Dennis Kucinich

I just want to say that you can talk about how the Democratic leadership is bringing this up at the time that there is obviously a surge about to begin, but why question the timeliness of the debate when in fact my friend in the minority…

I believe that Congress, though, needs to speak and to have a debate on Afghanistan and to be able to decide in our wisdom, if we so choose, to get out of Afghanistan, which is what I hope that we do.

Now, I understand that you didn't oversee the agency when this abuse of power took place. But you do now.

The Washington Post reports that nearly $1 billion a year in cash, suspected to include U.S. aid, opium trade receipts, or both, is moving from Afghanistan to Dubai, where friends and family of Afghanistan's President Karzai have…

I think it's critical that we track this financial reform legislation as it moves through the Senate to make sure that the provisions that were put in by Representative Paul are not going to be stripped. I would not want the Senate to…

Thirteen trillion dollars for Wall Street, money for Wall Street, money for war, where is the money for work in -- in America?

It's not up to the United States to be able to choose the government of any other country.

No. And, for that reason, the United States should get out of Afghanistan, stop the escalation.

$13 trillion to Wall Street, money for Wall Street, money for war. Where is the money for work in America?

Congress should reject any more money for war. Congress should start focusing on things here's at home.

It's not -- it is not up to the United States to be able to choose the government of any other country. And every time we try to do that, we end up in a mess.

No. And for that reason the United States should get out of Afghanistan. Stop the escalation. Congress needs to do its role and stop funding.

This is not good for the rule of law, democracy or capitalism.

I am mad at Wall Street, but I am a lot madder at the people who gave them the keys to drive our economy off a cliff.

We, the people, have rights. The Constitution exists to restrain government, not to empower it.

It is not capitalism, it is crony capitalism.

I want my country back. Let us get the government out of the auto business, out of the banking business, and out of the compensation design business.

It is a charade of political window dressing to make crony capitalism look respectable.

It may be a mystery how to fix it. I don't think so but the fact that it exists and the fact that the children in poor and minority communities are being harmed in a disproportionate fashion also is well documented.

Mr. Van Roekel has made it very clear, and I think everybody on this subject matter has made it very clear, you don't do this to somebody. It has to be done with somebody.

I am working on the firm basis that a young person entering the teaching profession today wants a workplace that looks a lot like their friends' workplace, where people are rewarded for their time, their talent, their expertise, their…

I really think you should look into this thing where doctors who deal with patients on a regular basis are having difficulty getting flu vaccine, and the chain drugstores somehow are getting in ahead of the doctors. That doesn't seem…

Let's politicize this moment, because this is one of those moments where we need to look at the bigger picture.

We have a primary health-care system which is not widely available to all Americans, with 47 million Americans without any insurance.

Mr. Kucinich talking so boldly about your public option