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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.

Feb 10, 2016

I don't really view you as working for the Administration, I view you as working for the American people.

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Feb 10, 2016

Just to interrupt you, please, listen, you can't borrow your way out of debt.

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Jan 7, 2016

When we testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, we heard not only from the gun lobby, but from United States Senators that expanding background checks will, not may, will lead to a registry, which will lead to confiscation…

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Dec 3, 2015

I think, the one thing that this highlights as does the shooting in Colorado Springs a week before and the one before that, and before that, is that we have a serious gun violence issue. We have a lot of people that die every year, up to…

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Dec 3, 2015

So we've got to, you know, we've got to compel, you know, our citizens out here to really care about this issue.

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Dec 3, 2015

I mean, to have the opportunity for the United States Senate to, you know, vote to close this terror gap. I mean, we have a large number of people on the terrorist watch list. They currently have easy access to firearms here in the United…

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Dec 3, 2015

Hopefully at some point, members of Congress will see that this is something the people want and it will bring down the death rate from gun violence and it is something they should do.

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Nov 16, 2015

cash money, as opposed to food that has a U.S. flag on it, is much less effective in feeding that population.

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Nov 16, 2015

the places where our terrorists are being trained that are attacking this nation are places where they don't have food.

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Nov 16, 2015

Your capacity needs to be built so that we can send the right amount of tanks, Brads, self-propelled Howitzers...

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