[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce myself as 
I undertake this awesome responsibility to serve the citizens of Utah's 
Third Congressional District.
  My name is  Mike Kennedy, and I am both a physician and an attorney.
  As a doctor, I am a trained listener. As a lawyer, I am a trained 
advocate. As a legislator, I intend to honor the promises I made to my 
constituents when I asked for their votes: to take seriously the 
problems we confront, which include a porous border and a massive 
national debt. I will be a foe to those who would work to turn the 
people over to the government and a friend to those who will turn the 
government over to the people.
  Our common oath, when we begin this service, is to defend the 
Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is a call to 
actively search for all that unites us in our common citizenship 
without fear or favor.
  The vision of our Founders, that we be ``one Nation under God, 
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,'' burns brightly in me 
and will be my daily touchstone as I do the work of the people.
  Mr. Speaker, let us go forward with renewed energy to keep all that 
makes America the great country that we know it to be.

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