"Childress and Vignesh Senthil — another event co-organizer and Medicine student — said they were both grateful Senator Kaine and his staff were able to participate in this conversation on such short notice. Senthil was additionally grateful for Kaine’s honesty about what he can and cannot accomplish as of now. “There are people out there that will sometimes over promise things. We appreciate being honest about what abilities [Kaine] has and the party has in Congress to try to help out in some of these issues,” Senthil said. Looking forward, Senthil hopes the University’s interim, and future permanent president, will bring a return to normalcy for him and his classmates. “What we really want to do is be able to go back to being students. I don’t think it's in [mine or Childress’s] career plans to be actively reaching out to senators and Congress people to alert them about what's going on in higher education,” Senthil said. “We are here to train to be physicians, to train to take care of patients to the best of our abilities, to be great scientists and researchers… We want a president that will defend our rights to do so.”"
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Grace Traxler, Tim Kaine speaks to U.Va. students, discusses Ryan resignation and more", Cavalier Daily, 15 July 2025
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