Dennis Kucinich

The I-word from Dennis Kucinich -- the presidential hopeful believes President Bush may be setting himself up for impeachment by setting the stage for war with Iran.

At present, Congress has before it, for consideration in committee, an Iraq funding bill which will keep the war going perhaps through the end of President Bush's term. It would order the privatization of Iraq's oil and open the door for…

It appears that Congress, in the name of supporting the troops, will soon give President Bush the money he needs to continue the war in Iraq even though we don't take care of the troops when they come home. If Congress funds the war, what…

The House will soon entertain a resolution relating to the surge. It is a nonbinding resolution. The war, however, is binding. The supplemental resolution relating to funding will give Congress an opportunity to take some binding action…

Iranians and Saudis are uniting to try to avoid a war in Lebanon while the U.S. stays on the sidelines. Meanwhile, the Bush administration is isolating our Nation from Europe and trying to force Europe to block Iranian exports and freeze…

This Congress is about to climb a hill, and that hill is opposition to the escalation. But when we climb that hill, we are only going to be halfway there because the top of the hill we've got to reach, that second hill, is called 'ending…

This is the moment. We need to call our Democratic leaders to courage.

I have read the bill, and I underlined the sections that I expressed concern about. I am concerned about, as you are, anyone who wants to commit violence against anyone. Remember, I am the author of the bill to create a Department of Peace…

Well, reclaiming my time, I certainly stand with every Member of this House in defense of the rights of individuals to be free of bodily harm or injury under all and any circumstances. I think it would be a little bit easier for some of us…

Mr. Sensenbrenner, as I am reading through this act and looking at the types of injuries that would occur to people, it occurs to me that there are existing Federal statutes which come into play with respect to inflicting bodily harm on…

We have a right and an obligation to defend America... The truth is we never should have gone to war in Iraq, and the truth is we should bring our troops home from Iraq.

Casualties are mounting on all sides in the Middle East, and yet our government, representing the most powerful Nation in the world, stands aside and watches as civilian casualties mount everywhere. Why in God's name aren't we getting…

Wake up, America. This administration's lied to the people. They're selling this lie all over, and they're selling it here again to this committee. Balderdash.

The New York Times annual subscription, $309.40. The Treasury Department secretly looking at your financial records, very expensive. The Constitution of the United States, priceless. Some want freedom of the press to be contingent on…

On the evening of June 19, 2006, I was unavoidably detained and missed the rollcall votes for the following measures: H.R. 5540, the Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office Designation Act, H.R. 5504, the Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building…

The truth is Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, did not have weapons of mass destruction. The truth is that, in the name of fighting terrorism, we're creating more terrorists.

We're in Iraq in violation of international law. Iraq did not attack us. We have no right to be there; we have no right to occupy.

We have to talk about bringing our troops home.

This is President Bush's war. He's the one who told the American people there were weapons of mass destruction.

It's on his watch and it's his responsibility.

Well, I think that everyone knows that we're in Iraq for all the wrong reasons, that Iraq didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, that Saddam Hussein was not involved with al Qaeda, with respect to 9/11.

We shouldn't be there; get it?

Hussein is in jail. Zarqawi is dead. Now we should leave Iraq. Zarqawi represented a small portion of a large and growing anti- American insurgency in Iraq, a sliver of the non-Baathist insurgency while Baathists make up a majority of…

I understand, but the chairman, if we work together, I think that the consumers would have a better feeling that with the Chair being involved there is an opportunity that at least we could address the issue. I am not asking you to…

Would the gentleman endorse the statement of concern that I made so that the appointment would truly go to a consumer representative?