Tim Kaine

in a moment, I am going to make a motion by unanimous consent to call up, and hopefully confirm, significant appointments in the Department of Defense. We are in the midst of a war in Europe right now. It is hard to imagine that, and yet…

My motion is to consider them, yes, en bloc; but it would be a recorded vote, is my understanding.

I appreciate the objection being heard, and I would just say to my colleague, I hope we could work out a deal that would enable us to have a floor vote where my colleague could vote as he chooses on these nominees. This was not an attempt…

And that is what my point is. We are not fast-tracking these without a vote. This is a motion to allow a vote en bloc on the floor. So you will have an opportunity to vote against Mr. Chaudhary or all of these. This is not a motion to…

It would be a--yes. It would be en bloc, but it is a recorded vote, is my understanding. And, again, Madam President, just to clarify, my motion is only that the Senate be allowed to vote on these nominees: Alex Wagner for Assistant…

frustrating is a good word because a number of State Department personnel have expressed frustration about what they maintain are actions by the Department leadership to either deny them or family members affected by this access to proper…

Sadly, we need it in ways we didn't in the past.

If you haven't had a chance to see this Foreign Affairs Security Training Center facility at Fort Pickett in Virginia, I would really encourage you to go.

The right answer for the border is not an emergency short-term regulation. The right answer is permanent fixes that will help.

We need to get it to them when they need it with the weapons they need.

this additional aid is -- is necessary to help Ukraine win and beat Russia's illegal invasion of their country.

Title 42 needs to expire.

we shouldn't wait around.

There's quite a bit of bipartisan resolve on the Ukraine aid package.

But this additional aid is -- is necessary to help Ukraine win and beat Russia's illegal invasion of their country.

We are providing massive amounts of aid to Ukraine, both the U.S. and NATO allies and others.

We need to push it very, very quickly. Obviously, we just did an aid package for Ukraine about a month ago that was about $13 billion. And that is a dramatic escalation over what we did in 2021 and even before that.

Title 42 needs to expire. It's an emergency regulation, and it needs to be replaced by more permanent procedures and plans to do a better job at the border.

We need to do more research, spread the results of the research, provide information...

We need COVID aid. We need Ukraine aid. We should do them together or separately, but we shouldn't wait around.

I think that would be premature, Margaret.

The right answer is permanent fixes that will help.

This additional aid is necessary to help Ukraine win and beat Russia's illegal invasion of their country.

This additional aid is -- is necessary to help Ukraine win and beat Russia's illegal invasion of their country.

I think we need to push it very, very quickly. Obviously, we just did an aid package for Ukraine about a month ago that was about $13 billion.