[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 20 (Thursday, February 16, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      DEMANDING DOCUMENTS ON PR CONTRACTS USED TO ``SELL'' THE WAR

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, the taxpayers of the United States of 
America have a right to know whether or not their tax dollars were or 
are being used to manipulate the news, falsify intelligence, or mislead 
the public.
  Very serious questions have been raised about a number of contracts 
that have been given to public relations firms, firms that then went 
ahead and devised a whole plan to try to sell the war in Iraq to the 
American people. I have introduced a resolution of inquiry in the House 
of Representatives that demands all documents pertaining to contracts 
that the United States Government has signed with the intent to sell 
the war in Iraq.
  This resolution directs the President, the Secretary of State, and 
the Secretary of Defense to provide the House with certain documents 
relating to any entity which the United States has contracted with for 
public relations purposes concerning Iraq.
  The people of this country have a right to know if there was an 
effort to deliberately mislead them, and the taxpayers have a right to 
know how their tax dollars are being spent. Support the resolution of 
inquiry. Reclaim the power of Congress.

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