House Proceeding 06-16-09 on Jun 16th, 2009 :: 0:02:10 to 0:03:25
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Dennis J. Kucinich: allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the

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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: gentleman from ohio rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: we're destroying our nation's integrity with the war supplemental. instead of ending wars in iraq, afghanistan and pakistan now by appropriating only enough money to bring our troops home, congress abdicates its

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Dennis J. Kucinich: constitutional authority, defers to the president and asks for a report, that's right, all we're asking for is a report on when the president will end the war. ere's money, too, for the i.m.f., presumably to bail out private european banks, billions for the i.m.f. so they can force low and middle income nations to cut jobs, wages, health care and

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Dennis J. Kucinich: retirement security, just like corporate america does to our constituents. and there's money to incentivize the purchase of more cars, but not necessarily from the u.s. because a by america mante was not allowed. another $106 billion and all we get is a lousy war. pretty soon that's going to be about the only thing made in