Honorable Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Kilpatrick, of the Thirteenth District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. She served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1978 to 1996. She is a member of the Appropriations Committee. The following is from the May 3, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.At the beginning of every Congress, every member of this august body takes an oath to "defend and protect the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic." It is an oath that I am…
