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Kucinich: Iraq War Funding Deal Is Immoral
Dec 10, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) released the following statement before Congress takes up yet another Iraq war funding bill this week:“It is immoral for Congress to make a deal to keep this war going. It is immoral to keep a war going that is based on lies. And it is immoral to make a deal to cla...
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American College of Physicians Endorses Single-Payer Health-Care System
Dec 7, 2007
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The American College of Physicians, representing 124,000 physicians, endorsed a single-payer health care system this week, acknowledging change is necessary to aid a failing health care system.ACP backed the approach to health care reform because access to health care has deteriorated the decreasing...
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Kucinich Asks Ohio Governor For Greater Emergency Preparedness For Ohio’s Nuclear Power Plants
Dec 6, 2007
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In a meeting with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), asked the governor to look into updating and improving emergency preparedness for Ohio’s nuclear power plants. “Malfunctioning nuclear power plants in Ohio have become systemic,” Kucinich said. “Over the ...
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Kucinich Amendment Passes, Creates New Jobs
Dec 6, 2007
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As the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to update the nation’s energy sources today, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) claimed a major victory with the passage of his amendment. The amendment would create new jobs and training programs for people to perform personalized building energy e...
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Kucinich Calls For Investigation Into Delay Of Veterans’ Benefits
Dec 3, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich will announce his call for an investigation into delays, of up to four and one-half years, in the delivery of federal benefits to combat-injured veterans. More than 48,000 retired veterans are still waiting for a determination of eligibility and payment of benefits. ...
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Kucinich: New NIE Report Shows Bush Administration Has Once Again Tried To Falsify Grounds For A War With Iran
Dec 3, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement amid a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report affirming that Iran does not have an active weapons program: “The rhetoric coming from the Bush Administration over the last several months has publicly and systematically s...
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Chairman Kucinich Initiates Congressional Oversight Of The Perry Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown And NRC Response
Nov 29, 2007
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In response to the emergency closure of FirstEnergy’s Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee, sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today requesting a briefing on the findings of its special inspection of the fac...
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Kucinich: U.S. Should Be Honest Broker On Middle East Peace
Nov 27, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), released the following statement following the first Middle East peace conference convened by the Bush Administration in seven years today:“I am hopeful that this is a good faith restart to the Middle East peace process,” Kucinich said. “If it is to be more succes...
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Kucinich: As The Administration Scales Back Political Goals For Iraq, It Prepares American Public For Prolonged Occupation
Nov 26, 2007
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It has been reported that the Bush Administration has lowered its expectations of major political progress in Iraq. Today Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement:“By resetting expectations for political progress in Iraq, the Bush Administration is hoping to slow down the er...
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Kucinich: Report Provides New Evidence That Guaranteed Health Care Is Needed
Nov 20, 2007
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A new annual report by employee benefits firm Mercer, shows the cost of providing employer-sponsored health insurance increased by 6.1 percent in 2007 to nearly $8,000 per employee. Employee coverage by small businesses dropped from 69 percent to 61 percent since the beginning of the Bush Administra...
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