Mark Warner on, er um, What?

This e-mail came from U.S. Senator Mark Warner,  D-VA. It is a real political masterpiece: Nothing in it actually says whether it's a reply to the petition I signed about some people upstate having a right to reject "smart meters," or to an e-mail reply to his e-mail about grants for innovative responses to the energy crisis. (The grants are coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation, whose past grants have been for building or rebuilding roads and bridges. If they were actually interested in energy projects, I said, I knew several people who'd want to work with a grant to get more solar energy collected for electric cars, and for heating apartments that can't get their own solar heat, and so on.)

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Dear Ms. King,

          Thank you for contacting me regarding issues important to Virginia and the nation.

          The 117th Congress adjourned on January 3, 2023, and at that time all pending legislation expired.

          We began the 117th Congress in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken the lives of over one million Americans, including 20,000 Virginians. As we looked for ways to meet this challenge, I was proud to join bipartisan efforts to pass several COVID relief packages that not only prevented economic disaster, but also helped protect our vital health care workers, provided for small businesses, and delivered relief to American families during those uncertain times.

          By working with my colleagues from both sides of the aisle, we also made significant investments in affordable, high-speed internet, which we learned during the pandemic is not a luxury, but a necessity.

          From passing a once in a generation infrastructure bill that improves travel on our roads, rails, and waterways to increasing U.S. competitiveness in science and technology through the development of computer chip manufacturing in the U.S, I am proud of recent accomplishments that encourage American innovation, and bring high-paying jobs to Virginia, while supporting our men and women in uniform, improving healthcare for our veterans, capping the price of insulin, and making historic investments to mitigate climate change.

          I am also proud of the united and bipartisan stance taken in strong opposition to Putin’s violent invasion of Ukraine, and in support of the courageous Ukrainian people, who continue to put their lives on the line in defense of democracy – a system we too often take for granted.

          I hope that as legislative business begins in the new Congress you will continue to contact me with issues that are important to you.  For more information about my work in the Senate please visit my website at: [www.warner.senate.gov.]www.warner.senate.gov.  You may also follow me at: http://www.facebook.com/MarkRWarner/ and https://twitter.com/MarkWarner.

Sincerely,
MARK R. WARNER
United States Senator

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He seldom has represented me, but dang he's good...after his fashion.