{"id":56,"date":"2026-05-09T03:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/?p=56"},"modified":"2026-05-09T03:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:43:55","slug":"honorable-congressman-kerry-bentivilio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/2026\/05\/09\/honorable-congressman-kerry-bentivilio\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorable Congressman Kerry Bentivilio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2pxwcn2pxwcn2pxw-768x617-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2pxwcn2pxwcn2pxw-768x617-1.png 768w, https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2pxwcn2pxwcn2pxw-768x617-1-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_2pxwcn2pxwcn2pxw-768x617-1-600x482.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-congressman-kerry-bentivolio wp-block-embed-congressman-kerry-bentivolio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Mc4aJJolcZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerrybentivolio.org\/congressman-kerry-bentivolio-walked-and-bicycled-more-than-570-miles\/\">Congressman Kerry Bentivolio walked and bicycled more than 570 miles<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Congressman Kerry Bentivolio walked and bicycled more than 570 miles&#8221; &#8212; Congressman Kerry Bentivolio\" src=\"https:\/\/kerrybentivolio.org\/congressman-kerry-bentivolio-walked-and-bicycled-more-than-570-miles\/embed\/#?secret=eHWtwidXty#?secret=Mc4aJJolcZ\" data-secret=\"Mc4aJJolcZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former automotive designer and private and public-school teacher, the Honorable Kerry Bentivolio served with the US Army for 27 years full and part-time and is a combat veteran of both Vietnam as an infantry rifleman (1970-71), in Iraq in 2007 as an Operations Staff NCO for a Combat Convoy unit with Michigan National Guard attached to the 82nd Airborne Sustainment Brigade, LSA Adder, Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served with the 87th Mountain Infantry, US Army Vietnam, 119th Field Artillery, 177th Military Police Brigade as part of the S2 Intelligence staff, and the 82nd Artillery (MLRS) of the Michigan Army National Guard, where he served as the Battalion Master Gunner. He was medically retired in 2010 from the National Guard after a MEDEVAC from Iraq in 2007 for a neck injury he suffered during a rocket attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SFC Bentivolio was awarded The Excellence in Competition Badge for Pistol, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Award (2nd Award), Army Achievement Medal (4th Award), Air Force Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon (3rd Award), Vietnam Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal with Campaign Star, Iraq Campaign Medal, Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (3rd Award), Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (3rd Award), Armed Forces Reserve Medal with \u201cM\u201d Device and 20 year device, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Campaign Medal with Device 1960, and a Combat Infantry Badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SFC Bentivolio was selected to the US\/UK Soldier Exchange program on 3 separate occasions, representing Michigan Army National Guard,&nbsp;serving with the 101 Royal Artillery at Salisbury Plain Training Center in England and in Tenby, Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather, his stories are told in terms easily understood: What happens when a regular citizen finds himself in the extraordinarily irregular spot of being a member of the United States Congress? What happens when an ordinary Joe finds himself in front of a phalanx of reporters? Or when the man bumming a cigarette off of him is the Speaker of House?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerry\u2019s stories are what Congressional life is really like for those elected to represent us and illuminates why Washington D.C. seems so out of step with the nation as a whole. From envious local politicians scheming to undermine his time in office, to his greatest triumphs in our nation\u2019s capital, the Honorable Kerry Bentivolio can tell you what it was like to be blessed with the opportunity to be a real Mister Smith Goes to Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grilling Doctor Gruber:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-jK8-wEvct8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-jK8-wEvct8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holding Lois Learner in Contempt speech:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1rI7zmnPbkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1rI7zmnPbkE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OSGF Committee: IRS Abuses of Tea Party Groups.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0PUpy0m__g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0PUpy0m__g<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding road and bridge repairs without raising Taxes:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7R4jpJDHlws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7R4jpJDHlws<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015 Walk to Washington DC to support veterans:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FcPWAWJ6tay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FcPWAWJ6tay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:press@kerrybentivolio.org\">press@kerrybentivolio.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former automotive designer and private and public-school teacher, the Honorable Kerry Bentivolio served with the US Army for 27 years full and part-time and is a combat veteran of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-politics","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonencorp.com\/speakers-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}