ICYMI: ON FATHER'S DAY, KELLY OPENS UP ABOUT FATHERHOOD AND BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:

In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sat down (https://senator-mark-kelly.box.com/s/xfw7z09bm5ugc6avp6pg3r31nu68rnfz) with CNN's Jake Tapper at his home in Tucson for a Father's Day conversation about growing up in a household where he and his twin brother experienced domestic abuse. Kelly reflected on the lasting impact of his father's struggle with alcoholism and the lessons that shaped the kind of parent and leader he wanted to be.

Watch the full conversation here (https://senator-mark-kelly.box.com/s/xfw7z09bm5ugc6avp6pg3r31nu68rnfz). See key excepts below:

On growing up with a father who struggled with alcoholism and violence...

"In the middl...