[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BUDGET RECONCILIATION

  (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 would like to begin our day here by 
quoting from the book of Deuteronomy, the 15th chapter, the seventh 
verse:
  ``If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any 
of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God hath giveth thee, thou 
shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor 
brother.''
  Remember this today when in the name of deficit reduction, you would 
vote to cut health care for poor children. Thou shalt not harden thine 
heart.
  Those who would today cut food stamps, school breakfast and school 
lunch benefits for the poor, thou shalt not harden thine heart.
  Those who would cut rental housing benefits for hurricane victims, 
there is a moral imperative about us being in this House. And we cannot 
just look at this as business as usual when we choose to just cut 
benefits for the poor and then turn around and give tax cuts for the 
rich.

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