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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 6, 2019

Let's make sure as we leave this room today, we are the oversight Committee. Our main role is to protect the privacy and the rights of every individual American citizen, of which our President happens to be.

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Feb 6, 2019

the reckless sharing of a taxpayer's private information for political purposes would be unprecedented and completely outside the bounds of Congress' role as a legislative body.

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Jan 28, 2019

We want preexisting conditions covered. We want to make sure that employers can offer this.

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Jan 28, 2019

the most obvious part of it is the 'Affordable' Care Act.

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Jan 28, 2019

It is pretty simple, and the reason that it can be affordable is because you widen the universe of who is paying premiums.

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May 17, 2018

We are fighting against the NRA's top three priorities which is concealed carry, reciprocity, legalization of silencers, and getting rid of -- they want to arm teachers essentially and have more guns in schools that's certainly not the…

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May 17, 2018

I think he said background checks passed for gun sales. That was on a Tuesday. By Thursday, he completely I guess lost interest and about two months later he was the speaker at the National Rifle Association's convention in Dallas.

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May 17, 2018

It's our moral obligation to protect the vulnerable. The adult, the politicians are responsible for safety of our children.

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May 17, 2018

It's ridiculous. I mean, that these kids have to live in a country. These kids in Santa Fe or Parkland or 22 other places around the country just this year alone, that they have to assume that kind of risk when they go to school.

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May 17, 2018

I heard somewhat positive things from the governor and the lieutenant governor of Texas and Ted Cruz as well.

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May 16, 2018

I think there is total agreement on this Committee and throughout the whole Congress that we have to protect this program because it is so vital to our folks.

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Mar 6, 2018

There is no CEO serving on any private entity right now that would be looking at this and say 'I still deserve to be in charge.'

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Mar 6, 2018

The process of hiring is overly complex. It is too long.

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Mar 6, 2018

But if it is your money and you have to stay open, you do what is in the best interest of the people you serve and the money that you have to work with.

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Mar 6, 2018

When you ask somebody, So why do we do it this way? They say, well, that is the way we have always done it.

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Mar 1, 2018

Yes, well Walmart did that a couple of years ago with semiautomatic assault rifles.

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Mar 1, 2018

I think she gets how, you know, paralyzed Washington, D.C. is.

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Mar 1, 2018

Well, you know, she might have been right. It has a better chance at the state level and we've experienced that, as well.

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Mar 1, 2018

Yes. I mean, it seems like there's a big change over a 48-hour period.

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Mar 1, 2018

I mean, the fact that they can get into the President's office very quickly and within 24 hours get in the seemingly changes position in a tweet.

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Feb 18, 2018

it's a step in the right direction... anything like support for background check bill would be great.

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Feb 15, 2018

I think what we're going to see here over the -- And I hope, you know, over the weeks and months, that these kids, young adults stay engaged, push their communities in the right direction, hold their elected leaders accountable.

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Feb 15, 2018

But we're holding elected leaders accountable across the country. We're getting people to vote on this issue.

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