Tim Kaine actually said...

"The role of the Congress in appropriating money, it is a congressional role."

"The Senate wants to go into a budget conference, to sit down at a conference table."

"But there is no way that the world is going to stay the same if the United States plays a lesser role in the world."

"we need to be strong as a Nation and we need to have that national defense that is both strategic and funded at an appropriate level."