Dennis Kucinich
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Dennis Kucinich is an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio. He served from 1997 to 2013, representing the 10th congressional district. Kucinich is known for his progressive stance on various issues, including healthcare reform, anti-war advocacy, and environmental protection. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008, emphasizing a platform focused on social justice and peace. Throughout his career, Kucinich has been a vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy and has championed the idea of a single-payer healthcare system.
Jun 21, 2011
I understand, but you need to understand from our side of the table here is that a whole lot of this looked arbitrary to us.
Jun 21, 2011
We are talking about people who produce cars, people who make steel, aerospace products.
Jun 21, 2011
It's a chance to conduct oversight, but it's also a chance to take stock of a critical and successful government intervention.
Jun 16, 2011
When you have a National Labor Relations Board that is getting--that is actually going against a great American company like Boeing and telling them that they cannot create jobs, the precedent that that sends to any company looking to…
Jun 16, 2011
I respect that people in South Carolina are fighting for their constituents because that is what you are supposed to do.
Jun 16, 2011
But if, in fact, Boeing planned to transfer jobs away from Washington for the purposes of retaliating against the workers in Washington who were lawfully exercising their right to strike, would that be a violation of the National Labor…
Jun 16, 2011
If a company threatens its employees for engaging in strikes now or in the future, is it a violation of the National Labor Relations Act?
Jun 16, 2011
In looking at the National Labor Relations Act, Section 8(a), it describes unfair labor practices.
Jun 16, 2011
I am concerned that the workers' rights, which the NLRB decided have been violated by Boeing, would be further violated through any infringement on right to due process.
Jun 16, 2011
I want to associate myself with the remarks of Eleanor Holmes Norton with respect to this procedure.
Jun 14, 2011
If these guns are flowing to Mexico, basically what we are doing is turning a gun on ourselves.
Jun 14, 2011
We do need to leave the political piece at the door and try to figure out, how do we address this problem?
May 31, 2011
Are you saying that there has been no increase in homelessness or just that there is no increase in the use of homeless shelters?
May 31, 2011
When you have Wall Street accepting that a certain amount of unemployment is necessary for the proper functioning of the economy, I think that is a moral question.
May 31, 2011
We have a jobless recovery where the Fed is printing money out of nothing and giving it to banks, banks not loaning money to mainstreet so jobs can be created.
May 31, 2011
Why would you reduce anybody's benefits in a period where people are having trouble making ends meet?
May 31, 2011
Mr. Kucinich. I just have to say that seems like somewhat of a simplistic formulation. Do you really mean that to be what you say for the record because if you do, we have to go a bit deeper into this.
May 31, 2011
Mr. Kucinich. You said welfare checks substitute for husbands? Did you say that?
May 31, 2011
Mr. Kucinich. Mr. Rector, I just want to make sure that I heard you correctly. Did you say that welfare checks are substitutes for husbands?
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