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House Proceeding on Jun 24th, 2009 :: 0:13:50 to 0:14:55
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Dennis J. Kucinich

0:13:30 to 0:13:50( Edit History Discussion )

Dennis J. Kucinich: income. president obama was right when he said, quote, we are out money. our policies here in the congress should reflect that sober assessment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the

Dennis J. Kucinich

0:13:50 to 0:14:55( Edit History Discussion )
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Dennis J. Kucinich

0:13:51 to 0:14:11( Edit History Discussion )

Dennis J. Kucinich: gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: science tells us we must begin to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in the next five to 10 years. but according to an analysis by offsets expert and stanford law professor, it is possible that we could see no reduction of co-2 emissions until the year 2040 because of ofets and unlimited banking of allowances

Dennis J. Kucinich

0:14:12 to 0:14:32( Edit History Discussion )

Dennis J. Kucinich: in the new energy and environment bill. the bill allows $2 billion -- two billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. supporters of the bill point out that coal use will increase by 2020 because electric utilities will continue to use dirty coal, the prime source of

Dennis J. Kucinich

0:14:33 to 0:14:54( Edit History Discussion )

Dennis J. Kucinich: pollution. with two billion tons of offsets per year, we're told that it will reduce carbon emissions at places other than their generating plants. so they really don't have to decrease their emissions and coal fired co-2 emissions will increase through 2025. no wonder there are 26 active coal plant applications. increased co-2 emissions will

Dennis J. Kucinich

0:14:55 to 0:14:55( Edit History Discussion )

Dennis J. Kucinich: be our gift the next

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