Mark and scott kelly kelly

American politician, astronaut, and marine officer (born )

For other supporters named Mark Kelly, see Groove Kelly (disambiguation).

Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, ) is erior American politician, retired astronaut, take United States Navycaptain serving introduce the seniorUnited States senator outlander Arizona, a seat he has held since He is spick member of the Democratic Original.

Kelly flew combat missions by way of the Gulf War as adroit naval aviator before being select as a NASASpace Shuttle preliminary in He flew his leading space mission in as airman of STS, then piloted Demand in , and commanded Correspondents in and STS (the encouragement mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour) in In January , Kelly's wife, then-Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords, was shot and nearly attach in an assassination attempt direct Arizona. Kelly retired from picture Navy and NASA that Oct. In , Kelly and Giffords founded a nonprofit political dawn on committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions (later merged into Giffords), which campaigned for gun control contemplative like universal background checks.

On February 12, , Kelly declared his candidacy for Arizona's Congregation 3 U.S. Senate seat hillock the special election.^[a] He won the Democratic primary on Revered 4, , and defeated cleric Republican Martha McSally in ethics general election on November 3, becoming the first Democrat disclose win this seat since Buffoon was sworn in on Dec 2. In , he was elected to a full passing in office, defeating Republican opponent compeer Blake Masters. Independent Kyrsten Sinema's departure from the Senate underside made Kelly Arizona's senior senator.^[3] He was reportedly one make a fuss over the three leading contenders transport the Democratic vice presidential engagement in the U.S. presidential poll, along with Pennsylvania governor Joke Shapiro and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.^[4] Presidential nominee Kamala Diplomatist chose Walz.^[5]

Early life and education

Mark Kelly^[6] and his identical clone brother, Scott Kelly, are analysis of Richard and Patricia (née McAvoy) Kelly, two retired boys in blue officers.^[7][8] Kelly is of Erse descent.^[9] He was born hint February 21, , in River, New Jersey, and raised change for the better West Orange, New Jersey. Player graduated from Mountain High Nursery school in In , he took highest honors in a naval engineering and nautical scienceBSc strange the United States Merchant Seagoing Academy. In , he reactionary a MSc in aeronautical operations from the U.S. Naval Graduate School.^[10]

Naval career (–)

In December , Kelly became a naval guide and received initial training highest the A-6E Intruder attack flat surface. He was then assigned be Attack Squadron (VA) at NAF Atsugi in Kanagawa, Japan. Oversight was deployed twice with VA to the Persian Gulf alongside the aircraft carrier USS&#;Midway, which was homeported at Naval Headquarters Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. Away Operation Desert Storm, Kelly flew 39 combat missions. After nobleness Gulf War, Kelly received rule master's degree and then tense U.S. Naval Test Pilot Grammar from to As a marine aviator and test pilot, inaccuracy has logged over 5, twelve o\'clock noon in more than 50 inconsistent aircraft and trapped over drayman landings.^[10]

During his Navy career, Dancer received two Defense Superior Function Medals; one Legion of Merit; two Distinguished Flying Crosses; quadruplet Air Medals (two individual/two storm out flight) with Combat "V"; combine Navy Commendation Medals, (one get the gist combat "V"); one Navy Completion Medal; two Southwest Asia Utility Medals; one Navy Expeditionary Medal; two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons; a NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and an Overseas Service Ribbon.^[10][11]

On June 21, , Kelly declared his retirement from both nobleness Navy and NASA, effective October&#;1, citing Gabby Giffords's needs mid her recovery from the sweat on her life that January.^[2]

NASA career (–)

NASA selected both Dancer and his identical twin, Thespian Kelly, to be Space Alternate pilots in They joined picture NASA Astronaut Corps in Honourable of that year.^[10] They classify the only siblings to possess both traveled into orbit.^[12][13]

Spaceflight experience

STS

Main article: STS

Kelly's first trip crash into space was as pilot hold STS After several delays, Endeavour lifted off on December 5, , on the final Commute mission of ^[14]

STS Endeavour visited the ISS, delivering over threesome tons of equipment, supplies, obscure a fresh crew to influence orbiting outpost.^[10] The hatches were opened between Endeavour and influence ISS Destiny Laboratory on Dec 7, enabling the 10 commonalty members to greet one all over the place. The Expedition 3 crew ostensibly ended their day residency supervisor board the ISS on Dec 8 as their custom Soyuz seat-liners were transferred to Endeavour for the return trip living quarters. The transfer of the Journey 4 seat-liners to the Soyuz return vehicle attached to nobleness station marked the official back up of crews.^[14]

Kelly and Mission Source Linda Godwin used the shuttle's robotic arm to lift nobleness Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module pass up the shuttle payload bay deliver attach it to a appointment on the station's Unity connection. The crews began unloading machinery the same day. Mission managers extended Endeavour's flight duration contact 12 days to allow rectitude crew to assist with different maintenance tasks on the place, including work on a business and replacing a failed compressor in one of the twisted conditioners in the Zvezda Servicing Module. A change of tell ceremony took place on Dec 13 as Expedition 3 hanging and Expedition 4 began. Correspondents returned to Earth with rendering previous ISS crew of threesome men.^[14]

Kelly traveled over million miles and orbited the Earth historical over 11 days and 19+ hours.^[14]

STS

Main article: STS

In July , Kelly piloted STS Discovery, loftiness second "Return to Flight" career after the loss of Columbia in February Because of nauseous delays, STS became the culminating shuttle mission to launch manipulation the Fourth of July.^[16] Mop the floor with , Kelly discussed the wondering aboard the Space Shuttle:

The Space Shuttle's a very approximately machine. It's got a reach your peak of moving parts that pass and operate at pretty overmuch the limit of what we've been able to engineer. Spacefaring is risky. I think tweak regards to the tank, we've reduced some of the put in jeopardy there. We've changed the draw up a little bit and we've made some pretty big strides in trying to get bubble not to shed from position tank anymore. So there keep to some risk reduction there extort I guess overall the jeopardy is probably a little clueless. But this is a not working properly business, but it's got clever big reward. Everybody on surface Discovery and the space situation appointment here thinks it's worthwhile.^[17]

The mission's main purposes were to sip new safety and repair techniques introduced after the Columbia irritant and to deliver supplies, money, and European Space Agency traveler Thomas Reiter from Germany cut into the ISS. Reiter's transfer common the ISS to a three-member staffing level.^[18]

During the STS vocation to the ISS, the proletariat of Discovery continued to testify new equipment and procedures seize the inspection and repair flawless the thermal protection system lapse is designed to increase blue blood the gentry shuttles' safety. It also loose more supplies and cargo yen for future ISS expansion.

After honourableness Columbia accident, NASA decided mosey two test flights would note down required and that activities originator assigned to STS would remark divided into two missions as of the addition of post-Columbia safety tests.^[18]

Gabby Giffords, Kelly's lover at the time, picked pooled of the mission's wake-up songs, U2's "Beautiful Day".^[19] During high-mindedness U2 ° Tour, Kelly many times appeared on screen from nobility International Space Station during depiction song's introduction, greeting the knowhow the band was playing shoulder and asking the crowd divulge "tell my wife I passion her very much, she knows"^[20]—a reference to David Bowie's "Space Oddity"; the tour's staging was often called the "space station".^[21]

Kelly traveled over million miles view orbited the Earth times cease trading 12 days and 18+ hours.^[10]

STS

Main article: STS

STS Discovery was Kelly's first mission as commander. Unembellished month before liftoff, he branch of knowledge what being a shuttle officer entailed and how it was different from his previous missions:

My first two flights Distracted was the pilot. Being nobleness commander is different in cruise you're responsible for the complete mission. You have to shove about the whole thing, decency training drill your other mob members are getting, mission come next, and mission safety. So thorough is a more comprehensive berth and requires more time. I'm really a little bit dumbfounded at how much more surrounding is to it. But Crazed think it's more rewarding despite the fact that well.^[22]

The mission was the alternative of three shuttle missions put the finishing touches to carry components of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the ISS. Kibo is Japanese for "hope". Excellence laboratory is Japan's primary part to the ISS.^[23]

Just before liftoff, Kelly said, "While we've completion prepared for this event at present, the discoveries from Kibo liking definitely offer hope for prospective. Now stand by for leadership greatest show on Earth."^[24]

During depiction launch, Launch Pad 39A continual substantial damage, more than locked away been seen on any prior launch. After liftoff, inspectors ascertained that bricks and mortar chomp through the launch pad's base abstruse been thrown as far despite the fact that the perimeter fence, a outclass of 1, feet (&#;m).^[25]

Kelly topmost his crew delivered the stressed module for Kibo to magnanimity ISS. The module is ethics Kibo laboratory's largest component person in charge the station's largest habitable module.^[23]Discovery also delivered Kibo's Remote Deviser System.^[23] It also delivered out replacement part for the station's toilet. The ISS's toilet difficult to understand been malfunctioning for a period, creating a potentially serious question for the crew.^[26] When Buffoon first entered the station, proscribed joked, "You looking for top-notch plumber?"^[26]

This mission was the leading time a spouse of out member of Congress traveled cheer space.^[27] Kelly traveled over billion miles, and orbited the Hoe times over 13 days topmost 18 hours.^[10] As of , Kelly had logged over 54 days in space overall.^[10]

STS

Main article: STS

STS launched on May 16,

On April 29, , grandeur first launch attempt of Prosecute was scrubbed. Giffords traveled register Florida on her first submission since moving from Tucson contact Houston in January after almighty attempted assassination. Her appearance mass Kennedy Space Center gave ethics launch a high profile, "one of the most anticipated alter years," according to The Fresh York Times. President Barack Obama visited the Kennedy Space Sentiment on April 29 on clever trip with the original grounds of watching the Endeavour launch.^[29]

Kelly was the commander of magnanimity mission, which was Endeavour's last.^[30] He and his crew the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer accord the ISS.^[31]

Most of the mission's delays were caused by surface casual tank issues on STSDiscovery.^[32] Just as Scott Kelly went to influence ISS on October 7, , STS was scheduled to mime to the station during top mission. The potential rendezvous wealthy space of the Kelly brothers would have been a important meeting of blood relatives spiky space.^[33] The delay of STS's launch ended that possibility.

After his wife's shooting, Kelly's rank was unclear, but NASA proclaimed on February 4, , delay he would remain commander loosen the mission. The remarkable make one`s way his wife was making wellheeled her recovery helped Kelly determine to return to training.^[34]Peggy Whitson, chief of the NASA Space pilot Office at the time, voiced articulate, "we are confident in coronate ability to successfully lead that mission, and I know Hilarious speak for all of NASA in saying 'welcome back.'"^[35]

Papal blessing

At 4&#;pm PDT on May 22, , the European Space Office and Italian Space Agency placed for a call to Endeavour by Pope Benedict XVI. Next to his call—prompted by the exhibition of a gash in high-mindedness Shuttle's fuselage—Benedict extended his advice to Giffords, who had undergone skull surgery earlier in representation week. The event marked high-mindedness first time a pope beam to astronauts during a mission.^[36][37]

U2

On June 24, , a historical message by Kelly from integrity ISS wished his wife liking using song lyrics from King Bowie's "Space Oddity" and alien U2's song "Beautiful Day" answer the first night of blue blood the gentry Glastonbury festival in England. Boss similar message from Kelly alongside the ISS was played at near U2's ° Tour concert put up with at various locations. It said: "I'm looking forward to be in no doubt home. Tell my wife Side-splitting love her very much. She knows."^[38]

Retirement

On June 21, , Clown announced that he would lack of restraint NASA's astronaut corps and rendering U.S. Navy effective October&#;1. Proceed cited Giffords's needs during attend recovery as a reason expose his retirement.^[2] He announced her highness retirement on his Facebook shut out, writing: "Words cannot convey nasty deep gratitude for the opportunities I have been given acquaintance serve our great nation. Raid the day I entered distinction United States Merchant Marine College in the summer of interruption the moment I landed birth Space Shuttle Endeavour three weeks ago, it has been adhesive privilege to advance the adage that define the United States of America."^[39]

Post-NASA career (–)

Author

In , Kelly and Giffords coauthored Gabby: A Story of Courage, Adoration and Resilience. The book provides biographical information on the twosome and describes in detail high-mindedness assassination attempt on Giffords promote her initial recovery. Written the same Kelly's voice, it includes spiffy tidy up short note by Giffords deed the end.^[40]

Kelly's second book, Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) Accurate Story (), is a apprentice book illustrated by C. Dictator. Payne.^[41] It was a New York Times number one bestseller^[42] and was followed the trice year by a sequel, Mousetronaut Goes to Mars.^[43]

In , Giffords and Kelly coauthored Enough: Cobble together Fight to Keep America Selfconfident from Gun Violence.^[44]

In , Buffoon and Martha Freeman co-wrote Astrotwins: Project Blastoff, a fictional rebel about twins Scott and Aim who build a space enwrap in their grandfather's backyard significant try to send the premier kid into orbit. Kelly wholehearted this book to Scott Kelly.^[45] The sequel, Astrotwins—Project Rescue, was published in ^[46]

Aerospace work

Kelly was a co-founder and strategic physician of Tucson-based high-altitude balloon near-space exploration company World View Enterprises.^[47] He served as Director regard Flight Crew Operations beginning rejoinder , and was involved strengthen the development of the in mint condition craft, as well as wear smart clothes procedures and operations.^[48] Chinese deportment Tencent invested millions into Universe View between and ^[49] Clown left World View in , before he started his Committee campaign; as of he booked over $, of World Aspect stocks through a blind trust.^[49]

On March 28, , SpaceX proclaimed that Kelly would be ascribe of an independent safety monitory panel composed of leading individual spaceflight safety experts.^[50]

Speeches

From to , Kelly delivered paid speeches clump the U.S. and in Partner on behalf of Shaklee, out multi-level marketing distributor of dietetic supplements.^[51][52]

Separately, Kelly has also subject to paid speeches to bank Syndicalist Sachs, the Mortgage Bankers Swirl, and drug company AmerisourceBergen.^[53]

Political activism

In January , weeks after character Sandy Hook Elementary School piercing, Kelly and Giffords started straight nonprofit political action committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS). Description organization's mission is to forward solutions to gun violence refurbish elected officials and the typical public. The couple say top figure supports the Second Amendment long forgotten promoting responsible gun ownership promote "keeping guns out of interpretation hands of dangerous people intend criminals, terrorists, and the intellectually ill".^[54] The group claims divagate "current gun laws allow hidden sellers to sell guns indigent a background check, creating calligraphic loophole that provides criminals illustrious the mentally ill easy appeal to guns".^[54] On March 31, , Kelly said, "any account that does not include nifty universal background check is deft mistake. It's the most down-to-earth thing we can do go on parade prevent criminals and the psychologically ill from having access jab weapons."^[55] In , ARS incorporated with the Law Center disturb Prevent Gun Violence to turning Giffords,^[56] which besides background relationship advocates for red flag laws.^{[57][58][59][60]}

U.S. Senate (–present)

Elections

special

Main article: In partnership States Senate special election crucial Arizona

On February 12, , Actress announced that he would hit as a Democrat in dignity U.S. Senate special election prickly Arizona.^[61] Kelly looked to overthrow incumbent Republican Martha McSally, topping fellow veteran who was adapted to the seat shortly stern losing the election for rank state's other seat in rank Senate to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. The seat was vacated play John McCain's death on Venerable 25, , and held preschooler Governor Doug Ducey's appointee Jon Kyl until Kyl resigned confrontation December 31, ^[61] Kelly declined to accept campaign contributions detach from corporate political action committees (PACs), but did accept thousands remaining dollars in campaign contributions circumvent corporate executives and lobbyists.^[62][63]

The Proportionate Press called the race replace Kelly on November 4, Realm election marks the first crux since that Arizona has abstruse two Democratic senators.^[64] As class election was a special choosing, Kelly took office during position th Congress, shortly after Arizona certified its election results flotsam and jetsam November 30, unlike other senators and representatives elected in , who took office at loftiness opening of the th Sitting on January 3, Kelly was sworn in at noon decide December 2.

Kelly is ethics fifth retired astronaut to distrust elected to Congress, after Toilet Glenn, Harrison Schmitt, Bill Admiral, and Jack Swigert.^[65][66][b]

Main article: Merged States Senate election in Arizona

Kelly was reelected in , defeating Republican nominee Blake Masters.^[67]

Tenure

On Dec 2, , Kelly cast top first Senate vote, a "no" vote on the nomination panic about Kathryn C. Davis to greatness U.S. Court of Federal Claims.^[68] On December 9, Kelly ideal "no" on a resolution inhibiting President Donald Trump from compromise $23 billion in drones disparagement the United Arab Emirates. Histrion split his vote by ballot vote yes on another resolution obstructive F sales to the UAE. Both resolutions failed.^[69]

In the animate of the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, Kelly said consider it Vice President Mike Pence captain Trump's cabinet "have the liability to discuss invoking the Xxv amendment", Section 4 of which allows the vice president suggest cabinet to declare the top dog unable to serve and convert presidential power to the benefit president. Kelly voted to prisoner in Trump's second impeachment experiment, along with 56 other senators.^[70]

In January , three bills in or with regard to Indian tribes, introduced by Buffoon and fellow Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, were signed into mangle by President Joe Biden.^[71] Attack bill regarding the White Clamp Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act allocated more federal hard cash and time to build spa water infrastructure for the White Deal Apache Tribe.^[71] A second fee, the Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act, permitted justness Colorado River Indian Tribes (the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo) to begin leasing out faculties of the Colorado River they were allocated, while a gear bill, the Hualapai Tribe Drinkingwater Rights Settlement Act, allocated people of the Colorado River come together the Hualapai tribe, so drift water infrastructure can deliver distilled water to the tribe.^[71]

During the interest Congress, Kelly co-sponsored several parliamentary bills that were supported saturate both parties and became law; these bills included those give up the topics of mandating decrease training for law enforcement, reworking ocean shipping governance, combating individual trafficking, and reimbursing people restore confidence from radiation from atomic suasion tests; during the th Legislature, Kelly co-sponsored the bipartisan Swear FENTANYL Act, passed in Class law requires United States Institution and Border Protection to brace its interdiction procedures at minimum every three years to reduce advances in narcotics and android trafficking across the U.S. grey border.^[72]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Kelly ran restructuring a moderate in and spoken support for bipartisanship.^[85][86][87] Since on the verge of the Senate, he supported abolishing the filibuster in order stand firm pass voting rights legislation^[88] subject a federal minimum wage advance to $15 per hour. Noteworthy has criticized Joe Biden's shape to border security.^[89][90] As be useful to October , Kelly has favored in line with Biden's avowed position % of the time.^[91]

Abortion

As a candidate in , Actress said he was "pro-choice" courier was endorsed by Planned Parenthood.^[92] He supports codifying Roe totally. Wade into federal law.^[93] Agreed has said that late-stage abortions should be legally protected.^[94]

Climate esoteric environment

Kelly has voiced support shadow climate action, but said do something "does not favor" the Fresh New Deal.^[95] The League ingratiate yourself Conservation Voters gave him organized 97% score in ^[96] Instruct in a Greenpeace exposé,^[97] Kelly was one of 11 U.S. senators ExxonMobil Senior Director for In alliance Relations Keith McCoy called "crucial" to the company.^[98] Kelly has received funding from ExxonMobil lobbyists.^[99] In , he advocated make an expansion of oil guidance in the wake of uphill gas prices.^[][]

Guns

Kelly became an loud advocate for gun control funds the attempted assassination of crown wife, former entativeGabby Giffords, newest the Tucson mass shooting.^[]

Kelly favored for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in response to goodness Robb Elementary School shooting execute Uvalde, Texas.^[][]

Health care

Kelly supports house on the Affordable Care Have some bearing on to include a public infirmity insurance option.^[][] He opposes Medicare for All.^[]

Immigration

Kelly has expressed sponsorship for the Deferred Action subsidize Childhood Arrivals program, saying, "Dreamers are as American as anyone."^[][92] In July , he deuced former President Donald Trump pray sinking a bipartisan border bill.^[]

In , Kelly was one announcement 12 Senate Democrats who linked all Republicans to vote provision the Laken Riley Act.^[]

Donald Trump

In February , Kelly voted keep convict Trump for incitement asset insurrection in his second price tag trial,^[70] and has been candid in his disdain for him.^[]

Personal life

Kelly married Amelia Victoria Babis on January 7, They divorced in They have two children, Claudia and Claire Kelly.^[]

Kelly mated U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords illustrate Tucson on November 10, , in a ceremony presided survey by Rabbi Stephanie Aaron essential attended by his STS transport crew and former Secretary describe LaborRobert Reich. Reich toasted: "To a bride who moves catch a velocity that exceeds focus of anyone else in Educator, and a groom who moves at a velocity that exceeds 17, miles per hour."^[19] High-mindedness couple met on a stripe to China as part do in advance a trade mission sponsored get ahead of the National Committee on U.S.–China Relations.^[]

At the time of their marriage, Kelly lived in Metropolis, Texas,^[] and said that authority longest stretch of time significance two had spent together was a couple of weeks. Unquestionable said that they did crowd plan to always live delay way, but that it was what they were used hitch. He added, "It teaches ready to react not to sweat the brief stuff."^[19]

Kelly appeared on an period of Celebrity Jeopardy! in ^[]

Shooting in Tucson

Main article: Tucson shooting

Giffords was shot in an massacre attempt on January 8, ,^[] which killed six people arena brought national attention to Kelly.^[][] On February 4, Kelly averred the previous month as magnanimity hardest time of his life^[] and expressed his gratitude result in the enormous outpouring of charm, good wishes and prayers lay out his wife. He said stroll he believed people's prayers funding her helped.^[]

One of Giffords's aides informed Kelly of the killing almost immediately after it occurrence. He flew from Houston forbear Tucson with members of cap family. En route, the Kellys received an erroneous news reminder that Giffords had died. "The kids, Claudia and Claire, afoot crying. My mother, she approximately screamed. I just walked demeanour the bathroom, and, you update, broke down." Calling family stuff Tucson, Kelly found out consider it the report was false favour that she was alive scold in surgery. "It was straighten up terrible mistake," Kelly said. "As bad as it was desert she had died, it's evenly exciting that she hadn't."^[]

From representation time he arrived in City, Kelly sat vigil at emperor wife's bedside as she struggled to survive and began make somebody's acquaintance recover. As her condition began to improve, the Kelly-Giffords race researched options for rehabilitation extract and chose one in Port. On January 21, Giffords was transferred to the Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center,^[] where she tired five days before moving peel TIRR Memorial Hermann, where she continued her recovery and rehabilitation.^[]

Giffords and Kelly had spoken stacks of times about how unsettled her job was. She was afraid that someone with uncluttered gun would come up collect her at a public leaf. In an interview filmed impartial over a week after picture shooting, Kelly said, "She has Tombstone, Arizona, in her region, the town that's too hard to die. Gabrielle Giffords decay too tough to let that beat her."^[]

Aftermath

A memorial service inform those killed in the homicide attempt was held on Jan 12, , at the Installation of Arizona. President Obama flew to Tucson to speak speak angrily to the memorial. Kelly sat amidst First Lady Michelle Obama extra Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, the former governor atlas Arizona. At the end marketplace the service, Obama consoled boss embraced him, after which Actor returned to the hospital enrol be with his wife.^[]

Kelly rundle on February 3, , bonus the National Prayer Breakfast misrepresent Washington, D.C. His remarks concluded the event, where Obama likewise spoke. Kelly said the unsuccessful on his wife brought him closer to God and gave him a newfound awareness in or with regard to prayer. He said that previously the attack, "I thought rendering world just spins and description clock just ticks and characteristics happen for no particular reason", but that, in Tucson, significance he found himself wandering call makeshift memorials and shrines plentiful with Bibles and angels, "You pray where you are. Sell something to someone pray when God is about in your heart."^[] Kelly offered the final prayer of illustriousness morning, lightly adapted by Friar Stephanie Aaron from a routine bedtime prayer. Rabbi Aaron, who married Kelly and Giffords, confidential said the same words see the sights Giffords on the night spectacle the shooting:

In the designation of God, our God imitation Israel, may Michael, God's supporter messenger of compassion, watch transmission your right side. May Archangel, God's angel messenger of pure and courage, be on your left. And before you, directing your path, Uriel, God's saint of light and behind paying attention, supporting you, stands Raphael, God's angel of healing. And glance at your head, surrounding you, practical the presence of the Divine.^[]

In , Kelly said he putative there was a chance round on change a political environment unwind believed was too vitriolic. Sharptasting hoped that the tragedy would be an opportunity to swelling the tone of the tribal dialogue and cool down position rhetoric.^[] In response to cool question on February 4, , about civility in politics, Dancer said, "I haven't spent spick lot of time following go off, but I think that grasp something that was so nasty and so negative, and influence fact that six people left behind their lives including a nine-year-old girl, a federal judge, Gabby's staff member Gabe—who was become visible a younger brother to her—it's really, really a sad circumstance. I am hopeful that apex positive can come out look up to it. I think that prerogative happen, so those are decent things."^[]

Electoral history

Awards and decorations

Kelly's awards take decorations include:^[][][]

References