On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
U.S. Senator, D-Va.
4 things Tim Kaine said, verbatim, from August 18, 2026 to September 25, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Also appeared as: Sen. Tim Kaine
Positions
Disputes
“Will prices come down for Americans? Who knows but likely not as much as Trump has forced them up thru his idiotic Iran War,”
PBS NewsHour Trump announces US control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, and no one has published the deal ›
Others on this question
“helpful in the long run, but it's not going to do anything to change the price of gasoline at the retail station for Labor Day weekend,”
Disputes
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said in a statement Monday that when the Senate returns to Washington from its August recess, he plans to introduce a resolution that would bar military action against Oman.
NBC News Trump threatens to bomb Oman as the 60-day Iran deadline expires, and three ships cross the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday ›
Others on this question
“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them.”
“I don’t think they behaved very well, but we’d handle them very easily, just like we do other things,”
More on the record
As printed
“They have been carrying water for this ridiculous and illegal war for months and months and months and not listening to their constituents”
on Republicans enabling military action in Iran despite constituent opposition
PBS NewsHour WATCH: Senate rejects war powers resolution to halt military action in Iran as gas prices upend midterms ›
As printed
“And nothing makes you listen as much as an election staring you in the face.”
on GOP senators breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms approach
Fox News 4 GOP senators rebel against Trump on Iran war, vote with Dems to rein in authority ›
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