Tim Kaine

The U.S. Infrastructure system is in critical need of an upgrade. In February 2021, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) graded 11 of 17 infrastructure categories a D+ or worse. Systems across the Nation are in dire need of…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

I prayed Virginia would end the death penalty.

Let`s make it easier to vote. Let`s make it easier to early vote. Let`s make sure the lines aren`t too long.

Change can happen. Even in the most impossible seeming places.

this bill authorizes additions to two existing wilderness areas within the George Washington National Forest in Bath County, VA. This text represents years of negotiation and compromise among Virginia stakeholders who rely in different…

I think this is a very important one.

Why not have a Tax Code that basically kind of treats income as income and applies the same tax rates to all kinds of income?

I think the equity discussion around vaccines has been a really good one to kind of demonstrate to people the difference between equality, which we should always desire, and equity, which we should certainly aspire to.

I think data helps us understand inequities.

I just viewed it as a set of tax cuts benefiting people at the top.

It seems to me that one of the important kinds of lessons from this pandemic is our public health data systems are inadequate.

I would love to have a significant discussion about tax reform.

If we just have a system that's 'equal,' like first-come, first-serve, everybody in 1B can get online and try to sign up, we're guaranteed to end up with outcomes that are inequitable.

I like that idea. I would still have progressive rates, but I do like applying the same rate to income wherever it comes from.

It says that you like investment a lot more than you like work.

the folks who have been hit the hardest by the virus probably have the hardest time accessing vaccine registration.

The disparity in the way that we tax earnings from work as opposed to earnings from wealth does not make any sense.

The gamblin' man is rich an' the workin' man is poor.

I think it is right to call China out on its course of policies on this, which is the most heinous of all.

I think high quality career and technical education has got to be part of our entire educational palette from pre-K to 12.

By not supporting the OAS at a critical moment when you were willing to show backbone, Hondurans paid a major price, the OAS paid a price, and the United States paid a price as well.

I would hope with your own experience, should you be confirmed, that you will really be promoting the use of these dollars to use the summers of 2021 and 2022 to deal with the learning loss phenomenon.

Thank you to Chairman Menendez and Senator Risch for holding this hearing, very important hearing.

I'm sick to my stomach, Anderson that the United States Congress has just decided to be a bystander to this carnage.