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Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine is a United States Senator from Virginia, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Virginia from January 14, 2006, to January 16, 2010. Kaine has been an advocate for various issues including education, healthcare, and military engagement, emphasizing the importance of Congress's role in declaring war and authorizing military force. He also served as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee, contributing to the party's strategy and outreach efforts during his tenure.

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Apr 29, 2021

As we work to support American families, stimulate the economy, bolster small businesses, protect health care workers, and sustain our industries, investing in child welfare is imperative to supporting these efforts. The coronavirus…

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Apr 29, 2021

A vibrant and independent media and public access to accurate information are critical to the functioning of any democracy. A free press is so important that our Founding Fathers explicitly guaranteed that right in the First Amendment of…

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Apr 29, 2021

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:11 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 3, 2021, at 12:45 p.m…

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Apr 28, 2021

I deeply believe that when employers don't, when they violate national, NLRA, other state labor laws, they hurt not only workers...

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Apr 28, 2021

I want to give you the rest of the story.

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Apr 28, 2021

If you don't vigorously enforce against those who are violating labor laws, you end up hurting the very people who are trying to do it right.

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Apr 27, 2021

I recently re-introduced with a great bipartisan group of colleagues a bill, the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act...

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Apr 27, 2021

This week marks a year from the death by suicide of a very talented New York emergency room physician, Lorna Breen.

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Apr 27, 2021

I really am worried about this, not just for healthcare providers, but I am really worried about it for first responders.

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Apr 27, 2021

What should states do and what should healthcare providers... do to really promote healthy practices among our healthcare professionals...

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Apr 26, 2021

Inadequate childcare is the third most common reason now cited for people not yet able to go back to work.

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Apr 26, 2021

I am a proud dad of an early childhood educator, and I know very much it is not done for money.

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Apr 26, 2021

This notion that childcare is just about the child or just about the parent is wrong.

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Apr 26, 2021

They have much more existentially at stake with instability in Afghanistan than the United States does.

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Apr 26, 2021

I think the region has benefited tremendously at the American taxpayers' expense in terms of the stability that we have been able to bring.

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Apr 22, 2021

I rise because it is a historic day. It is a historic day because the House is scheduled to pass H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. My original intent was to speak about that, but before I do, I want to honor my colleagues who…

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Apr 20, 2021

Thank you to Congress for prioritizing the needs of small businesses

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Apr 20, 2021

The work that you have done in CARES and now the American Recovery Plan is making a difference

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Apr 19, 2021

Today is thank-you day for me at all my Committee hearings.

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Apr 19, 2021

We should not wall off those necessary careers from Pell Grant eligibility if we want to get infrastructure done, in my opinion.

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Apr 19, 2021

I have been a supporter of this JOBS Act for a while before the pandemic.

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Apr 15, 2021

Throughout his time in office, President Donald Trump repeatedly disparaged our NATO allies and reportedly threatened withdrawal from the NATO alliance, the bedrock of European and American security for over seventy years. Although our…

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Apr 15, 2021

It is painfully clear that existing Federal policies do not provide a comprehensive approach to address the national epidemic of gun violence. In fact, in 2019, for the third consecutive year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

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Apr 14, 2021

I have a passion about eliminating, root and branch, the way we treat people with career and technical degrees.

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Apr 14, 2021

I am going to be working with Senators Warner, Cardin, and Kaine to reauthorize the Federal commitment there.

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