Tim Kaine

Democracy is in retreat.

Maduro gets support from autocratic regimes throughout the world.

These partnerships are a critical component of the resilience of these regimes.

I rise in opposition to the amendment, not because my colleague from Wisconsin is completely wrong about the need for WHO accountability. The facts he stated are facts that are troubling. But the bill that is on the floor is a bill to…

Democracy is in retreat.

These partnerships are a critical component of the resilience of these regimes.

I rise in opposition to the amendment. I support the notion of dialogue, of course, with our strategic partners and allies, but the purpose of this AUMF repeal is for Congress to reclaim war powers and not outsource them to the Executive…

I don't have an objection to the notion that the funds we are spending together in Ukraine should have careful analysis. We know from past experience, if there is not that careful analysis done, there could be problems. This is not the…

I respect my Armed Services colleague from Alaska, but I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Iraq is not Iran. The bill that is on the floor is to repeal war authorizations voted on by this body against Iraq in 1991 and 2002. Iraq…

I rise in opposition to the amendment. The bill that is on the floor is the effort to repeal authorizations for war against Iraq that were passed by this body in 1991 and 2002. These are not Iran authorizations. Iran and Iraq are not the…

We also need to invite other democracies to join the United States in stepping up their support for democracy around the world.

These partnerships are a critical component of the resilience of these regimes.

Most importantly, the democratic world must work together to help Ukrainians defeat Russian aggression, and to help the Taiwanese safeguard their democracy.

As Americans, we should not stand by and watch when activists and citizens are arrested and killed in their quest for human rights and basic freedoms.

the fight against liberal democracy is also a fight against the United States, who is the principal defender and proponent of democracy on the global stage.

Losing a square inch to autocracy outside of the U.S. is a square inch closer to autocracy inside of the U.S.

Democracy is in retreat.

If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security priority.

It seems obvious that supporting freedom beyond U.S. borders is more than just a reflection of our democratic values, but a strategy vital to our national interests and to global security.

We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence.

We must realize that we don't have the luxury of 'losing patience,' or giving these grotesque regimes even a shred of legitimacy on the international stage.

Maduro gets support from autocratic regimes throughout the world.

The United Nations has allowed some of the world's most rampant human rights violators to masquerade as statesmen.

A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats.

I would seek permission to speak for a minute in opposition. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.