Tim Kaine actually said...

"Restoring this annual practice was a top priority of mine when I became chairman, and I am proud of the significant progress we made last year when the first authorization bill in 14 years became law."

"This year's State authorization contains numerous important provisions that build upon last year's bill in exercising oversight of the State Department bureaucracy and government programs that spend b..."

"I think that is absolutely the wrong signal to be sending at the worst possible time."

"I think it is very important that we continue to, as the Senate Armed Services Committee, raise the concerns about what is happening in the Balkans and Russia's intent in going after Western democraci..."