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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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Sep 24, 2024

If the federal government were to increase the amount of allocation that went out to the states, we would be able to produce or preserve more quality, affordable housing.

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Sep 24, 2024

There are differences of opinion around this table and at the witness table.

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Sep 24, 2024

For over two decades, Greta has been a true champion of affordable and accessible housing.

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Sep 24, 2024

Key to addressing the shortage of units and bringing down costs for families is, as my friend Speaker Shekarchi from Rhode Island would say, production, production, production.

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Sep 24, 2024

This is thanks in large part to important steps Congress and the Biden-Harris administration have taken to increase the housing supply.

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Sep 24, 2024

Helping families afford a safe, stable place to call home should be neither controversial nor partisan.

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Sep 24, 2024

Do you have to have a college degree to get a lot of Federal jobs? And the answer is no.

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Sep 24, 2024

We think Pell Grant should not be just limited to college degrees. Why not high quality career and technical education?

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Sep 24, 2024

You call those durable skills in your opening testimony. I like that better than soft skills.

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Sep 24, 2024

Yes, yes. Dr. Kimbrough, you used the phrase, we should expand skills based training, in your testimony.

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Sep 24, 2024

If I am a 30 year old Virginian watching this, I would--wow, I should become AI literate.

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Sep 12, 2024

Sometimes we think this challenge is really limited to the authoritarian nations of the world, but sadly, we see in democracies with whom we ally, a significant effort to crack down on NGOs or at least make it harder for NGOs to do their…

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Sep 11, 2024

Two of us in the Senate have been pretty public about dealing with Long COVID symptoms, Senator Young and I.

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Sep 11, 2024

My wife and I have a friend in Richmond who is a single mom with three special needs kids that she has adopted.

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Sep 11, 2024

Two of us in the Senate have been pretty public about dealing with Long COVID symptoms, Senator Young and I.

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Sep 11, 2024

You and I had the wonderful opportunity to serve as mayors of two great cities at the same time, and governors of two great states at the same time.

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Sep 11, 2024

Sometimes we think this challenge is really limited to the authoritarian nations of the world, but sadly, we see in democracies with whom we ally, a significant effort to crack down on NGOs.

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Sep 10, 2024

You are so well-suited for this position.

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Sep 10, 2024

We asked just some questions about Social Security Administration tracking and publishing data on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applications relating to Long COVID.

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Sep 10, 2024

We do want to work with you, and to anyone who is suffering from long term COVID.

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Sep 10, 2024

Two of us in the Senate have been pretty public about dealing with Long COVID symptoms, Senator Young and I.

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Jul 31, 2024

In Virginia, there is 100,000 electric vehicles on the road in my Commonwealth of eight plus million people.

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Jul 31, 2024

We need to have some advances in charging.

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Jul 31, 2024

The vast majority are in rural and exurban areas, and the energy communities that have traditionally relied on fossil fuel extraction processing or transportation that were designated by the IRA.

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Jul 31, 2024

I love walking in and seeing the title of the hearing 'Bipartisan Senate Budget Committee Hearing.'

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