[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12622-12623]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     TIME TO TAKE STEPS TO BEGIN WITHDRAWING U.S. TROOPS FROM 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, a few moments ago, I heard my colleagues 
from both sides of the aisle express their grief over how the war has 
come home and visited families and loved ones within their district. In 
truth, this war is destroying the aspirations of people of both 
countries.
  Today, the United States Congress is being visited by workers from 
Iraq: members of the Iraqi Federation of Labor and members of the 
Federation of Workers Councils and Unions of Iraq, all of whom were 
involved in challenging the regime of Saddam Hussein; all of whom stand 
very strongly in defense of workers' rights, human rights; all of whom 
are seeking peace; all of whom are seeking an end to the war in Iraq.
  It is time for this Congress to put aside the partisan differences 
which have occurred over the war and to come together in a plan where 
we can unify to take steps to withdraw our troops from Iraq and to take 
steps to heal the breach which the war has created between America and 
the world community.

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