Tim Kaine

I say to the Senator, you engaged in a colloquy with the Senator from Illinois about a provision that I wanted to follow up on. Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, it was completely lawful and, in fact, common for insurance…

In addition, I think I understood, and I agree with a comment the Senator made about potential reforms--that even the whole notion of health care provided through employers is a little bit of a historical anomaly that came up in the…

I thank the Senator. I would ask the Senator to yield for a series of questions around two issues--first, comments the Senator made earlier about helpful reforms that could be made to the health care system and, second, the Senator's…

I think that would be one of the best things the opposition could do is make that plain.

I hope Congress still cares about the principle.

It is a principle of international law and American law: no use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians.

We should not put service members into initiating battle, putting people into harm's way if they do not have a consensus behind them.

I very much appreciate and celebrated the President's decision to bring this matter to Congress.

America's battlefields are historic landmarks that help us commemorate what made our nation what it is today.

I was proud to have supported this program when I was Governor of Virginia, and I am proud that 11 bipartisan cosponsors have joined my friend Senator Cochran and me on this bill.

The program also expires on October 1st of this year, making its reauthorization a timely priority.

What we are doing is attempting to establish a residual force that is clearly not an occupying force and that is clearly not an abandonment strategy.

If we cannot reach a bilateral security agreement that protects our personnel, then that is a default zero option.

An open, free, and fair election with broad Afghan participation offers the best opportunity to reconcile the whole of Afghan society

The political transition is the most critical of the three transitions that will occur in 2014

The troop number is not an end. It is a means to an end.

Presenting Patricia Ann Millett, Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

We will continue to work through the amendments to the immigration bill tomorrow. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. ____________________

I am not sure we have told the story to the American public as much as we possibly should.

Now this government in only 6 months in office has already passed labor reform. They have passed education reform.

I will certainly recommend to the chair that we come back and follow up on both of those matters in short order.

Are North American and specifically American companies... do they balk at the notion of signing on to accords that encourage organization and association rights of workers in Bangladesh?

I think both of you acknowledge that there is a significant complexity.

And just since this is an industry internationally that I have no expertise in, even with the concerns that you laid out, a sizable number of the European manufacturers signed on to the Accord.

You and your colleagues must have had a sick feeling when the building collapsed and the news came across the wire, given the fact that you have raised this issue as a potential concern that many years ago.