Mark Kennedy

None of us like war, and we have made some mistakes in Iraq. We're facing an enemy that must be defeated. Leaving Iraq now will create a breeding ground for new attacks on America. That's the harsh reality.

None of us like war. And we've made some mistakes in Iraq. We're facing an enemy that must be defeated.

This is not about politics. This is about principle. This is about showing the kind of serious issue that it is and inviting the voters into having a debate.

This race isn't about the White House or the president. The last time I checked, the names on the ballot are Mark Kennedy and Amy Klobuchar.

In my last 10 seconds, I would just compliment and applaud the committee and the chairman for the great work that they have done in trying to offset the cut by the administration, but say with a two-thirds cuts in Byrne grants funding…

Where is the outrage? We hear stories today of two of our soldiers having suffered unspeakable tortures and left in a nearly unrecognizable condition, yet where are the cries of outrage against this brutality? Instead, we hear today of the…

At the chairman's request, I will withdraw my amendment under the agreement that in the future and once this program has been further defined by the USDA, that we work together to make sure that it becomes funded at the level necessary to…

Would the gentleman stipulate that the previously appropriated funds are going to be sufficient to cover any amounts going under this program during fiscal year 2007?

Just over 2 months ago, during the funeral of Corporal Andrew Kemple, a Minnesotan who was killed while fighting for freedom, vile slogans like ``God Hates America'' and ``God Loves IEDs'' were chanted by protesters, and I use that term…

I rise today, as a Member of Congress and a parent, to thank the many law enforcement officers whose hard work resulted in yesterday's capture of escaped child sexual predator Michael Benson. I would also commend John Walsh and the viewers…

Today I rise to thank the hardworking law enforcement that have captured an escaped child sexual predator, Michael Benson, making our family safer. I commend John Walsh and his program, America's Most Wanted, on their 888th criminal…

This bill does include many important provisions, and I am thankful for that; but I feel that we have not gone quite far enough in terms of stopping the revolving door from public service to K Street. It does not extend the current 1-year…

I rise today to recognize 16-year-old Katelin Richter, a student at Watertown-Mayer High School in my hometown. Katelin recently wrote an essay on the importance and relevance of the Pledge of Allegiance, which was published in a large…

I would just ask the Members to vote in favor of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy). The amendment was agreed…

Today this House is set to pass a historic bill, the partial-birth abortion ban. We have passed it several times in the past, but this time is different. In this case, we have a President who has said that he will sign this important bill…

I would just remind us to keep in mind that under Federal and most State laws, a live birth is when a baby is entirely delivered from a mother and shows any sign of life, regardless of whether or not it has yet reached the stage where it…

Partial-birth abortion, it is often said is there, to try to help the women's health. But so often it is detrimental to the very things that people say it is trying to help. So often women suffer from depression and psychological stress…

I am pleased to say that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in what has been a long battle. Tomorrow, the House is poised to pass the conference report on S. 3, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. This conference…

A Gallup Poll conducted in January found that 70 percent of those surveyed favored banning this horrible procedure. Even doctors agree on this point. The overwhelming share of doctors believe this procedure is not necessary. The…

Yes. And, Mr. Speaker, one of the things we did not see was all the planned-for catastrophes that never happened. We have challenges, yes, but the dams were not blown up, so they did not flood everybody down river. The oil refineries and…

The cost of freedom is high, but the cost of not defending freedom is far greater... that is the kind of grave, grave tragedy that we have recovered them from.

My concern is we are hearing a lot about the debt, and we care about the debt, but what is the goal? Is the goal to get it in balance no matter how it is, and how we get there really does not make any difference, whether it is raising…

That is just the IRS, not all the expense that businesses have had and families have had in order to fill out some of the most complicated tax forms in the world.

I would just like to make it clear that the way this is worded, it would be highly unusual this would be putting any American jobs at risk, and we have gone to great pains, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Nethercutt) and myself, in…