[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               NOTES FROM THE ``WARSHINGTON'' UNDERGROUND

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Here is a formula for the collapse of both our economy 
and our democracy: increase spending for the Pentagon by $7 billion and 
ensure its budget for the rest of the fiscal year. Everything else gets 
cut $13 billion and gets a budget for just 1 week.
  Money for war in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, war over Pakistan, war in 
Libya--so many wars going on at the same time you could rename our town 
``Warshington.'' Money for bombs; no money for books. Money for 
missiles; no money for new moms. Money for jet fighters; no money for 
crime fighters. Money for an empire that is as broad as our fears; no 
money for an America that is as large as our hopes. Just money for 
unnecessary wars.
  We don't want apocalypse now; we want peace now. We want jobs now. We 
want prosperity now. And we want the leadership to provide it now.

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