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Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech:
Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."
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By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
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By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
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By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 7, 2011 in a television interview:
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
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By Peter Krouse • September 28, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
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By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview:
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
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By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
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By Tom Feran • March 28, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 24, 2011:
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
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By Tom Feran • February 18, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
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By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
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By Amy Hollyfield • November 15, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.:
"Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."
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By John Frank • September 27, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.:
"Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance."
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By John Martin • September 6, 2007