Mark Kelly
The Public Record
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.
Arizona is expected to have the fastest growth rate in the country of people living with Alzheimer's.
We have to get serious about ramping up forest restoration and hazardous fuels projects immediately.
Would you agree that any major infrastructure package passed by Congress should include investments in hard infrastructure for water?
Arizona is bracing to lose about 18 percent of its Colorado River water beginning in 2022.
I would like to address this first question to Mr. Panos, and I would like to discuss the condition of roads on tribal lands.
These contaminations are especially concerning to me, because it is Arizona, and we don't have a lot of water like other States do.
I look forward to seeing progress on the uranium mine cleanup issue on the Navajo Nation.
These uranium mines, as you know, are affecting the health of thousands of Navajo people.
Arizona Republicans are only interested in auditing and reviewing the ballots where Democrats won.
I want to take a moment to discuss the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, of which I am a proud co-sponsor.
This bill creates a $50 million grant program to help drinking water systems invest in climate resilience and cyber security technologies.
I am glad that, at my urging, this bill reauthorizes the Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program, with a specific set aside for Arizona Tribes located in the lower Colorado River Basin.
I know our new Senator, Mark Kelly, has made this a priority in his short time there in D.C.
As Chairman, I hope to adopt that same spirit of bipartisanship and advance an agenda to build health and economic security for seniors, people with disabilities, and their families.
This historical legislation advances a bold vision to defeat the virus and begin to rebuild our economy.
Arizona is one of the top mining producers in the world. To get to a carbon free future, we need to have copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and other strategic minerals.
States play an essential role in licensing providers and ensuring that providers practicing in the State are in good standing.
There has never been a Native American at the helm of the Department of the Interior before.
I believe Mr. Regan is well qualified and will make decisions in a transparent manner, based on the science and in accordance with the law and the mission of the EPA.
Too often, EPA regulations have taken a one size fits all approach, which doesn't work for the State of Arizona.
Protecting the environment is critical to our economy and to our way of life.





