EXCERPT:
KAINE: "Well, Kristen, I didn’t vote for just that. We got a couple of other key wins for the American people that led me to switch my no vote to yes. So we got full-year funding for the snap program that President Trump and the Republicans have been trying to gut, robust funding to protect 45 million Americans who rely on snap and full-year funding for some other important priorities like the veterans administration. When I joined the negotiation really just 48 hours before it came to a head, I was able to negotiate with Republican colleagues in the White House key protections for federal employees. Everyone who is furloughed comes back with back pie. Everyone President Trump fired since day one come back with back pay and most importantly, a guarantee of no mass firings and no riffs going forward. Those two items with the guarantee of a vote on health care, on a proposal that the Democrats put on the table. We didn’t have any of that on October 1. We had that by last Sunday, and that’s why I switched my no vote to yes."