Mark Pryor
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"Mark Lunsford Pryor" is an American politician who served as a United States Senate/United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party, and he was Attorney General of Arkansas from 1999 to 2003.

Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pryor is the son of former Governor of Arkansas/Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor. He received his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He worked in private practice for several years until being elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1990. He was elected the state Attorney General in 1998. Pryor announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2001, running for the same Senate seat his father had held from 1979 to 1997. He was elected with 54 percent of the vote.

He was re-elected with no Republican Party (United States)/Republican opposition in 2008. During the 112th Congress he served as the chairman of the United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance/Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance. Pryor ran for United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2014/re-election in 2014, but lost to Representative Tom Cotton.

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Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.

In today's rapidly changing and volatile world, the United States must stay at least one step ahead of our enemies.

I believe it is essential that we close the security gaps that put our nation at risk, and I will continue to fight for the funding that will secure high-risk targets, such as our ports and borders.

Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.

As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done.

This is a new age in America. We must rise to the challenge, and working together, we will become a stronger nation.

What we know today is that children all over America have the right to learn-whether their ancestors came to America on slave ships or the Mayflower.

Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.