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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 29, 2019 a radio interview.
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
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By Warren Fiske • June 12, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 a TV interview.
"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."
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By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 5, 2016 an appearance in Milwaukee
The Democratic Party "is the oldest continuous political party in the world."
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By Alison Dirr • October 24, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press."
Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 26, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 a senate hearing
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 20, 2014 a news release.
"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."
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By Louis Jacobson, Nancy Madsen • November 30, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 20, 2014 a tweet.
Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is "closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond."  
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By Nancy Madsen, Sean Gorman • September 1, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate.
Bill Clinton presided over "the biggest expansion of the American economy since World War II."
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By Nancy Madsen • October 29, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 a TV ad.
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
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By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release.
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
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By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.
Says former Sen. George Allen voted four times to raise his own pay.
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By Sean Gorman • July 30, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 6, 2012 a fundraising letter.
Virginia women earn "only 79 cents to each dollar earned by men..."
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By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
"We’ve now gained private sector jobs 12 months in a row."
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By Jacob Geiger • March 2, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."
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By Sean Gorman • February 26, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 19, 2010 a TV interview.
Republican plan to extend Bush tax cuts "would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades."
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By Warren Fiske • November 11, 2010