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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.
The same geniuses who involved the U.S. in a war against Libya, who knocked off the pro-U.S. Libyan Government, who created in Benghazi an extremist shooting gallery which has claimed four American lives including our Ambassador, who have…
Well, it seems to me that if not in this Congress, the next Congress, that it would be timely given the fact that this issue is out there and the amount of coal that has been burned in the last couple of decades, that a study be funded…
In preparing for this hearing, I was looking at some interesting studies and some information to follow up on questions of the relationship between autism and environmental mercury, namely mercury that is airborne as a result of the…
As an ardent advocate of persons with all types of disabilities--physical, mental, or developmental--I strongly supported the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that protect families and individuals affected by…
Highly paid CEOs are in town to tell America how to avoid the fiscal cliff. The top priority of the ``fix the debt'' CEOs is to cut the essential commitments of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. No skin off their noses. Sorry, you…
The burning of coal is the single largest anthropogenic source of mercury air emissions, having more than tripled since 1970.
And my own theory is while there are studies that are out there that are implicating environmental factors in autism, think about this for a minute.
The releases from power plants and industrial boilers represent today roughly a quarter of the mercury releases to the atmosphere.
I will tell you, while I--I salute this chair for taking this on, because at the bottom of this you have special interest groups who would resist any deeper research on it because it's going to affect their bottom line.
Entitlement reform 2012. Let's see. Wealthy Americans are entitled to tax breaks. Corporations are entitled to billions in giveaways. Arms manufacturers are entitled to bigger contracts. The poor and the middle class? Well, they're…
Members of Congress, as Congress goes into the Thanksgiving holiday, we are going to be deliberating what we can do to help our Nation avoid the perilous financial condition we're headed towards. I have a suggestion that in a small way can…
American drones in Pakistan have killed as many as 3,378 people. Drones in Yemen have killed as many as 1,952 people. Drones in Somalia have killed as many as 170 people. We've not declared war on any of these nations, but our weapons have…
We put together a bipartisan congressional coalition to try to stop the war in Libya. That four Americans, including our ambassador, were killed confirmed our worst fears: that American power was being used to open the door for jihadists…
I want to suggest that when there has been loss of life of this kind in service to the United States, there can be no difference between Democrats and Republicans in desiring a hearing to discover exactly what transpired.
So no good is done to the security of the United States to politicize this tragedy.
The security threats in Libya, including the unchecked extremist groups who are armed to the teeth, exist because our Nation spurred on a civil war, destroying the security and stability of Libya.
You would think that after 10 years in Iraq and 11 years in Afghanistan, that our country, that the U.S. would have learned the consequences and the limits of interventionism.
I certainly hope that today's hearing is not going to be perceived as an effort to exploit a tragedy for political purposes 27 days out from an election.
I am disappointed to say, however, that although the chairman claims we are pursuing this investigation on a 'bipartisan basis,' that has simply not been the case.
It is a shame that they are resorting to such petty abuses in what should be a serious and responsible investigation of this fatal attack.
So I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing this afternoon, even in the midst of a campaign.
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