WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Alan Armstrong (R-OK), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) formally filed the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine's Defense Act, a bipartisan bill that would boost Ukraine's defense by allowing for the more consistent and timely provision of high-volume, low-tech munitions critical to the country's fight against Russian aggression. The legislation would foster greater investment by NATO allies in Ukraine's defense as well as build out the capacity of the U.S. defense industrial base.

"I've been to Ukraine twice-most recently in June...