[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1742]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    LET'S COME TOGETHER FOR AMERICA

  (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, assuming we get there, how strange the 
politics of today will seem to future generations. Here we are debating 
whether to send more troops into a nation we are already illegally 
occupying for oil. Here we are contemplating the U.S. invading another 
nation, Iran. I wonder if we would be having that discussion if Iran 
did not have a tremendous amount of oil.
  All around us we are in conflict because we are addicted to oil. Our 
energy consumption choices are causing global warming which is causing 
weather patterns to change. Think about what we have seen in the last 
few weeks alone: snow in Los Angeles, billions of dollars in damage to 
California citrus crops because of a freeze.
  The burning of fossil fuels has contributed to erratic weather. Last 
year, we had the warmest weather in the United States continent in 112 
years.
  Now, instead of separating the world with our politics, it is 
imperative that we bring the world together to meet the challenge of 
global climate change. I am hopeful that in his State of the Union 
Address next week, the President is going to take a direction to do 
that.

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