Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez, but he and Independent Charlie Crist lost in a three way race to Republican Marco Rubio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 September 1966
CountryUnited States of America
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President Bush's economic policies have failed Florida, ... His corporate buddies have shipped 70,000 Floridian manufacturing jobs overseas, and now it's time for Mr. Bush to get the pink slip.
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Because an injustice is being carried out in Florida, we have some people around the country saying maybe we should boycott Florida orange juice,
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If I have a problem, I will have 15 days to resolve the issue versus two hours on Election Day,
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The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago.
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The confidence of our nation was shaken by the slowness and inadequacy of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, ... a concerted effort to make certain that the tax dollars we appropriate actually help the victims and does not generate quick profits to big contractors.
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Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.
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It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.
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The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago.
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We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide.
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Tens of thousands of South Florida jobs are dependent on the trade and commerce that our ports provide, and we have to make sure that we spend our security dollars wisely.
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The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes and not local districts.
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I want to share with the American people that President Bush and the Republican majority in just 4 years have borrowed $1.05 trillion from foreign nations. That is selling our country to other nations because of the spending that is going on.
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For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase.
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Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important.