[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW

  (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, on September 30, 2006, this House 
appropriated $70 billion in bridge funds for the war in Iraq. There is 
talk now of another appropriation of $130 billion in the spring, 
bringing the total for the war in Iraq to $200 billion for a single 
fiscal year.
  This House is going to have to make an historic decision in the 
spring, and I want the American people to know right now that the money 
is in the budget to bring our troops home. There is no need for an 
additional appropriation of $130 billion. That will only keep the 
troops there. You want the troops to come home, the money is there 
right now in the budget to bring the troops home. We don't have to keep 
this war going.
  The American people voted for a new direction in November, and that 
new direction is something they are entitled to. We don't have to dig a 
deeper grave in Iraq. We can bring the troops home and bring them home 
now because the money is there now to bring the troops home. The money 
is there now to bring the troops home. The money is there now to bring 
the troops home.

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