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January 3, 2013

Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich Calls for Unity in Farewell Address 
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Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich has given his farewell speech to
Congress at the end of his eighth term in office. Since 1997, Kucinich
has been a leading progressive voice on Capitol Hill. He ran for
president twice, vowing to create a Department of Peace. In his goodbye
address Wednesday, Kucinich called for unity amid partisan differences
he said have nearly incapacitated the government.

Dennis Kucinich: "We need a new politics in America, which unites
people, which sets aside partisan differences for the greater good of
the country, which strives to reconnect with the greatness of the nation
and the goodness of the American people. What would that politics look
like? The rhetoric would change to one of mutual respect. The
questioning of motives would end. The poisoned system of pay-to-play
would be transformed by public financing. And our government would be
rededicated to addressing the practical aspirations of all the American
people, for jobs, for healthcare for all, for education for all, for
retirement security for all and for environmental security."

 

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