House Proceeding on Jul 24th, 2009 :: 0:02:30 to 0:03:35
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Dennis J. Kucinich: five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speakepro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: the health care debate ends up being a debate about the legitimacy of our political system. if this is a government by the

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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: people and for the people, then why do we not already have a health care system which meets the needs of all the people? is it because we have a market based for profit health care system? why do we have 50 million americans uninsured and another 50 million americans underinsured? why are most bankruptcies

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Dennis J. Kucinich: connected to people being so heavily in debt for hospital bills? america faces not only a health crisisut a spiritual crisis. when health insurance and other interest groups stand between the people and their government, extracting the wealth of our nation and appropriating it to few at the expense of the many, placing

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Dennis J. Kucinich: the burden of illness and a brevity of life.