[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      CREATING A CABINET-LEVEL 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, from our deepest silence, from that place 
within each of us that knows peace, from our heart of hearts which 
connects us to the world and to the heart of the world, we know that 
fear leads to violence, that violence leads to war, that war leads to 
total destruction. Yet we do not want to fear, we do not want violence, 
we do not want war, we want peace. We desire peace so intensely that we 
are willing to do almost anything to achieve it, including spending 
half of our resources for arms to help feel secure.
  We know we cannot continue on this perilous path of seeking peace 
through violence. We know that this approach offers our children no 
future at all.
  So today we make a new beginning with House bill 3760, legislation to 
create a Cabinet-level department of peace and nonviolence. In doing 
so, dozens of Members of this Congress announced that we choose courage 
over fear and hope over despair. We announce our desire to create a new 
America and a new world.

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