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Kirk Makes First Floor Speech Since Stroke on ENDA (Video)

By JM Rieger
Posted November 4, 2013 at 6:22pm

Nearly two years after suffering a stroke, Sen. Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill., on Monday made his first speech on the Senate floor since December 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnHBIIEhU2M&feature=youtu.be

Kirk, who underwent rehabilitation for more than 11 months before returning to the Senate in January, took the floor in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would prevent discrimination by employers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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