[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          END THE WAR IN IRAQ

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, $183.7 billion war-funding request in 
light of more than 4,000 U.S. troops who have died, tens of thousands 
injured, a million dead or more innocent Iraqis, a cost of $2 to $3 
trillion. We're borrowing money from China to fight this war. We're 
ruining our economy. We're ruining our moral standing in the world. 
We're ruining our children's future and making the world more dangerous 
for a war based on lies.
  Why do we keep funding it? Support the troops by bringing them home. 
End the war. End the occupation. Close the bases. Bring the troops 
hope. Set in motion an international security and peace-keeping process 
that can create the circumstances for our troops to come home. Have a 
program of reconciliation and reconstruction in Iraq. Return all oil 
assets to Iraqi control. End the war. Stop funding it.
  Vote ``no'' on the war appropriations.

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