Kit Bond
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bondis a former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53%–47%. He was re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004. On January 8, 2009, he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2010, and was succeeded by current Senator Roy Blunt on January 3, 2011. Following his retirement from the Senate,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1939
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development.
Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security.
In this instance, with the tremendous job that the guard is doing, it is absolutely critical that we provide the equipment that you need,
People should not be forced out their homes at the will of any private development,
The technology does not exist to accomplish what proponents want, ... If I had a magic wand, I would be happy to wave it and support a 90 percent reduction. But I don't.
It has become increasingly clear that if American workers are not supporting high tech products in demand today, they are losing their jobs.
We have very different philosophies on how we serve our country,
If Americans are not using cutting edge technology to extract raw materials efficiently, or produce record harvests, they are losing their jobs.
More than 5.4 million of the self-employed have absolutely no health insurance coverage, nor do 1.5 million of their children. In the end, we all pay for that,
Let me be clear: The National Guard is being fully active, not only in the work they are doing overseas but in their homeland defense activities.
This report has confirmed what small-business owners have been telling us for years -- the tax code is just too difficult for most people to understand and the IRS has not operated in a way to serve small businesses effectively,
Economy activity remains strong and more Americans are going to work each day. In the last three years, nearly 5.3 million jobs have been created.
The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.
It is U.S. workers who lose out when employers cannot get the high-tech graduates they need to compete with foreign companies in the 21st century economy.