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On the recordJune 3, 2013
I think this has been a helpful panel, but I feel a little bit of it has gotten into kind of a tug of war over your reactions to proposals that we might make on this side of the aisle, and that is as it ought to be.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the importance of collaboration over partisan conflict in discussions.

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