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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.

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Jan 25, 2011

They can track our every move, but they lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets.

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Jan 25, 2011

There is also not strong evidence that the Korea Free Trade Agreement will generate economically meaningful job gains.

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Jan 25, 2011

Prepared statement and questions submitted

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Jan 25, 2011

Free trade policies that have shipped American jobs overseas and left our domestic manufacturing sector in shambles.

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Jan 25, 2011

Targeting the right of workers to organize is no solution to our continuing economic crisis.

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Aug 15, 2010

It was a beautiful, clear day on August 16, 2010, when my family's lives were changed forever.

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Jul 27, 2010

The U.S. poured billions of dollars of military aid into South Vietnam to prop up the increasingly weak government and prevent the ostensible expansion of communism in the world. Now does this scenario sound familiar? Well, it should…

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Jul 27, 2010

I want to introduce into the Record a Gallup poll that revealed that 59 percent of Pakistanis view the U.S. as their biggest threat, and that 67 percent of Pakistanis polled were opposed to military operations in their country. Now, Mr…

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Jul 27, 2010

But I would like to respectfully suggest to her that the danger that's presented here is that this Congress ignores the WikiLeaks documents that point out a connection between Pakistani intelligence and the Afghanistan Taliban where…

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Jul 27, 2010

With all due respect to my friend from California, special operations troops are inside of Pakistan right now. Three troops have died. Maybe they didn't intend to be hostile, but somebody intended hostilities towards them. There is no…

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Jul 27, 2010

I appreciate that. So we have special forces now at least 20 miles inside the border of Pakistan by news accounts, and they want us to help them there, while Pakistan at the same time is helping those who are shooting at our troops in…

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Jul 27, 2010

I want to quote from The New York Times. You can understand how serious this debate is. The Times said, ``But the most alarming of the reports'' relating to WikiLeaks ``were the ones that described the cynical collusion between Pakistan's…

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Jun 24, 2010

I thank the gentleman. Reclaiming my time, the oil companies, let us stipulate, are not eleemosynary or charitable organizations. They make huge profits at the expense of the taxpayers. And they are making even more profit because the fact…

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Jun 17, 2010

What if the BP gusher in the gulf is unstoppable? This is a challenging question which is making its way through various blogs. What if millions of barrels of oil continue to flow uncontrolled from the hole in the seabed? We should be…

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Apr 14, 2010

I rise to express my strong support of and condolences for the people of Poland as they mourn the loss of their President, Lech Kaczynski, the First Lady, and 94 others after a tragic plane crash this past Saturday.

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Mar 16, 2010

I knew immediately that once I changed my position, anybody who made a contribution to support me, based on holding out and voting against the bill should get their money back, absolutely.

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Mar 16, 2010

I mean, the president is aware of that and I think, the whole country is.

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Mar 16, 2010

I want to help the states get the right to pursue single payer.

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Mar 16, 2010

I have decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation. If my vote is to be counted, let it count now for passage of the bill hopefully, in the direction of comprehensive health care reform.

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Mar 16, 2010

The bill is a terribly flawed bill that will lock in the privatization of health care, $70 billion bonanza for the insurance industry.

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Mar 10, 2010

I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman), who, you know, we do have a difference of opinion about this resolution, but we're united in the fact that this House should debate it, and any Member of this House, whatever…

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Mar 10, 2010

I would gently remind my colleague from Georgia that article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States places expressly in the hands of Congress the power to declare war. This resolution does not seek to usurp our Commander in…

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