Tim Kaine

I think you are the right person at this challenging time.

I think the concerns about the submissions of budget on time are shared by both parties.

The American people are, of course, sick and tired of the gridlock that has paralyzed the budget process here in Washington, D.C.

The Senate budget that we passed invests in jobs and economic growth, tackles our deficit and debt fairly and responsibly.

Sri Srinivasan is extremely well qualified.

I care deeply about judges. Deeply about judges.

Sri will be the first South Asian American ever to be nominated to the United States Court of Appeals.

We are very much committed to helping children in the Medicaid program and in private insurance.

I support her because she is a nurse and she will always put patient care first.

I would love to have her working on my team.

Voting to confirm her is a vote that you will never regret.

I support her strongly for this position.

We cannot simply look and say, 'Oh, they are a member of x group. We cannot work with them on anything.'

Part of our counterterrorism challenge is the disruption of criminal networks.

Obviously, you know, we have--as a matter of foreign policy--we have every reason to see the Assad regime get ushered out.

I am intrigued with the winning-the-narrative argument that the Chairman raised...

The United States partnership with Indonesia has been fantastic.

I think Congress' role is to consider carefully different circumstances around different assertions of the use of force.

Your sense is that that has been a positive change because it gives people first a safe way to share their stories and then find out there are others that have their stories.

This is a fundamental issue of civil and human rights and we need to get it right.

The scourge of sexual violence in the military should be intolerable and infuriating to all of us.

Congress would be derelict in its duty of oversight if we just shrugged our shoulders at these 19,000 sons and daughters.

Sexual assault in the military also destabilizes our military, threatens our unit cohesion and national security.

I am hopeful that we can build on some of these initial changes which include: one, ensuring that all convicted sex offenders in the military are processed for discharge.

I keep coming back to the necessity for staying true to our principles, staying close to our allies, working hard with our partners, in particular China given their relationship, highlighting the human rights depredations in North Korea.