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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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May 16, 2016

The Higher Education Act is also maybe the best place to fix this Pell grant disparity that we were just discussing.

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May 16, 2016

I have deep concerns. I firmly believe that the lack of an AUMF has weakened the Congress.

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May 16, 2016

We want to raise CTE but we can't do it in a way that repeats sort of the tracking phenomenon of the past.

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May 16, 2016

So many of our youngsters in high school who are really talented and able to do well, maybe they just do not see the relevance of what they are learning.

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May 12, 2016

I would like to recognize the George C. Marshall Foundation's museum and library as the National George C. Marshall Museum. General George C. Marshall was born in Uniontown, PA, to a Virginia family. He is a distant relative of Chief…

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May 9, 2016

I do not have to be diplomatic because I am not a diplomat.

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May 9, 2016

Our foreign policy as a nation has just had an east-west axis that has been undeniable.

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May 9, 2016

Some lives are worth less than others.

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May 9, 2016

We have to look in the mirror and ask ourselves if race is part of the reason.

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Apr 27, 2016

I think that there isn't a domestic legal justification unless and until we do an authorization for military force.

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Apr 27, 2016

We've taken common international principles of law and, basically, we've decided that, if our motives are okay, we can incur into the sovereignty of another nation.

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Apr 27, 2016

I'm just going to keep putting on the record a deep concern about the precedent that we're setting for this Nation.

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Apr 27, 2016

I think we've basically come up with a war doctrine that says 'wherever and whenever,' as long as the President feels that it's a good idea.

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Apr 27, 2016

I am deeply concerned about the legal basis for this war, both domestic and international legal basis.

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Apr 27, 2016

We ought to provide the support necessary, including the authorities, to maintain what we've gained there.

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Apr 27, 2016

I think I--and the concern is that a decision has to be made in the next several months.

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Apr 27, 2016

Readiness is as important as end strength.

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Apr 27, 2016

If you're into the sovereign space of another nation, there not only has to be a domestic legal justification, there's got to be an international legal justification.

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Apr 27, 2016

I don't think we've sent a message of political resolve as the political leadership.

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Apr 27, 2016

I think we've made a complete hash of the--and that's a diplomatic phrase--of the doctrines of war, both domestic and international.

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Apr 26, 2016

I felt that the concept of health care was forgetting about the person.

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Apr 26, 2016

In your thinking about this free market system you are describing, is it a factor of relevance at all that the absence of a drug, a dermatological drug, might cause, you know, a minor concern and the absence of Syprine could lead to liver…

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Apr 26, 2016

It looks like you might have it right there.

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Apr 26, 2016

the challenges associated with developing treatments and the investments we make to develop novel medicines, that is really completely a red herring with respect to Syprine.

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