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Mark Kelly

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Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician, engineer, and former astronaut currently serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Senate in a special election held in November 2020 and officially took office on December 2, 2020. Kelly has focused on various issues during his tenure, including veterans' affairs, healthcare, and gun control, reflecting his commitment to public service and safety.

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Feb 23, 2025

It's the United States that is the anchor of this alliance and Donald Trump is abandoning that.

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Feb 23, 2025

If we get into the habit of aligning with violent dictators who, you know, were not elected into office, people like Vladimir Putin. I mean, it has put us in a, you know, situation that we haven't been in nearly a century.

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Feb 23, 2025

It sends a message that Donald Trump has aligned himself with Russia and not with our allies.

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Feb 23, 2025

This makes our country look weak and we are less safe because of it.

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Feb 23, 2025

It's clear who the aggressor is. It's clear who the war criminal is.

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Feb 23, 2025

It's shocking, you know, that after 80 years, in a few days, Donald Trump just blew up the western alliance, I mean, completely

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Feb 18, 2025

Elon Musk is not a serious guy.

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Feb 13, 2025

Elon Musk is not a serious guy.

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Feb 11, 2025

The next couple of years are going to be challenging for our national security as we face threats that grow more complicated every day. We need someone who can meet these challenges. Tulsi Gabbard is not that person.

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Jan 28, 2025

How does this line up with backing the blue? I don’t get it.

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Jan 13, 2025

I think its a pretty simple answer, and it should be, you know, if you're SecDef and the president tells you to do something that's clearly unconstitutional or illegal, you should tell him that and you can refuse to carry out an order of…

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Jan 13, 2025

Did you take your staff, including young female staff members, to a strip club?

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Jan 13, 2025

When I walked out of the hearing I have to say I was more concerned about his transparency. He talks about personal issues without specifying what those were, and then when asked about what I think the personal issues might be, and some of…

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Jan 13, 2025

Well, Erin, I walked into that hearing this morning very concerned about his experience to do the job. Defense Department is a huge organization, $850 billion a year budget, 3 million people. He didn't seem to have the requisite experience…

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Dec 2, 2024

On behalf of the majority leader, I ask the Chair to execute the order of November 20 with respect to the Murphy nomination. ____________________

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Oct 6, 2024

It's up to us, the people who serve in Congress and in the White House, to get the information out there that there is a tremendous amount of misinformation in this election.

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Oct 6, 2024

It's tragic when any innocent person, whether it's an American or a Palestinian, lose their life in a conflict.

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Oct 6, 2024

Israel has a right to defend itself, not only from Hamas, but from Hezbollah and from the Iranians.

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Oct 6, 2024

I and my wife, we feel for the community here who's been affected by this. And that's why the vice president was out here earlier, a few days ago, meeting with that community.

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Oct 6, 2024

This has gone from what was chaos and a crisis at our southern border to somewhat manageable.

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Oct 6, 2024

We need to do a better job getting the message out to the American people that there is a huge amount of misinformation.

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Oct 6, 2024

Israel has a right to defend itself, not only from Hamas, but from Hezbollah and from the Iranians.

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Oct 6, 2024

When you can't do that, Margaret, when a former president interrupts the legislative process, the way he did, which is the most hypocritical thing I have ever seen in my 3.5 years in the Senate…

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Oct 6, 2024

The right long-term policy is to do this through legislation.

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Oct 6, 2024

This was bipartisan. This isn't. But the legislation was killed by Donald Trump.

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