Political Quotes

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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Sep 16, 2025

Now it’s real,” when the tariffs hadn’t been implemented yet last spring.

apnews.com
Sep 16, 2025

Republicans can “vote with your constituents or vote with President Trump,”

apnews.com
Sep 11, 2025

We got a colleague, Mark Kelly, whose life was unalterably shaped by political violence. President Trump survived an assassination attempt, and then another assassination plot was foiled. It’s just too common.

nbcnews.com
Jul 29, 2025

It’s very disappointing that the Netanyahu government, not the Israeli people, but the Netanyahu government has choked off humanitarian aid since virtually the very beginning, but most brutally recently.

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Jul 29, 2025

What I'm doing in Virginia in August is I'm going to talk about Medicaid and Medicare and SNAP.

nbcnews.com
Jul 26, 2025

It looks like the Knesset is just shutting the door in the face of Arab partners who want to try to work together to promote regional stability.

theintercept.com
Jul 24, 2025

The Mexican government’s unfair targeting of Vulcan Materials Company, a U.S.-based company that employs over 1,000 people in Virginia, is harmful to the relationship between our two countries and severely undermines investor confidence.

breitbart.com
Jul 22, 2025

The Mexican government’s unfair targeting of Vulcan Materials Company, a U.S.-based company that employs over 1,000 people in Virginia, is harmful to the relationship between our two countries and severely undermines investor confidence.

theblaze.com
Jul 16, 2025

It’s a simple question, but the Trump Administration can’t answer it. Disgusting.

truthout.org
Jul 16, 2025

If the U.S. has ALREADY purchased specialty foods to keep kids from starving to death, should we deliver that food to dying kids or allow it to spoil, and destroy it?

truthout.org
Jul 15, 2025

Signal has not been approved for use by U.S. government officials for the sharing of classified information.

nypost.com
Jul 9, 2025

No one on Social Security would see any change to benefits as a result of the plan.

newsweek.com
Jul 8, 2025

Our proposal is also consistent with virtually every other pension plan — state and private — currently operating in our country, and it matches the strategy most nations use to fund their retirement programs.

thehill.com
Jul 8, 2025

The Treasury would temporarily shoulder the burden of providing benefits to Social Security beneficiaries — but when the new fund’s 75 years are up, it would pay the Treasury back and supplement payroll taxes to help fill the future gap.

thehill.com
Jun 28, 2025

War is too big an issue to leave to the moods and the whims and the daily vibes of any one person.

newsweek.com
Jun 28, 2025

I think the events of this week have demonstrated that war is too big to be consigned to the decision of any one person.

cnn.com
Jun 27, 2025

I will have Republican votes, plural.

huffpost.com
Jun 27, 2025

Decisions about UVA’s leadership belong solely to its Board of Visitors.

nbcnews.com
Jun 27, 2025

Everyone in the Senate should agree that this is a matter of such gravity and importance that we shouldn't allow war to begin without Congress having a debate.

cbsnews.com
Jun 27, 2025

There is no war without a declaration of Congress.

nbcnews.com
Jun 25, 2025

I’ve got questions about your willingness to follow through on your values.

nbcnews.com
Jun 24, 2025

In Iraq, we were misled into the war with intelligence about the Iraqi WMD [weapons of mass destruction] program that proved not to be accurate.

nbcnews.com
Jun 23, 2025

It is not in our national security interest to get into a war with Iran unless that war is absolutely necessary to defend the United States. I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could…

newsweek.com
Jun 22, 2025

If I were voting on her today, I definitely wouldn’t vote for her.

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