Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes

• No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

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• Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.

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• And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.

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• We believe in some basic human principles – everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

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• We could have a budget that brings Americans together.

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• Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina – the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.

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• In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

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  Tags in Billion, Gross Domestic Product, Alone, Depression

• I see the policy of opposing same-s*x marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

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  Tags in Discrimination, Bigotry, Marriage

• As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation’s security.

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• In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.

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• The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.

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• If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

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• My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

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• For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

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• My mother is still battling alcoholism.

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• In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.

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• Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

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  Tags in Measure, Standards

• Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.

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• I am a recovering alcoholic.

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• I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

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Patrick J. Kennedy (27)

Birth:	14th July, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Patrick Joseph Kennedy is the former U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Bristol County and Newport County, and parts of Providence County. Kennedy did not seek re-election in 2010. He is a member of the Kennedy family and the younger son of the longtime Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. At the time of his father's 2009 death, he was the last remaining member of the Kennedy family to serve in an elective office in Washington. When he retired in 2011, it was the first time since 1947 that there were no members of the Kennedy family in public office.

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