[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2327-2328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     AFGHANISTAN, TO STAY OR TO GO

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. I am a proud Member of this institution. I believe in 
this Congress, and I believe in the Constitution of the United States. 
And I think moments arise in the history of this institution when we 
have to take a stand for the Constitution. That's why this Thursday I 
will introduce a privileged resolution that will call for Congress to 
reclaim its power under Article I, Section 8 as to whether or not we 
stay in Afghanistan.
  Now, some people here may believe in that mission. I don't. Some 
people here

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may believe in the surge. I don't. Some people here may believe that we 
should stay there for as long as it takes to do whatever we want. I 
don't. I believe that Congress, though, needs to speak and to have a 
debate on Afghanistan and to be able to decide in our wisdom, if we so 
choose, to get out of Afghanistan, which is what I hope that we do.
  But whether you're for it or against it, Congress finally will have a 
chance to have that debate because the privileged resolution is being 
introduced on Thursday. It will lay over the week, and next week we 
will finally have a debate over whether to stay in Afghanistan or 
leave. And I hope we vote to leave.

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