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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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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

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 18, 2012

This has been the most irresponsible waste of taxpayer money that I have seen in my lifetime.

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Jun 18, 2012

So we invested--what was the total amount we invested? Sixteen billion.

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Jun 18, 2012

How about the American taxpayers putting $15 billion at risk? Was that being prudent?

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Jun 18, 2012

So the market wasn't created by a market demand, it was created by a government saying this is what you are going to do; you are going to do it with renewables, okay?

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Jun 18, 2012

The American people have a right to know how did this happen.

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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

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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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

There is just no money left for them to take care of their kids and to plan their future.

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Jun 18, 2012

But then you say, well, where did the government get the money, and you find out it is people who actually pay taxes.

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Jun 18, 2012

But it does come down to what is the return on the investment for the people whose money is actually at risk.

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Jun 18, 2012

The American people are starting to wonder, billions and billions of dollars invested by a government that picks winners and losers

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Jun 18, 2012

Sustainable jobs only come from the private sector. That is just the way it works.

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Jun 18, 2012

This is not a Democrat or Republican situation; this is where we took American taxpayer money and we put it down on the green.

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Jun 18, 2012

Our job is to protect the taxpayers.

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Jun 6, 2012

When I am walking in the Third District of western Pennsylvania, to a person, everybody I talk to talks about the crushing boot the government puts on the throat of small business people.

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Jun 5, 2012

The alliance that we have, right now, with South Korea is so critical both from a business standpoint and a geopolitical standpoint

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Jun 5, 2012

We are in a battle, globally, and would you want to just explain the global market to Westinghouse.

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Jun 5, 2012

If this agreement is allowed to lapse, or if we cannot conclude agreements with other countries for one reason or another, other countries will step in and take that.

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Jun 5, 2012

The American people are looking for jobs right now. And we are looking for jobs everywhere possible.

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Jun 5, 2012

There is no reason for this country, ever, to be in second place to anybody, anywhere in the world.

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