Honorable John Kerry
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Kerry was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He served as Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County (MA) from 1976 to 1981 and as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1984. He chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and also serves on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet; and Finance, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment to S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. This is obviously a…
