Dennis Kucinich

I want to point out for clarification purposes, and I thank the gentleman for yielding, that the result of this amendment would be both a count of the number of communications and an inventory of the substance of the communications. The…

I support the brave young men and women who are following orders that have placed them in harm's way. I hope and pray for their safe return. My thoughts and prayers are with them, their families and loved ones in this difficult time. While…

We tell the poor to get a job; and as jobs are drying up, we cut off their benefits. We call for the poor to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and then deny them boots. Some of my colleagues think that God loves the poor, he made so…

Throughout her life, Patsy Mink was a dedicated advocate for women, children and families everywhere. She was a seasoned policymaker who targeted failings in the status quo with real solutions. As a speaker at a conference on poverty…

We owe it to the memories of those who lost their lives on 9-11 to remember, to reflect, and also to bring to justice those responsible. We also have a similar obligation not to use the events of 9-11 and the great losses which so many…

I want to take what I think it is going to be particularly important for the conferees to focus on the work of the committee in insisting that the language of the committee's work limits the administration to action relating only to…

Last night the House passed a $28.9 billion supplemental appropriations bill, $14.5 billion of which was for military funding. Today the House has authorized another $10 billion for an undefined war on terrorism. Barely a day goes by where…

If we were to adopt the gentleman's amendment, how would this effect a beneficial purpose for the American taxpayers?

Reclaiming my time, where they have had success, they have been given advance information. Now in a real life scenario are they likely to have advance information on trajectory and speed and launch time? Is that likely?

So basically we have a system here where they are testing technology, but they are not accepting the results?

Reclaiming my time, let us just go over this now. My colleague is saying that in these tests they are giving advance information, this missile coming in, they have advance information on what the trajectory is going to be and what the…

So from my colleague's recitation here, what my colleague is saying basically and what has been testified to is that the tests have been basically tricked up to make it appear that this system works?

So they had earlier tests when even when they put a sign on it that said hit me, they were still unsuccessful?

Obviously, the gentleman from Texas's (Mr. Doggett) question is well taken because the Pentagon cannot pass a test of an audit. Not only that, but they do not know where their equipment is. Here is a case where 1.2 million protective suits…

If my colleagues' arguments are correct, then the House of Representatives in 1835 acted unconstitutionally when it passed the resolution stating that the Treaty of France "should be maintained." But, Mr. Speaker, in fact, no court has…

My good friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), points out that in article VI it says, ``This Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made,'' and all treaties…

Ratify treaties. But it does not speak to the President's authority to break treaties which he has no authority to do, as the treaty is a law.

Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as my unanimous consent request was objected to, it is very clear that there are Members of this House, certainly not the gentleman from Michigan, but there are members of this House who are looking to give the…

I will ask the gentleman again, I would certainly entertain the gentleman's willingness to strike that language there so that we can certainly keep the for-profit companies out of this, because, Mr. Speaker, the for-profit companies had a…

I think we can all appreciate the work of all Federal employees who work in defense-related matters, but that is not really what this resolution's subtext is about. This is an attempt to approve a process which violates the ABM treaty and…

It is a shame we have not had more time for this debate because our constituents do not have time to survive when they cannot afford prescription drugs because the drug companies are gouging consumers. Everyone in America knows this. It is…

Mr. Chairman, how many times have Americans gone to a doctor, been prescribed an antibiotic only to find out it did not work, that it was not effective for them? This vignette of a patient taking medication, hoping it is going to be of…

American farmers are quite concerned about the impact of genetically engineered products on their markets, because if their markets begin to dry up, as they have in some countries, then American farmers are not able to sell what we know is…

Mr. Chairman, in the 20th century the greatest resource issue was oil, but in the 21st century the greatest resource issue in the world will be water. The freshwater resources of the Great Lakes are as precious to the U.S. as oil is to the…

I strongly support H.R. 284, which will allow Reservists to serve at military funerals by granting them the necessary release of time from their civilian jobs. Active military personnel are shrinking in numbers and the number of funerals…