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Pete Stark: “What is awesome about this day is we are going to war. Maybe that message we just got in here was the war message, I do…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2003
What is awesome about this day is we are going to war. Maybe that message we just got in here was the war message, I do not know, from the President, but Iraq is a country where 60 percent of the people get their food through the Oil-for-Food Program. We have now told the United Nations take their people out, there is no longer any way to feed 60 percent of the 24 million people in Iraq. They are your responsibility now. You have taken that on by saying, we are going to bring you democracy. Democracy is a pretty empty thing if you have got an empty stomach.
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Pete Stark
California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of war in Iraq and the humanitarian crisis during a budget debate.

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