a lawyer, Dr. Webb's voice is one that is sorely needed in the halls of Congress.


• In a letter to prominent tech companies, Mark urged them to bridge the homework gap and help all Virginia students participate in distance learning this fall. As more educators and students prepare to go back to school virtually, Mark will continue to work to ensure virtual learning is equitable for all students in Virginia and across the country.


• Mark continued to press Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to answer for his attempts to weaken the U.S. Postal Service. Mark is doing everything in his power to ensure that all Virginians can count on USPS to deliver their medicine, pay their bills, and cast their ballots come November.


• Mark called on President Donald Trump to denounce his support of QAnon. With the release of the latest intelligence report detailing the Trump campaign’s contact with Russian operatives during the 2016 presidential campaign, Mark will continue to work on the Senate Intelligence committee to keep foreign interference out of our elections.

Thank you for your continued support.

— Team Warner