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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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Jan 18, 2021

The secretary of state, by longstanding norm, not law, has been one of the least political of the Cabinet secretaries.

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Jan 18, 2021

They were prohibited from engaging in political activity in concert with a partisan candidate, political party, or partisan political group.

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Jan 18, 2021

I hope the administration will recognize interim President Guaid.

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Jan 18, 2021

Simply put, addressing rampant crime, weak governance, corruption, climate-related displacement in the Northern Triangle must be a top priority for the country.

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Jan 6, 2021

and my colleagues, I applaud the comments of my colleague from Georgia deeply. My first job after school was in Macon, GA, working for a Federal judge, Lanier Anderson. I learned a lot about integrity and a lot about law from him. I also…

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Jan 4, 2021

Disenfranchisement isn't that you get outvoted up all the other states that you -- in the national popular vote, you lose by seven or eight million votes. That just means you pick the loser. You pick the wrong guy.

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Jan 4, 2021

It's just rule by people like us. It's tribalism.

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Jan 4, 2021

Well, Chris, that's a fantastic argument because really what these guys are doing is attacking the Electoral College.

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Jan 4, 2021

It's really disturbing that President Trump would try to overthrow the result because he's lost. And he's desperate isn't a surprise. But I am surprised and really shocked by these colleagues. They're supporting something that's dangerous…

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Jan 4, 2021

I'm shocked that these folks are willing to, you know, suck up to a would-be authoritarian to try to impress him, or more importantly, his followers. It's very discouraging.

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Dec 29, 2020

The President didn't (inaudible) which requires corporations when they incorporate and then every year when they're up with the states to fully disclose their -- what's called beneficial ownership, who owns the corporation? The President…

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Dec 29, 2020

We're going to reject his effort to overthrow the will of the American electorate.

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Dec 29, 2020

We shouldn't be going to a new war in the Middle East. And we especially shouldn't be doing it with a lame duck president who was rejected by the American public, we should never be in a war without a vote of Congress.

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Dec 29, 2020

I'm very worried about it. President Trump has had us to the brink of war with Iran twice during his administration after he unilaterally canceled a diplomatic deal with Iran, that the U.S. and our allies worked hard to achieve.

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Dec 29, 2020

The $2,000 checks aren't going to the American public, because of the Senate Majority Leader not because of the desires of either the president or Congress.

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Dec 29, 2020

There is a realistic act that would get $2,000 in the hands of Americans who make less than $75,000 a year and their children.

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Dec 29, 2020

I'm very, very sad that a president is trying to overthrow the popular vote.

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Nov 12, 2020

on November 9, 2016, I had one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I stood on a hotel stage in New York City and, as my party's nominee for Vice President, introduced Secretary Hillary Clinton to address her supporters and the…

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Oct 25, 2020

I rise in opposition to the nomination of Judge Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. This process shows how misplaced the priorities of the Senate are at a critical moment in time. There is an epic national crisis that we should be…

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Oct 21, 2020

thank you. I rise to talk about Americans' health and the health of Virginians. We are living through a crisis--the coronavirus crisis--that is unprecedented in American life since 100 years ago with the influenza of the late 19-teens, and…

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Oct 5, 2020

I would like to add, on behalf of my Democratic colleagues, the concerns expressed for the President and First Lady, that they recover quickly and fully. Having had coronavirus--likely contracted here when we were working on the CARES Act…

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Oct 5, 2020

Kamala Harris is sharp. You've seen her on the Intel committee and the Judiciary Committee.

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Oct 5, 2020

No one can realistically say we're better off than we were four years ago. Why should you get one more day in office?

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Oct 5, 2020

Remember, President Trump was down in the polls last time and he won.

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Oct 5, 2020

Our only guarantee that we can sweep him and all like him out of office is the biggest margin possible.

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