[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES IN 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, I remember the time that this 
administration came to the Congress and asked us to support the troops 
and then turned around and cut veterans benefits by $25 billion. Today, 
while we are being told to vote for $87 billion for Iraq to support the 
troops, we find that those who will benefit financially from the war 
are the armies of lobbyists who have ties to this administration.
  In yesterday's Hill, a column by Josh Marshall points out, and this 
is a quote, ``The President's right-hand man quits his government job 
just before the bombs start falling. He sets up shop in the offices of 
one of the biggest GOP lobbyists in town. And he starts selling his 
services to clients who want a piece of the big Iraqi reconstruction 
contracts pie--the pie his old bosses are in charge of slicing up.''
  From today's Washington Post:
  ``Getting the rights to distribute Procter & Gamble products would be 
a gold mine,'' said one of the partners at New Bridge who did not want 
to be named. ``One well-stocked 7-Eleven could knock out 30 Iraqi 
stores; a Wal-Mart could take over the country,'' he said.
  Here we are with a hostile takeover led by our men and women whom we 
pride. Stop this administration from using troops to justify a war and 
war profiteering. Get out of Iraq.

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