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On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I just would rather be in control of my future. I don't want somebody in Washington, D.C. who doesn't know me... to have a determination of what I am going to be able to do in my life.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Kelly advocates for personal control over one's future rather than government intervention.

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