The American people deserve to hear the administration’s rationale for these strikes and its legal justification for acting without coming to Congress, demanding a full briefing.
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.
The American people deserve an explanation of the legal authority. He doesn`t see legal authority for this.
today I am introducing a bill to assess the feasibility of establishing a National Heritage Area in the Great Dismal Swamp, as part of an effort to study, recognize, and preserve the historic and natural treasures within this region. As we…
I support the $15 proposal because it is the only one that is on the table that meets my philosophy or value.
We should have a minimum wage that if a full-time worker with two dependents worked full-time, they would be above the poverty level.
The number is not that meaningful. It is the policy that I think we have to grapple with.
If we tell people hard work is important but we have a wage that says if you do work hard full-time you are below the poverty level, then we are lying.
I think we should set a minimum wage so that a full-time worker with two dependents could work that wage and not be below the poverty level.
When this law is implemented, routine care costs for individuals participating in clinical trials will be covered.
Last year, I worked with Senator Cardin on legislation to improve access to clinical trials for Medicaid beneficiaries.
1 year ago, I said upon the conclusion of President Trump's first impeachment trial,``Unchallenged evil spreads like a virus,'' and that acquittal would lead to worse behavior. The events of January 6--seven dead, the first siege of our…
My assessment, as a member of this committee and the Foreign Relations Committee, is one area where the United States still has some significant advantage over China is in the area of alliances.
I have 6 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…
I rise today to talk about some friends of mine. Roxie Raines Kornegay Allison. Roxie Raines Kornegay Allison, my across-the-street neighbor for nearly 30 years, died of COVID last Thursday night at 6 o'clock. Roxie has been kind of the…
We don't have a full picture, a full spectrum of views around the table if we don't have labor represented right there at the cabinet table.
No President, no President has ever taken such action in recent memory, not Trump, not Obama, not Bush, not Clinton and Bush, not Reagan or others before them.
I am very, very happy that President Biden has asked somebody with a labor background to be in the cabinet.
I think it is likely my view that President Biden might do an infrastructure bill.
Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor, once said that a man who dwells on socialism forgets his union card.
We feel very, very good about it. You control the agenda. So, it’s 50, but once you’re the majority, you can determine the hearings will happen, you can determine what bills get marked up in committee, you can determine what bills get…
Unfortunately, the PRO Act literally overnight squashes the dreams of millions of people living in those 27 states.
We’ve got to battle white supremacy and domestic terrorism. We’ve got to keep America safe from the crimes that an attorney general is always focused on.





