Mark Kennedy

on February 16, while police officers representing law enforcement organizations with over 100,000 members from every congressional district in the country were on Capitol Hill lobbying to save Byrne-JAG formula grants, police officers…

I believe that section 122 of this bill is an important public policy statement that says corporate executives who are not properly funding the pension plans of their employees should not be feathering their own nests with overly generous…

what a difference 2 years makes. In August of 2003, I was in Iraq, and every Marine I met wanted to show me the field that Iraqis began digging in as soon as they took control of it. A mass grave was there with 3,000 bodies, part of the…

meth threatens lives, safety, and health at great cost to all of us. That is why the meth provisions included in the PATRIOT Act reauthorization are so important. I am pleased this legislation contains several significant provisions I…

from keeping our children safe to winning the war on terrorism, we face many challenges, but few are like meth, which threatens lives, safety and health, at great cost to all of us. I am pleased that this conference report contains many…

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…

this week is the 25th anniversary of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. When President Reagan first announced National Crime Victims' Rights Week, he said, ``For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our…

I, too, want to thank my distinguished colleague from Arizona for organizing this time for us to pay our respects to a man who has had a profound impact on our world and a profound impact on the oppressed throughout this world. We feel sad…

First of all, there was a statement of opposition from the State of Texas without really seeing our amendment, and so I have a call in and have not yet had a return call from the commissioner in Texas. We would be happy to work with them…

I respect the leadership of the chairman and his commitment to work to try to figure out whether we can have tolls be part of the solution in a fiscally responsible way. I would suggest it is not every DOT that is opposing it. Minnesota is…

This amendment addresses the big issues surrounding this year's road bill. How do we meet expanding capacity? How do we do so without increasing taxes or expanding the deficit? How do we address an over reliance on the gas tax? The degree…

I would agree we need to give States more flexibility. First of all, Mr. Poole pulled his name off the letter the gentleman referred to when they saw the actual wording on our amendment. Second, value pricing would have more use, I am…

I grew up as a minority; not in the traditional sense, but as an Irish Catholic in the land of Scandinavian Lutherans. The option of attending Catholic schools was not really available to my family, until we attended college. When that…

I too rise in support of the Stock Option Accounting Reform Act. This is about innovation that drives our economy. So many businesses have stock options as a primary tool to get the innovative juices of their employees going. It also…

I share his great concern with the fact that half the people in this world live on less than $2 a day, that half the people in this world have not made a phone call, that one-fifth of the people do not have safe drinking water, and that…

I believe there is a dramatically different face, and I would like to describe it to the Members. In a recent news story, Lt. Riley Sharon, an Army emergency room charge nurse from St. Cloud, Minnesota, a city I am proud to represent, and…

our country had suffered its fair share of lumps in the 1970s, and in 1980 we were looking for a leader who would draw a line in the sand and say ``no more.'' We found that rare man in Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan succeeded where others…

These AHPs, or association health plans, are a critical link in lowering the uninsured. Just repeating what you said, 60 percent of the uninsured are employed by companies that really have a hard time getting availability of health…

we have also added other things in the Medicare bill that we just passed to get us going in this direction. We have strong incentives and encouragement for health care providers to do electronic prescriptions so that we not only have…

I can tell my colleague that the health savings accounts let your father and your family be in control. If a young person starts out and they are putting away the maximum amount you can into a health savings account and they live a healthy…

Health care will be allocated by some means. If it is totally free, totally available in a single-payer plan, then the government will come up with restrictions. We have too much today, even in this country, of government deciding to…

I would just compare this to how you get your auto insurance. When you buy auto insurance, your auto insurance does not cover filling up with gas. It does not cover the oil change. It does not cover the car wash. It does not cover a whole…

I really think ending the marriage penalty is one of the most important accomplishments that we have had in the last couple of Congresses. We should be encouraging marriage, not discouraging marriage. Married couples should not receive an…

Our FAST Act does provide for those connections. It does provide for maintenance, and it is a perfect complement to some of the most efficient transit options that are out there in the form of bus rapid transit. If you use congestion…