Honorable Carolyn Kilpatrick
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Kilpatrick, of the Fifteenth 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 July 26, 2002, House floor debate on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002.I rise in opposition to H.R. 5005 because it eliminates the protections and rights of many Federal employees, violates fundamental rights under the Constitution, and defies a well-established appropriations process. These reasons make this a bad bill for the citizens of this…
