The president doesn't get a line-item veto, so all the budgetary approps stuff is with Congress. Tim Kaine More Quotes by Tim Kaine More Quotes From Tim Kaine I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of. Tim Kaine stupidrunningthinking Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist. Tim Kaine racerightsdoe Maybe for John McCain the American dream means seven houses-and if that's your America, John McCain is your candidate. But for the rest of us, the American dream means one home - in a safe neighborhood, with good schools and good health care and a little money left over every month to go out for dinner and save for the future. Does that seem like too much to ask? John McCain thinks it is. Tim Kaine dreamhomeschool I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche. Tim Kaine simplesoundpeople The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector. Tim Kaine innovationenergyworld I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and we are one of the few states in the country to protect that right. Tim Kaine virginiagivingcountry I will always be a partner with the president of the United States. Tim Kaine partnersunited-statespresident When I talk to people outside the beltway, I don't think people are that divided. Tim Kaine dividedpeoplethinking The Trump administration has done some bad stuff in the international realm, picking needless fights with allies like Mexico and Australia, even using some idiotic and intemperate language about Iran, but there was one thing they did about Iran that I agree with. Which is if Iran is testing anti-ballistic missiles, it's in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. And we can't ignore that ... And they did condemn the anti-ballistic missile test. And I think they're right about that. Tim Kaine australiafightingthinking Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship. So if you're born here, but your parents don't have documents, they want to eliminate that. That's another 4.5 million people. Tim Kaine citizenshipparentpeople No great president in the USA has been primarily a me-first person. Tim Kaine usapresidentfirsts I worry that a Trump presidency doesn't show the true face of America to the world, but I think that peaceful protest all around this country, it showed to the world who we really are. Tim Kaine countryamericathinking The Holocaust deniers, some say it never happened. But more say, "Oh, yeah, millions were killed, but it wasn't directed at the Jews. They didn't suffer specially compared to anybody else." They try to downplay it. Tim Kaine holocaustsufferingtrying The terrorist threat to American troops has decreased in some ways because there's not 175,000 in a dangerous part of the world. There's only 15,000. Tim Kaine troopswayworld The job of a legislator is much more fixing existing law, revising it, improving it, than it is passing something that doesn't exist. Tim Kaine fixinglawjobs The way you make communities safer and police safer is through community policing. Tim Kaine policecommunityway When you ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from coming into the U.S., even people who accompanied our soldiers and helped them on the battlefield, but you say, "But, of course, there's gonna be an exception if you're a religious minority," - OK, so that means Christians, there will be a different rule applied to Christians from these countries than others - that's a religious test. And that is completely contrary to our national traditions. Tim Kaine religiouschristiancountry You have got to connect your land use decisions with transportation decisions. Tim Kaine landdecisionuse I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag. Tim Kaine punching-bagpunchingbags I think people are very focused on the economic issues. They want an economy that works for everybody. Tim Kaine issuespeoplethinking
