[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14243-14244]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WAR WITH IRAQ

  (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, last night the House passed a $28.9 
billion supplemental appropriations bill, $14.5 billion of which was 
for military funding. Today the House has authorized another $10 
billion for an undefined war on terrorism. Barely a day goes by where 
we do not see reports that the

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administration is in the advanced stages of planning a preemptive 
military strike against Iraq. H.R. 4547, the Cost of War Against 
Terrorism Authorization Act, would authorize over $480 million for 
chemical and biological defense as well as $598 million in funding for 
a Tomahawk missile conversion.
  Is this military hardware needed in Afghanistan or are these funding 
priorities directed at preparing the United States for war with Iraq?

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