[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (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, casualties are mounting on all sides in 
the Middle East, and yet our government, representing the most powerful 
Nation in the world, stands aside and watches as civilian casualties 
mount everywhere.
  Why in God's name aren't we getting involved to call for an end to 
the violence, to bring the parties together so that they can find a way 
to create peace?
  We are required, by virtue of our standing in the world, to bring 
people together. Not to create more isolation, not to create more war, 
but to bring people together. We must get involved as this continues to 
spiral out of control. The whole world is watching and the entire world 
is at risk.

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