I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I’m pretty disappointed in Sony Pictures’ decision to pull ‘The Interview’ under pressure from North Korea. Mark Kirk Read Quote
For those of us who want to accomplish something for the country, we need to come up with a list … of anti-spending reforms which are locked into place so we are dramatically lowering the appetite of the federal government over the future. Mark Kirk Read Quote
Donald Trump is kind of a riverboat gamble. He won the Illinois primary; in this case, we have seen the Republican vote up and the Democratic vote down, so it looks like it’s a net benefit. Mark Kirk Read Quote
The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get ‘yes’ or ‘no’ votes. Your whole job is to either say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and explain why. Mark Kirk Read Quote
It’s okay to take the food out of the mouths of the citizens from a government that’s plotting an attack directly on American soil. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I’ve been thinking, in an age of Trump where you don’t know the direction of the country, the person you need most is a steady conservative hand like Mark Kirk in the Senate to be advising the president, especially on national security topics … which is my particular expertise after 23 years in the Navy. Mark Kirk Read Quote
The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I’m still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I would say that I definitely became much more religious. They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and this stroke put me into a very deep foxhole. Yet that feeling of faith sustained me, so I have no feelings of anger or regret. Mark Kirk Read Quote
