Tim Kaine: “I think it is time--not just because of the shutdown--it is time to advance these bills to the President's desk. I…”

“I think it is time--not just because of the shutdown--it is time to advance these bills to the President's desk. I appreciate that colleagues are recognizing what we need to do is advance those bills and then focus in a very intense, high-stakes way on what I believe is the need for dramatic reforms of DHS and its Agencies. The idea in this proposal is to take 2 weeks to see if we can find it. If we find sufficient reforms, you will have votes like mine. If we do not find sufficient reforms, my vote will not go for the ultimate bill. But in 2 weeks, we will be able to know whether we can provide significant reforms that would curb the abuses that we are seeing and that people all around the world are seeing, to our discredit.”