Tim Kaine

I rise to seek consent to advance the nomination of a Virginian and friend, Leopoldo Martinez, to be Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank. The IDB is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Ms. SINEMA). Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--Executive Calendar

today I am introducing a bill to make the process of siting natural gas pipelines fairer, more transparent, and more responsive to landowner concerns. For some time now, I have been listening to Virginians with passionate views on the…

Our intentions have been good and our efforts have been strong, and our generosity, particularly when compared with other nations, has been notable.

I think the efforts of the last three administrations to use U.S. influence for a significant positive outcome in Venezuela have all been failures.

there is not a reason for the United States to be footing 75 percent of this bill when we are also doing so much elsewhere.

I rise to speak about a very important provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that combines the three pillars of the act: healthcare, energy, and tax reform. That provision is a permanent funding fix for the Black Lung Benefits Program…

I am so pleased to be on the floor today to join with Senator Murray, Senator Schumer, and Senator Blumenthal to talk about the critical importance of childcare. I will speak in about 40 minutes about a piece of this bill, the black lung…

the last thing I want to say is a thank- you. I have a staffer in the room, Karishma Merchant, who has staffed me on the HELP Committee since before I was on the HELP Committee, and she is leaving me to take a wonderful job at Jobs for the…

my remarks are coming about 6 minutes after I was intending to start. I would ask for permission to complete my remarks before the vote begins. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Kaine…

I have one request for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the fo11owing…

for nearly half a century, the Supreme Court held that the right to make reproductive decisions was protected by the 14th Amendment. Generations of women have relied on the freedom to make reproductive health decisions as a matter of…

Ultimately military personnel officials make the decision best for the defense mission.

Good morning to all. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.

I hope it will be an opportunity for substantive engagement with our Africa partners on important topics that also have budget implications for discussion today.

That is a good way to get started. I am going to follow up.

I really hope that this is more than just an announcement by these countries, but that we quickly put some meat on the bone.

Over the last 2 years we have seen some dramatic backsliding of democracy in Africa, as Senator Van Hollen has indicated, most clearly demonstrated by numerous coups without a single case of return to constitutional democratic rule.

It just seems like trade is not a priority.

I am a pro-trade guy.

Virginia has a fairly sizable Ethiopian diaspora community and they are very, very focused on the challenges there.

The discrimination was not accidental. It was intentional, and the discrimination was perpetrated by the State Department and by Congress.

The phrase comes, as you both know, from the forced famine that was visited upon Ukrainians and others by Stalin in 1932 and 1933.

I think that, again, they are raising pressure on food supplies and prices by blocking the Ukrainian grain.

Vladimir Putin has aims to be a great Russian leader. He probably thinks of himself in the Peter the Great category, but the real analogy is Stalin.