[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H73]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WAKE UP, AMERICA

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Wake up, America. We have trillions for a war machine 
and the banks, while our government stands by and sniffs at the 
slaughter of innocents in Gaza, where Israel is blocking aid for 
wounded Palestinians.
  Here's today's Washington Post. It says, The International Committee 
of the Red Cross said Thursday that it found at least 15 bodies and 
several children, emaciated but alive, in a row of shattered houses in 
the Gaza Strip and accused the Israeli military of preventing 
ambulances from reaching the site for 4 days.
  Twelve corpses lying on mattresses in one home, along with four young 
children lying next to their dead mothers. That's a quote.
  Today, U.S. tax dollars, U.S. jets and U.S. helicopters provided to 
Israel are enabling the slaughter in Gaza. The administration enables 
Israel to press forward with the attack against defenseless civilians, 
blocks efforts at promoting a cease-fire at the U.N., and refuses to 
make Israel comply with conditions that armed shipments not be used for 
aggression.
  Israel is going to receive $30 billion in a 10-year period for 
military assistance, without having to abide by any humanitarian 
principles, international laws or standards of basic human decency.
  Wake up, America.

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