Tim Kaine

We need to have some advances in charging.

In the last ten days, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $208 million investment through the Inflation Reduction Act.

I just got back from Laos and Vietnam where I was the first U.S. Senator to visit Laos in 15 years.

The challenges we have at the border, the challenges with fentanyl, just everyday Americans' concerns about the globe often are issues related to the Americas and political instability there.

But we need to do more, and we have to contest China's actions not only in terms of their forward basing strategy but their desire to go after Africa's rare earths.

I will also just indicate that for me the greatest vehicle for building the partnerships that are going to be necessary is to advance partnerships around technology.

I found a country hungry for U.S. presence, and I found a country littered with debt trap infrastructure projects that they will never be able to pay back.

I also want to underscore this is a recommendation from Senator Coons.

If you look at the statement of NATO, this was the most far reaching statement of concerns of European partners about what China is doing in Europe.

In order for the United States to be seen as a credible, reliable partner and provide an alternate choice to the PRC...

Let us come together for the sense of our strategic competition with the PRC.

We should be providing an alternative to the infrastructure development that the PRC offers.

I think one of the reasons that China is addressing this issue is not just because we have asked but Congress has been deeply engaged as well.

I actually share very much what Senator Risch said here.

The only way we are going to get to the finish line is if we generally work together, listen to each other, are willing to compromise.

Let us complete the task. Let us get it done.

That means we are not playing on a level playing field.

If you are the one chosen, you have the ability to be the last person in the room to give advice to a president to help them be a great president for a great country.

It's going to be equally searching, but the universe shrinks.

Don't do a pressure campaign. Don't get folks to lean in because you want Vice President Harris to pick the person that will most help her win.

Kamala's got to have somebody that she feels comfortable with, can be in the room with her one on one, give her brutally candid advice, even to say, Madam President, I think you're going the wrong direction.

I think you've got to get over a bunch of hurdles. You know, and I think compelling bio, helping in a state that's a key state, somebody who, you know, has a proven track record who will immediately hit the campaign trail running…

I am going to keep pressing on it, because what my bill does for working parents is that the typical family in America would pay about $10 per day for childcare.

Programs like Childcare and Development Block Grant and Headstart are really a lifeline for working parents.

No working family would pay more than 7 percent of their income on childcare.