Ken Mehlman
Ken Mehlman
Kenneth Brian "Ken" Mehlmanis an American businessman, attorney, and political figure. He serves as a Member and Global Head of Public Affairs at global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, helping assess and improve the companies in which KKR invests by engaging stakeholders & leveraging geopolitical & public policy trends. Mehlman also oversees the firm’s responsible investment efforts, leading the firm’s Environmental Social Governance programs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 August 1966
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know the answer to that question. I don't think it matters to the fundamental question here because at bottom, this president believes in non-discrimination.
There is no question we're in difficult political times, ... Meet the Press.
The public trust is more important than party.
We must take a stand against corruption right here, right now. Public service is a sacred trust, and we cannot allow it to be sullied by anyone . . . Democrat or Republican.
I think he's focused on a lot of things - working to help people at the White House and talking to people on the Hill about the agenda next year, and he's certainly focused on the '06 elections,
Maybe he was responding to James Carville, who warned the Democrats that the public wanted reform. The Democrats seem stuck in concrete.
What's been extraordinary about this president, Tim, and what's unique about this president is not that the administration is sputtering but rather everything he's taken on he's been able to accomplish.
You tell me who's taking what should be a moment of national unity and trying to score politically.
We not only heard it before 20 years ago, before George Bush in 2001 passed his tax relief, before in 2003 the tax relief were past, we were told they were dead. Before we provided prescription drugs for Medicare, we were told it wasn't going to happen.
We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.
Reaching out to Hispanics is critical to our future. The fastest-growing, and most conservative, segment of the population are natural Republicans.
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong.
I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.
Why shouldn't future generations and young Americans have the choice to earn a higher rate of return? Why shouldn't they be able to own their own Social Security so that Congress can't spend it on other things?