“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordJanuary 31, 2016
I think the equivalent of the opioid epidemic in terms of the scope and the number of lives it has touched is more like HIV epidemic.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia
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Editor's note · Context

Kaine compares the opioid epidemic's impact to that of the HIV epidemic.

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