Tim Kaine

Chairman Ryan was absolutely correct; much of it is skewed towards the wealthiest Americans.

We need to ensure our students receive an education that offers them the opportunities they deserve.

Economic research by a wide spectrum of organizations has discovered harmful economic impacts from excessive levels of Government debt.

Recent Republican budgets have moved away from these critical national investments.

If you spend more than historical averages and you have taxes and revenue that are less than historic averages, you are going to have a challenge.

They want their government to be there when they need some support and to help make sure they have the opportunity they deserve to succeed.

I rely on my story, my experiences, and the experiences of people in communities across the country.

I do believe that his policy agenda is not being helpful.

It does not make sense to focus exclusively on slashing programs that help the neediest

I am going to make sure it represents the values and priorities of the people we represent.

You cannot fix a balance sheet without fixing both sides of the balance sheet.

The last thing I will just say to Mr. Murray, I was at the hospital that you built Monday, and you have every reason--you and your colleagues--to be extremely proud. That is a wonderful facility.

Yes, our constituents want us to take responsibility and tackle our deficit and debt.

We have to keep pressure on universities to control costs.

I always wonder about the fantastic graduates of the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice Academy... but I worry that we do not count them.

Our Nation's high school graduation rates are at their highest level in almost three decades.

What do we value? Where do we want to put scarce taxpayer dollars? What is important to us growing a vibrant and thriving middle class? Is it locking more people up or is it educating them?

When State funding declines, tuition goes up.

The House Republican budget took a very different approach. Their budget makes no attempt to replace sequestration in a balanced or fair way.

It is something I would like to work on.

Part of it is a lack of cost control in the university community, public and private.

I am looking forward to discussing this further today and I am certainly going to keep fighting to make sure we are moving our students and our schools forward, not backward.

We passed it after hearing over and over again that the Senate would not pass a budget. And we passed one.

Forty States. And if you look at between the late 1980s, when sentencing, mandatory minimums, three strikes you are out started to hit, the growth in State funding for prisons and incarceration dramatically exceeded the growth in State…

Every one of our babies deserves a system that starts them strong and supports them at every step.