[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND PASS H.R. 1

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. A 93-year-old man freezes to death in his home because 
he can't pay the electric bill. A family of seven perishes in a murder-
suicide over financial- and job-related matters. A 90-year-old woman 
tries to kill herself when the sheriff arrives to take her house. And a 
75-year-old woman is buried today after predatory lenders drove her to 
suicide.
  More and more Americans are being driven to desperation over losing 
their jobs and their homes. This economy is literally killing people. 
The banks get a $700 billion bailout as they continue to kick people 
out of their homes. We must get help directly to the American people.
  There are good reasons to question the $825 billion stimulus, but 
there's no good reason to oppose it. Not when every crooked interest in 
this country has been in a long parade at the public trough while 
factories are shut, jobs are lost, and homes are foreclosed. Congress 
must act today for the people. We must come back again and again with 
more comprehensive jobs programs to rebuild infrastructure, fund 
education including preschool, and create universal health care. We 
must gain control of our money system and stop taxpayers from being 
robbed by the banks. The banks already have $700 billion and are 
looking for another trillion.
  It's time we started to look out for number one, the American people, 
and pass H.R. 1 for the American people and get the American people 
back some of their money.

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