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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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Feb 12, 2004

This is one of those side shows in a serious election where we have troops in Iraq. It was wrong to go in. I want to bring our troops home.

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Feb 12, 2004

We have a lot of healing to do in this country, and as president I would like to take the country in that direction so that we can move beyond the fear that 9/11 has occasioned.

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Feb 12, 2004

It's wonderful that he is releasing them, but I'm telling you, this is one of those side shows in a serious election where we have troops in Iraq. It was wrong to go in. I want to bring our troops home.

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Feb 12, 2004

What I need to do is to continue to give the Democrats a choice to get out of Iraq, to have not-for-profit health care and stop these trade agreements that are costing us millions of jobs.

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Feb 12, 2004

I would like to take the country in that direction so that we can move beyond the fear that 9/11 has occasioned.

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Feb 12, 2004

I think this whole issue about president's records during the Vietnam War, I think, is a red herring. You know what the real issue is? One hundred and thirty thousand troops in Iraq right now. It was wrong to go in there, it's wrong to…

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Dec 8, 2003

This race will not be decided by an endorsement. It will be decided by the voters.

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Dec 8, 2003

There are a lot of important issues we should be focusing on liked education or healthcare or the environment, whatever it might be.

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Nov 24, 2003

I can't think of anything more urgent on the agenda of our country today than to end the occupation and to bring our troops home.

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Nov 21, 2003

this legislation was written at the behest of insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. This is the beginning of the end of universal health care for seniors. Since Medicare was enacted in 1965, seniors went from a group least…

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Nov 20, 2003

I stand today strongly opposed to the Conference Report on H.R. 2417, the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2004. Although the House of Representatives recently voted in a bi-partisan and overwhelming fashion to repeal Section 213 of…

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Nov 19, 2003

the war in Iraq has proven to be counterproductive to our goals in winning the war on terror. It has produced an increase in anti-American sentiment all over the world, an increased presence of al Qaeda inside Iraq, and a greater…

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Nov 17, 2003

I feel honored today to support H.R. 3300, a bill to rename the United States Post Office in Strongsville, OH in tribute to the city's distinguished and dedicated former mayor and my friend, the late Walter F. Ehrnfelt. Mayor Ehrnfelt's…

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Nov 4, 2003

If you want to Rock the Vote, you have to rock the boat. You have to rock the boat.

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Oct 30, 2003

the Iraq supplemental conference report will continue a failed policy. This bill is not about supporting the troops. This bill supports the continued occupation of Iraq by the United States. If we truly want to support the troops, we…

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Oct 15, 2003

I say that it is time to support our troops. We can best support our troops by bringing them home, by having the U.N. become involved. Bring the U.N. in and get the U.S. out. Support our troops; bring them home. If we support $87 billion…

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Oct 12, 2003

Congressman Dennis Kucinich is now officially a candidate for president.

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Oct 2, 2003

this administration now seems intent on picking the pockets of workers. First we saw an attempt to give workers a pay cut by giving them comp time instead of overtime. The real meaning of comp time, of course, is unpaid time off at the…

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Oct 2, 2003

I remember the time that this administration came to the Congress and asked us to support the troops and then turned around and cut veterans benefits by $25 billion. Today, while we are being told to vote for $87 billion for Iraq to…

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Jul 24, 2003

I want to say that, having worked together in Cleveland in trying to save jobs in the steel industry, we understand what these trade bills do in undermining our jobs. Of course, we are both familiar with the fact that the unemployment rate…

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Jul 24, 2003

We already see these agreements that have weak labor laws, and this particular bill with a country that has laws that were established by an anti-labor, anti-union dictator, how in the world can our country protect our workers when we are…

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Jul 24, 2003

this is about safety, who will safely protect the profits of the drug companies. The pharmaceutical industry wants to maintain the world's highest prices in America by telling consumers imported pharmaceuticals are unsafe, even though the…

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Jul 24, 2003

when H.R. 2210 was considered in the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats offered a number of amendments to the bill, an amendment to disallow a provision that taxpayer dollars be used to support religious discrimination in…

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