Tim Kaine actually said...

"opening statement"

"I think there would be every evidence-based reason to say, why would we want to tackle it? But the fact that they are making that effort, I applaud it, and we would not want to set that back."

"But this should be to discourage and end bad behavior."

"I applaud the Trump administration for trying to tackle the impossible, saying that the peace process is still something that they really want to go after."