[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4964-H4965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEPARTMENT OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, 5 years ago today, on July 11, I 
introduced legislation to create a Cabinet-level Department of Peace 
and Nonviolence, which would employ the principles taught by Christ, 
Gandhi, Dr. King, Mother Teresa and others to create a new hope for 
violence-free homes, schools and communities through peace and 
character education, a new hope that through peace education we can 
even challenge the notion of the inevitability of war.
  Today, thanks to hundreds of community groups, led by The Peace 
Alliance, momentum is building. Fifteen

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cities have passed resolutions endorsing a Department of Peace, and 74 
Members of the House have signed on to the bill. More and more, 
Americans want a compassionate, focused, organized approach to dealing 
with the violence in our communities, to dealing with domestic 
violence, spousal abuse, child abuse and other types of violence. The 
Department of Peace represents the end of fear and the beginning of 
hope for a new Nation and a new world.

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