KUCINICH: American people need Congress to surge toward the Constitution, surge toward the truth.

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Kucinich: The War in Iraq is Binding; This Resolution Is Not
February 14th, 2007
Kucinich: The War in Iraq is Binding; This Resolution Is Not
From the office of Congressman Dennis Kucinich

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 13) - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives today during debate on H. Con. Res. 63, disapproving of the President’s decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq.

“As we debate this nonbinding resolution on Iraq, the Administration is preparing for the next war, in Iran. We are losing our democracy to war, massive debt, fear and fraud. The American people need Congress to surge toward the Constitution, surge toward the truth.

“Some call this resolution a first step. I would like to believe that Congress will respond to the will of the American people expressed in the November election. They expect us to take real action, to assert our constitutional power, to take America out of Iraq by refusing to provide any more funding for the war. That is our right. That is our duty. We have a duty to restrain an Administration which is conducting an illegal war. We have a duty to hold to a constitutional accounting a President and a Vice President who led us into a war based on lies.

“I led the effort against the Iraq War resolution. With unanimous consent I ask to put into the record an analysis of the President’s war resolution which was given to members of Congress back in October of 2002. It pointed out that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, anything to do with 9/11, anything to do with Al-Qaeda’s role in 9/11. It is not as if Congress had no idea the war was based on untruths.

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