[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  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, 5 years ago today, on July 11, I 
introduced legislation to create a Cabinet-level Department of Peace 
and Nonviolence, which would employ the principles taught by Christ, 
Gandhi, Dr. King, Mother Teresa and others to create a new hope for 
violence-free homes, schools and communities through peace and 
character education, a new hope that through peace education we can 
even challenge the notion of the inevitability of war.
  Today, thanks to hundreds of community groups, led by The Peace 
Alliance, momentum is building. Fifteen cities have passed resolutions 
endorsing a Department of Peace, and 74 Members of the House have 
signed on to the bill. More and more, Americans want a compassionate, 
focused, organized approach to dealing with the violence in our 
communities, to dealing with domestic violence, spousal abuse, child 
abuse and other types of violence. The Department of Peace represents 
the end of fear and the beginning of hope for a new Nation and a new 
world.

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