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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.

Jul 9, 2012

We are not talking, by the way, gentlemen, about union jobs and non-union jobs, Republican jobs and Democrat jobs; we are talking about American jobs.

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Jul 9, 2012

It is offensive to me that somebody was picked to win and the other people were picked to lose.

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Jul 9, 2012

The question is who was made whole, who was made partial, who was left out in the cold.

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Jul 9, 2012

What does that look like to the people who pay for all this, the American taxpayers? It is pathetic.

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Jul 9, 2012

Can we just say on the street we call that picking winners and losers, and who gets to take advantage of things that weren't available to others in bankruptcy?

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Jun 27, 2012

the thing about the American people, they trust us so much with the process, and they have great faith in the process until they find out they've been gamed.

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Jun 19, 2012

I thank my colleague from Tennessee. I really appreciate the opportunity to talk tonight. And I think what I've found unusual in my 18 months here is that when I look at a lot of the legislation that comes forward, a lot of it is proposed…

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Jun 18, 2012

But at the end of the day every single penny came out of taxpayers' pockets, it did not come out of the government; it was funneled through the government.

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Jun 18, 2012

The disconnect is so great here, it is so foreign to people who live in this area that this money actually comes out of working people's pockets.

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Jun 18, 2012

When we follow this Judas goat of taking money from the government, there are strings attached to all this money we take and there are repercussions.

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