Tim Kaine in Politico.com


On Corporations: Protect banking industry's ability to serve consumers

Kaine was one of 70 senators who signed a one-page letter asking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray to try to "prevent any unintended consequences that negatively impact community banks and credit unions or unnecessarily limit
Source: Politico.com, "Banking Letter," on 2016 Veepstakes Jul 21, 2016

On Education: Protect LGBT students at schools, including gender identity

In May, Kaine wrote a letter to Education Secretary John B. King Jr. urging him to issue a clarification that LGBT students are protected from discrimination under Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities. Less than two weeks later, the Education Department issued guidance that transgender students must be permitted to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity.
Source: Politico.com, "Education Letter," on 2016 Veepstakes Jul 25, 2016

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