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Search every verified Jim Kennedy interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. During a May 22, 2026 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Army Corps of Engineers Assistant Secretary Adam Telle about the reallocation of $1.4 billion in project funding to the Everglades. Kennedy pressed Telle on whether he made the decision independently or was directed to do so, asking, "Who told you to do that?" and later stating, "I don't believe you did this alone, Mr. Secretary. I think somebody told you to do it." Kennedy also asked Telle to identify which projects the funds were taken from, specifically naming Louisiana projects such as Lake Pontchartrain, Comite, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Grand Isle, which Telle denied were affected. Kennedy expressed frustration with Telle's responses, saying, "You can't spit in my face and tell me it's raining."
“Clearly we have to come to terms with the hatred that has been evidenced against one another and that's an underlying societal issue which I really blame on both the social media and its impact as well as of lost of loss of faith in institutions and loss of Faith generally.”
“Unfortunately it certainly was appropriate to suspend the campaign; I was on a Zoom call with both Republicans and Democrats last evening and obviously a widespread shock and prayers is the immediate reaction and concern for the country and for where we're headed.”
“Some of this animosity towards Donald Trump from the Democrat side, some of the language used comparing him to authoritarians, this comparison to dictators — that this has sort of added that enormous fuel to the fire which can lead to events like this now.”
“I know Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal wrote about that theme.”
“The rhetoric in this campaign is extreme and needs to change.”
“I think he may well end up being the nominee of the party.”
“What I hope is that both sides focus squarely on the issues — on the economy, on immigration, on public safety and international issues — and articulate their vision for the future.”
“I would say to Joe Biden I would say don't do the basement strategy again from 2020 get out there get out there in public uh in town hall settings in rallies uh he draws energy from crowds and show that he has the vitality and and the and the optimism to to be a great president.”
“I would say this year more than others immigration has risen it certainly was an issue in 2016 which benefited Donald Trump uh but but it's even more prevalent of issue this year because people see it with their own eyes in many of their communities around the country and so that's going to be a factor.”
“This year because of the age of each of the candidates uh the the who the people are as running as vice president is going to be a factor and discussed more often uh than in the past and that's why a lot of eyes are on Donald Trump in terms of who he is going to choose for his VP.”
“It took me about three months to figure out these materials are strategic critical materials for our economy and our defense system — and at the time the United States didn't have a single component of the value chain; we were literally 90% dependent on China.”
“The Pentagon is hopeless — it's basically a giant weapons bazaar run by a bunch of cronies looking for rewards in the private sector, selling weapons to unstable regimes so others will want more weapons.”
“I walked into the Pentagon and told them this is a national security issue — you guys should be developing a plan; the reply was basically, 'well you're here, aren't you,' which shocked me.”
“Rare earth materials are constituted by 16 chemical elements — they're the magic dust of everything that matters: electric vehicles, solar, iPhones, secure satellite communication — and 90% of the value for every rare earth used in every device comes from rare earth magnets.”
“Regulations effectively classified heavy rare earths and a large share of the world's supply as nuclear source material because of thorium byproduct — treated like plutonium — and that killed domestic mining and handed the industry to China.”
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News Corp's Chief Communications Officer Jim Kennedy analyses how the presidential election is shaping up as Joe Biden and Donald Trump look set for an election rematch. Mr Kennedy served in the Clinton White House as the President's Deputy Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Advisor to the White House Counsel. He later became Hilary Clinton's Head of Communications when she was a New York Senator and worked closely with Senator Clinton on her response to the 9/11 terror attacks as she successfully campaigned for billions in recovery and development funds. He also was a volunteer…
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