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Mark Kelly: I want to point out that in my home State of New York nearly 349,000 American citizens work for American subsidiaries of…

On the recordJuly 30, 1998
I want to point out that in my home State of New York nearly 349,000 American citizens work for American subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad. These are hard-working Americans that are employed by American subsidiaries of companies; and they, I believe, need to have the right to contribute their own money to candidates through employer-based PACs. It is a political right that is granted to all American citizens at this time. I believe that the political rights of all Americans should not be determined by where they work. I think it should be determined because they are American citizens. They should not be disenfranchised from the political process.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Discussing the political rights of American workers employed by foreign companies.

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