Tim Kaine

I am a pretty harsh critic of President Trump, but that makes me feel duty bound to compliment Trump accomplishments and there were some and one of them was USMCA.

One of the natural tendencies we have is to focus on the kind of problem areas and so the dictatorship or democratic backsliding in the region is very real.

we hope that the aftermath of the Summit demonstrates a--just a higher level of attention, focus, and partnership.

I have long argued that our sustained engagement in Latin America is in our national interest.

Let us make this a real partnership. Let us get back to the idea that we are all in this together.

I would argue that that provision of 8 percent of our vaccines to a population that had 30 percent of the deaths, it was an under-prioritization of the Americas.

Finally, we must be committed stewards of regional democracy. We can all do better in practice, for sure, ourselves included.

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the faith they place in democratic governance, well, that faith is well founded.

it is so disturbing that so much pressure is being placed on this Administration

I think we, on the committee, those of us who really care about this need to push the Administration.

We should prioritize the values outlined in the charter.

the sense that America is just not engaged, that we just do not care

That kind of a vote on a trade deal in the Senate is highly unusual.

becoming a transit point for migration from people from over 70 or 80 countries around the world poses an extraordinary challenge

I think our vaccine diplomacy last year opened an opportunity for a new chapter.

They feel like we do not pay attention, that they would rather deal with the United States.

You cannot claim to be summit of democracies if at the table are seated elements that are clearly anti-democratic.

I would rather have no summit at all than one that is counterproductive.

the youngest people in that country--their future, their workforce, the ones that should be building the future of the country--have decided that their future belongs somewhere else

Despite some malaise, we see people across the hemisphere continuing to fight for their rights to speak freely, for institutions that treat them fairly, and for the right to decide how they are governed.

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