WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after a report (https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/28/trump-250-bill-pushed-by-treasury-appointees/) that Trump administration officials have pushed for the creation of a new $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump's portrait - an unprecedented move that would place a living person on U.S. currency for the first time in more than 150 years:
"As Americans struggle with the rising cost of gas, groceries, housing, and health care, President Trump's priorities for taxpayer dollars are completely detached...