[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4647-4648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       STOP FUNDING A CROOKED WAR

  (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, another $82 billion for Iraq? Some will 
say this is to support the troops. If the administration cared about 
our troops, our troops would not have been begging for body armor and 
armor-plated vehicles.
  Some will say we must rebuild Iraq. Yet $9 billion in funds that 
would have helped rebuild Iraq are missing, unaccounted for. Some will 
say we must not cut and run, but they have no exit strategy and 
permanent bases are being built in Iraq.
  Some will say our cause is right, holy, and we are bringing peace and 
freedom to Iraq. I say the war was wrong, unholy, and the 
administration has brought death, destruction, chaos, and disruption to 
Iraq.
  The Bible says ``that which is crooked cannot be made straight.'' 
This war is crooked. It cannot be made straight.
  Not another dime for this war and for all those who have profited 
from it. Not another dime. Vote no on the supplemental appropriations.

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