Congressman Dennis Kucinich Will Expose Iraqi "Hydrocarbon Act" Privatization In House Floor Speech


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 23, 2007 9:08 AM	CONTACT: Congressman Dennis Kucinich Natalie Laber (202) 225-5871 (o); (202) 365-1040 (c)

Kucinich Will Expose Iraqi "Hydrocarbon Act" Privatization In House Floor Speech

WASHINGTON - MAY 23 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will invoke a rarely used House procedure today to discuss the privatization of Iraqi oil on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kucinich plans to invoke a point of personal privilege under House Rule IX to respond to published remarks regarding efforts he has made to inform the House Democratic Caucus of the details of the Iraqi Hydrocarbon Act. Kucinich will have one hour of time on the House floor in which he plans to explain why Congress' insistence on benchmarks in the supplemental, which includes passage of the Iraqi hydrocarbon act, demands that Iraqis privatize their oil. ###

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