ʻO Barbara Lee, ka mea nāna i koho hoʻokahi ma hope o 9/11 e kūʻē ana i nā "kaua mau loa," no ka pono no ka nīnau kaua Afghanistan.

AMY GOODMAN: ʻO ka Pōʻaono ka lā hoʻomanaʻo 20 o ka hoʻouka kaua 11 Kepakemapa. I nā lā i hala aʻe, ua kūleʻa ka lāhui mai ka make ʻana o 3,000 mau kānaka, ʻoiai ʻo Pelekikena George W. Bush i kuʻi i nā pahu no ke kaua. Ma Kepakemapa 14, 2001, ʻekolu mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua nui 9/11, ua mālama nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i kahi kūkākūkā he ʻelima mau hola no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mana i ka pelekikena e hoʻohana i ka pūʻali koa i ka hoʻopaʻi no nā hoʻouka kaua, a ka Senate i hala ʻē aʻe balota 98 ​​a 0.

ʻO Kaleponi Demokarata ʻO Barbara Lee, kona leo e haʻalulu nei me ka naʻau i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana mai ka papahele o ka Hale, ʻo ia wale nō ka lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e koho kūʻē i ke kaua ma hope koke iho o 9/11. ʻO ka koho hope loa he 420 a 1.

Rep. BARBARA HELUHELU: E Mr. Speaker, e nā lālā, kū aʻe nei au i kēia lā me ka puʻuwai kaumaha loa, kahi mea i piha me ke kaumaha no nā ʻohana a me nā mea aloha i make a hōʻeha ʻia i kēia pule. ʻO ka mea lapuwale loa a palaka loa hoʻi e hoʻomaopopo ʻole i ke kaumaha i loaʻa maoli i ko mākou poʻe a me nā miliona a puni ka honua.

ʻO kēia hana hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia ma luna o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i koi maoli iaʻu, akā naʻe, e kaukaʻi i kaʻu panana pono, koʻu lunamanaʻo a me kuʻu akua no ke kuhikuhi. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Sepatemaba 11th i ka honua. Hoʻoweliweli kā mākou hopohopo hohonu iā mākou i kēia manawa. Eia nō naʻe ke maopopo nei iaʻu ʻaʻole e pale ka hana pūʻali koa i nā hana hou o ka hoʻoweliweli kūʻē kūʻē iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He mea paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi kēia.

I kēia manawa, e hala kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, ʻoiai ua ʻike mākou āpau e hiki i ka pelekikena ke hoʻouka kaua me ka ʻole o ia. Eia nō naʻe he paʻakikī paha kēia balota, pono i kekahi o mākou e koi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaohi. Ke kūmākena nei ko mākou ʻāina. Pono kekahi o mākou e ʻōlelo, “E hoʻi iki kākou i kekahi manawa. E hoʻomaha iki kākou, no kahi minuke wale nō, a noʻonoʻo i nā hopena o kā mākou hana i kēia lā i ʻole e hele i waho o ka kaohi. "

I kēia manawa, ua ʻehaʻeha wau i kēia balota, akā ua kū wau me ia i kēia lā, a ua kū wau me ke kūʻē ʻana i kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka wā o ka lawelawe hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo ʻehaʻeha loa. Ma ke ʻano he lālā o nā kāhuna pule i ʻōlelo maʻalahi, "I ka hana ʻana, mai lilo i ka ʻino a mākou e hoʻopailua ai." Mahalo, a hāʻawi wau i ke kaulike o koʻu manawa.

AMY GOODMAN: "Mai lilo i ka ʻino a mākou e hoʻopailua ai." A me kēlā mau huaʻōlelo, ua lūlū ʻo Barbara Lee i ka Hale Kākela ʻo Oakland, ʻo ia ka ʻāina, ka honua, ka leo hoʻokahi o 400 mau ʻahaʻōlelo.

I kēlā manawa, ʻo Barbara Lee kekahi o nā lālā hou loa o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a ʻo kekahi o nā wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e paʻa i ka keʻena ma ka hale a ma ka Senate paha. I kēia manawa i kāna kau 12th, ʻo ia ka wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika kiʻekiʻe loa i ka ʻahaʻōlelo.

ʻAe, he 20 mau makahiki ma hope. A i ka Pōʻakolu o kēia pule, ua nīnauele wau iā Congressmember Lee i ka manawa o kahi hanana uila i mālama ʻia e ka Institute for Politics Studies, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Marcus Raskin, kahi mea kōkua mua i ke aupuni Kennedy i lilo i mea hoʻoikaika i mua a me kahi mea kākau. Ua nīnau wau iā Kongresmaker Lee pehea kāna i hoʻoholo ai e kū hoʻokahi, he aha ka mea i hoʻoholo ai, ma hea ʻo ia i hoʻoholo ai e hāʻawi i kāna kamaʻilio, a laila pehea ka pane a ka poʻe iā ia.

Rep. BARBARA HELUHELU: Mahalo nui, e Amy. A maoli, mahalo i nā mea āpau, keu hoʻi IPS no ka mālama ʻana i kēia kolamu nui nui i kēia lā. A e haʻi wale wau i kēlā mau mea mai IPS, no ka pōʻaiapili mōʻaukala a no ka hoʻohanohano wale ʻana iā Marcus Raskin, ʻo Marcus ka mea hope loa aʻu i kamaʻilio ai ma mua o kaʻu haʻi ʻana i kēlā haʻi ʻōlelo - ke kanaka hope loa loa.

Ua hele wau i ka hale hoʻomanaʻo a hoʻi mai wau. A ʻo wau nō i ke kōmike o ka mana, ʻo ia ke Kōmike o ko nā ʻāina ʻē me kēia, kahi i loaʻa ai ka ʻae. A, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole hele i loko o ke kōmike. Ua manaʻo ʻia e hele mai i ka Pōʻaono. Ua hoʻi wau i ke keʻena, a ua ʻōlelo mai kaʻu poʻe limahana, “Pono ʻoe e hele i ka papahele. Ke hele mai nei ka ʻae. E piʻi mai ana ke koho balota i loko o hoʻokahi hola a ʻelua paha. ”

No laila pono wau e heihei i ka papahele. A e hoʻāʻo ana e hui pū i koʻu mau manaʻo. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻaʻole ʻano wau - ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo "ʻaʻole mākaukau," akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e pili ana i kaʻu ʻano o ka hoʻolālā a me nā mea kamaʻilio. Pono wau e kākau wale i kahi mea ma kahi ʻāpana pepa. A ua kāhea wau iā Marcus. A ʻōlelo wau, "maikaʻi." ʻLelo wau - a ua kamaʻilio wau me ia no nā lā ʻekolu i hala. A ua kamaʻilio wau me kuʻu luna o mua, ʻo Ron Dellums, ʻo wai ia, no ka poʻe ʻike ʻole, he koa nui no ka maluhia a me ka hoʻopono mai koʻu ʻāpana. Ua hana wau nona 11 makahiki, koʻu mua. No laila ua kamaʻilio wau me Ron, a he limahana limahana psychiatric ʻo ia ma ka ʻoihana. A ua kamaʻilio wau me kekahi mau loio kumukānāwai. Ua kamaʻilio wau me koʻu kahunapule, ʻoiaʻiʻo, koʻu makuahine a me koʻu ʻohana.

A he manawa paʻakikī loa ia, akā ʻaʻohe mea aʻu e kamaʻilio ai, ʻo Amy, i ʻōlelo mai pehea wau e koho ai. A hoihoi loa ia. ʻAʻole ʻo Marcus i hana. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā mea maikaʻi a me nā mea kūpono ʻole, ka mea a ke Kumukanawai i koi ai, he aha kēia e pili ana, nā manaʻo āpau. A he kōkua nui iaʻu e hiki ke kamaʻilio me kēia mau kānaka, no ka mea, me he mea lā ʻaʻole makemake lākou e haʻi iaʻu e koho balota no, no ka mea ua ʻike lākou e hemo ana nā pōpō a pau. Akā ua hāʻawi maoli lākou iaʻu i ʻano, maopopo iā ʻoe, nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā ʻinoʻino.

ʻO Ron, no ka laʻana, ua hele wāwae mākou ma waena o kā mākou ʻike i ka psychology a me ka hana kauka psychiatric. A ʻōlelo mākou, ʻike ʻoe, ʻo ka mea mua āu e aʻo ai i ka Psychology 101 ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi, koʻikoʻi inā ʻeha ʻoe a ke kanikau ʻoe a ke huhū ʻoe a ke huhū ʻoe. ʻO kēlā mau manawa kahi āu e noho ai - ʻike ʻoe, pono ʻoe e hele ma kēlā. Pono ʻoe e pahu i kēlā. A laila maliʻa paha hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka e hana i kahi hana noʻonoʻo. A no laila, ua kamaʻilio nui wau me Ron e pili ana i kēlā.

Ua kamaʻilio wau me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ke kahunapule. A manaʻo ʻole wau ua kamaʻilio wau me ia, akā ua haʻi wau iā ia ma kēlā - no ka mea ke ukali nei wau i ka nui o kāna hana a me kāna mau haʻiʻōlelo, a he hoa aloha ʻo ia naʻu, ʻo Reverend James Forbes, ʻo ia ke kahu o ka hale pule ʻo Riverside, ʻo Reverend William Sloane Wahi Kupapau. A ua kamaʻilio lākou i ka wā ma mua e pili ana i nā kaua wale nō, nā mea pili ke kaua, he aha nā pae no nā kaua wale nō. A no laila, ʻike ʻoe, ke kaupaona nei koʻu manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ʻo ia ke koi kumukānāwai i hiki ʻole i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻāina ke hāʻawi i kā mākou kuleana i nā lālā hoʻokō, i ka pelekikena, inā he Democrat a pelekikena Repubalika paha.

A no laila ua hoʻoholo wau i ka manawa - heluhelu wau i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, no ka mea, ua loaʻa iā mākou ma mua, kiki iā ia, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke kākoʻo i kēlā. A iā lākou i hoʻihoʻi mai ai i ka lua, ua ākea loa ia, 60 mau huaʻōlelo, a ʻo nā mea āpau i ʻōlelo ʻia hiki i ka pelekikena ke hoʻohana i ka ikaika mau loa, ke pili ia lāhui, kanaka a hui paha i 9/11. ʻO wau e ʻōlelo nei, he kāʻili wale ia o kā mākou kuleana ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo. A ua ʻike wau i ia manawa ke hoʻonohonoho nei i ke kahua no - a ua kāhea mau wau iā ia - nā kaua mau loa, a mau loa aku.

A no laila, i koʻu wā ma ka hale pule nui, ua lohe wau i ke Kahu ʻO Nathan Baxter i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ke hana nei mākou, mai lilo mākou i mea ʻino a mākou e hoʻopailua ai." Ua kākau wau i kēlā ma ka papahana, a ua noho maikaʻi wau i kēlā manawa - ke hele nei wau i ka lawelawe hoʻomanaʻo, ua ʻike wau ʻo 95% au e koho ana no. Akā i koʻu lohe ʻana iā ia, ʻo ia ka 100%. Ua maopopo iaʻu pono wau e koho no.

A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka lawelawe hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻole au e hele. Ua kamaʻilio wau me Elijah Cummings. E kamaʻilio ana mākou ma hope o nā keʻena. A hoʻonāukiuki wale kekahi mea iaʻu a hoʻoneʻe iaʻu e ʻōlelo, "ʻAʻole, ʻElia, e hele ana wau," a holo wau i lalo i nā ʻanuʻu. Manaʻo wau ʻo wau ka mea hope loa ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua. He lā ʻūlū, ua, a he ʻāpana ginger ale kaʻu i koʻu lima. ʻAʻole wau e poina i kēlā. A no laila, he ʻano kēlā, maopopo iā ʻoe, ka mea i alakaʻi ʻia ai i kēia. Akā he manawa minamina nui ia no ka ʻāina.

A, ʻoiai, e noho ana wau i ke Kapikala a pono e heʻe i kēlā kakahiaka me kekahi mau lālā o ka Black Caucus a me ka luna o ka Small Business Administration. A pono mākou e heʻe i ka hola 8:15, 8:30. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ke kumu, koe wale nō ʻo “E hele i waho o ʻaneʻi.” Nānā i hope, ʻike i ka uahi, a ʻo ia ka Pentagon i ku ʻia. Akā ma kēlā mokulele hoʻi, ma ka Mokulele 93, e komo mai ana i loko o ke Kapena, koʻu poʻo o nā limahana, ʻo Sandré Swanson, kona hoahānau ʻo Wanda Green, kekahi o nā mea hoʻolele lele ma ka lele 93. A no laila, i loko o kēia pule, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, E noʻonoʻo ana wau e pili ana i ka poʻe i lilo ko lākou ola, nā kaiāulu ʻaʻole i ola hou. A ʻo kēlā mau meʻe a me nā sheroes ma Flight 93, nāna i lawe i kēlā mokulele i lalo, hiki ke hoʻopakele i koʻu ola a hoʻopakele i ke ola o ka poʻe ma Capitol.

No laila, ʻike ʻoe, he manawa kaumaha loa. Ke kaumaha nei mākou āpau. Huhū mākou. Ua hopohopo mākou. A makemake ka poʻe āpau e lawe i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka hoʻoponopono, me aʻu pū kekahi. ʻAʻole wau he pacifist. No laila, ʻaʻole, he kaikamahine wau na ka luna koa. Akā maopopo iaʻu - aia koʻu makuakāne i ke Kaua Honua II a me Korea, a ʻike wau i ke ʻano o ke kiʻi ʻana i ke kapuai kaua. A no laila, ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo e hoʻohana i ke koho koa ma ke ʻano he koho mua, no ka mea ʻike wau hiki iā mākou ke hana me nā pilikia e pili ana i ke kaua a me ka maluhia a me ka hoʻoweliweli ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.

AMY GOODMAN: No laila, he aha ka mea i hana ma hope o kou hele ʻana mai ka papahele o ka Hale, e hāʻawi ana i kēlā manawa ʻōlelo ʻelua mau minuke lōʻihi a hoʻi i kāu keʻena? He aha ka hopena?

Rep. BARBARA HELUHELU: ʻĀ, ua hoʻi wau i loko o ke keʻena ʻahu, a holo hou nā mea a pau e kiʻi iaʻu. A hoʻomanaʻo wau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lālā - 25% wale nō o nā lālā i ka 2001 e lawelawe nei i kēia manawa, noʻonoʻo ʻoe, akā nui ka lawelawe ʻana. A hoʻi mai lākou iaʻu a, no ka pili aloha, ʻōlelo, "Pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu koho." ʻAʻole ia he mea e like ai, “He aha kāu pilikia?” a i ʻole “ʻAʻole maopopo iā ʻoe pono ʻoe e hui pū?” no ka mea ʻo kēia ka pitch: “Pono ʻoe e hui pū ʻia me ka pelekikena. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke politika i kēia. Pono ia he Republicans a me Democrats. " Akā ʻaʻole lākou i hele mai iaʻu e like me kēlā. ʻLelo lākou, “Barbara” - ua ʻōlelo kekahi lālā, “Maopopo iā ʻoe, ke hana nei ʻoe i nā hana maikaʻi loa HIV a ʻO AIDS. ” ʻO kēia ka wā ma waenakonu au o ka hana pū ʻana me Bush ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa PEPFAR a me ka Waihona Kālā Honua. “ʻAʻole ʻoe e lanakila i kāu koho hou ʻana. Pono mākou iā ʻoe ma aneʻi. ” Ua ʻōlelo kekahi lālā, “ʻAʻole ʻoe maopopo i ka hele ʻana mai o ka pōʻino i kou ala, e Barbara? ʻAʻole mākou makemake e hōʻeha ʻoe. Maopopo iā ʻoe, pono ʻoe e hoʻi a hoʻololi i kēlā koho. ”

Ua hoʻi mai kekahi mau lālā e ʻōlelo, “maopopo ʻoe? Maopopo iā ʻoe, ua koho ʻoe no. He 'oiaʻiʻo kēnā?" A laila kekahi o koʻu mau hoaaloha maikaʻi - a ua haʻi ʻo ia i kēia i ke ākea - ʻO ka wahine wahine ʻo Lynn Woolsey, ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia a ua kamaʻilio wau, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu koho, e Barbara." ʻLelo ʻo ia, "ʻO kaʻu keiki hoʻi" - ua haʻiʻo ia iaʻu ua ʻōlelo kona ʻohana, "He manawa paʻakikī kēia no ka ʻāina. A ʻo wau iho nō, maopopo iā ʻoe, pono mākou e pili, a koho mākou. Pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu koho. ” A no ka hopohopo wale nō iaʻu ua hele mai nā lālā e noi iaʻu e hoʻololi i kaʻu koho.

I kēia manawa ma hope, ua ʻōlelo koʻu makuahine - ua ʻōlelo koʻu makuahine i hala, "Ua kāhea lākou iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "no ka mea ua haʻi wau iā lākou ma hope o kou kūkākūkā ʻana i kou poʻo a kamaʻilio pū me nā poʻe, inā ua hoʻoholo ʻoe , ʻo ʻoe ka pīpī nani a paʻakikī hoʻi. E lawe nui ia i mea e hoʻololi ai i kou manaʻo. Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana maʻalahi i kēia mau hoʻoholo ʻana. ” Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “E hāmama mau ʻoe.” Ua haʻi koʻu makuahine iaʻu i kēlā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Ua kāhea mai lākou iaʻu. Inā ua haʻi wau iā lākou. ”

No laila, a laila ua hoʻi au i ke keʻena. A hoʻomaka wau e kani i kaʻu kelepona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua nānā au i ke kīwī, a aia ka, maopopo iā ʻoe, ka mea kikiki e ʻōlelo ana, "ʻAʻole hoʻokahi balota." A ke manaʻo nei wau e ʻōlelo ana kekahi mea nūpepa, "mahalo paha ʻo wai kēlā." A laila ua hōʻike ʻia koʻu inoa.

A no laila, ʻē, no laila ua hoʻomaka wau e hele wāwae i koʻu keʻena. Hoʻomaka ke kani ʻana o ke kelepona. ʻO ke kāhea mua mai koʻu makuakāne, ʻo Lutanela - ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i kona mau makahiki hope, ua makemake ʻo ia iaʻu e kāhea iā ia ʻo Colonel Tutt. Haʻaheo ʻo ia no ka pūʻali koa. Eia hou, ʻo ke Kaua Honua II, aia ʻo ia i ka Battalion 92nd, ʻo ia wale nō ka pūʻali koa ʻApelika ʻAmelika ma Italia, e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻouka kaua Normandy, OK? A ma hope ua hele ʻo ia i Kōlea. A ʻo ia ka mea mua nāna i kāhea mai iaʻu. A ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Mai hoʻololi i kāu koho. ʻO ia ka balota kūpono ”- no ka mea ʻaʻole au i kamaʻilio me ia ma mua. ʻAʻole wau i maopopo. ʻLelo wau, "Nah, ʻaʻole wau e kāhea hou aku i ka makuakāne. E kamaʻilio wau me koʻu makuahine. ” ʻ sayslelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole ʻoe e hoʻouna i ko mākou pūʻali koa ma ke ala pōʻino." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “maopopo iaʻu ke ʻano o nā kaua. ʻIke wau i kāna hana i nā ʻohana. ” Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “ʻAʻohe o ʻoe - ʻaʻole maopopo iā ʻoe kā lākou e hele nei. E aha hana 'oe? Pehea e hoʻokuʻu wale ai ka ʻAhaʻōlelo iā lākou me ka ʻole o kahi hoʻolālā, me ka ʻole o kahi hoʻolālā, me ka ʻike ʻole o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka mea o ka heck e hana nei. No laila, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “ʻO ia ke koho pono. Pili ʻoe me ia. ” A ʻo ia maoli nō - a no laila ua hauʻoli wau e pili ana i kēlā. Ua haʻaheo loa wau.

Akā ua hiki mai ka hoʻoweliweli make. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe i nā kikoʻī o kona weliweli. Ua hana nā kānaka i kekahi mau mea weliweli i kēlā manawa iaʻu. Akā, e like me kā Maya Angelou i ʻōlelo ai, "A ke ala nei nō wau," a ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hele. A ʻo nā leka a me nā leka uila a me nā kelepona i inaina loa a inaina hoʻi a kāhea mai iaʻu he kumakaia a ʻōlelo mai ua hana wau i kahi hana kipi, aia lākou ma Mills College, kaʻu mea ʻohana.

Akā, aia nō - maoli, 40% o kēlā mau kamaʻilio - aia 60,000 - 40% maikaʻi loa. ʻO Bishop Tutu, ʻo Coretta Scott King, ke manaʻo nei au, ua hoʻouna mai nā poʻe mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua i nā leka maikaʻi loa iaʻu.

A mai ia manawa - a e pani wau ma ka kaʻana like ʻana i kēia moʻolelo hoʻokahi, no ka mea, aia kēia ma hope o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mau makahiki wale nō i hala. E like me ka nui o ʻoukou e ʻike nei, ua kākoʻo au iā Kamala Harris no ka pelekikena, no laila aia au ma South Carolina, ma ke ʻano he ukali, ma kahi hālāwai nui, palekana ma nā wahi āpau. A ʻo kēia kanaka keʻokeʻo kiʻekiʻe, nui me kahi keiki e hele mai i waena o ka lehulehu - ʻeā? - me nā waimaka i kona mau maka. He aha kēia i ka honua? Ua hele mai ʻo ia i oʻu nei, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu - ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻO wau kekahi o ka poʻe i hoʻouna iā ʻoe i kahi leka hoʻoweliweli. ʻO wau kekahi o kēlā. ” A ua iho ʻo ia i nā mea āpau āna i ʻōlelo mai ai iaʻu. ʻLelo wau, "Lana koʻu manaʻo ʻaʻole lohe nā mākaʻi iā ʻoe e ʻōlelo ana i kēlā." Akā ʻo ia kekahi mea hoʻoweliweli iaʻu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “A ua hele mai wau i ʻaneʻi e kala aku. A ua lawe mai wau i kaʻu keiki i aneʻi, no ka mea makemake wau e ʻike ʻo ia iaʻu e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i koʻu minamina a me kou pono ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻike wale he lā kēia naʻu e kali nei. "

A no laila, ua loaʻa iaʻu - i nā makahiki i hala, nui ka poʻe i hele mai, i nā ʻano like ʻole, e ʻōlelo pēlā. A no laila, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomau iaʻu e hele, i nā ʻano he nui, e ʻike nei - ʻike ʻoe, no ka Win Win Me War, no ke Kōmike Hoa, no IPS, ma muli o kā mākou Veterans for Peace a me nā hui āpau e hana ana a puni ka ʻāina, hoʻonohonoho, hoʻākoakoa, aʻo i ka lehulehu, ua hoʻomaka maoli ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea o kēia a me ke ʻano o ia mea. A no laila, pono wau e hoʻomaikaʻi wale aku i nā poʻe āpau no ka hoʻopuni ʻana i nā kaʻa, no ka mea ʻaʻole maʻalahi ia, akā no ka mea aia ʻoe a pau ma waho, hele mai nā poʻe iaʻu i kēia manawa a ʻōlelo i nā mea maikaʻi a kākoʻo iaʻu me nā mea he nui. nui ke aloha.

AMY GOODMAN: ʻĀ, ʻo Congressmember Lee, i kēia manawa he 20 mau makahiki ma hope mai, a ua huki ʻo Pelekikena Biden i nā pūʻali koa US mai Afghanistan. Ke hoʻouka kaua ʻia nei ʻo ia e nā Democrats a me nā Repubalika no ka haunaele o nā pule i hala iho nei. A ua hala - ke kāhea nei ʻo Congress i kahi nīnau i ka mea i hana ʻia. Akā manaʻo ʻoe e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ka nīnau i nā makahiki he 20 a pau o ke kaua lōʻihi loa i ka mōʻaukala US?

Rep. BARBARA HELUHELU: Manaʻo wau pono mākou i kahi nīnau. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā like ia. Akā, ʻo ka mea mua loa, e ʻae ʻoe iaʻu e ʻōlelo ʻo wau kekahi o nā lālā i hele mua i laila, e kākoʻo ana i ka pelekikena: "Ua hoʻoholo pololei loa ʻoe." A, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike wau inā mākou e noho koa i laila no ʻelima, 10, 15, 20 mau makahiki, aia paha mākou i kahi wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no ka mea ʻaʻohe hopena pūʻali koa ma Afghanistan, a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu i ka lāhui. Hāʻawi ʻia kēlā.

A no laila, ʻoiai paʻakikī iā ia, ua kamaʻilio nui mākou e pili ana i kēia i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua. A aia wau ma ke kōmike hoʻolālā o ka paepae, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi a ʻano ke nānā aku i ka mea a Bernie a me nā aʻoaʻo a Biden i hoʻokumu ai. No laila, hoʻohiki ʻia ia, hoʻohiki ʻia. A maopopo iā ia he hoʻoholo paʻakikī kēia. Hana pololei ʻo ia.

Akā i ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻae, pōhaku maoli ka huakaʻi i ka hoʻomaka, a ʻaʻohe hoʻolālā. 'Lelo wau, ʻaʻole wau e koho; ʻaʻole ia i ʻike ʻia he hoʻolālā. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike - ʻoiai, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo, ke Kōmike ʻIke. Ma ka liʻiliʻi, ua hewa a ʻaʻole paha - a i ʻole ʻike ʻike ʻole ʻole, manaʻo wau, e pili ana i ka Taliban. A no laila, nui nā lua a me nā āpau a mākou e aʻo ai.

He kuleana ko mākou e kiaʻi e ʻike, ʻo ka mea mua, he aha ka mea i hana ʻia e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana, ʻoiai he mea kupaianaha ia i ka hapa nui - he aha? - ma kahi o 120,000 mau kānaka i hoʻoneʻe ʻia. I manaʻo, hele mai, i loko o kekahi mau pule? Manaʻo wau he huakaʻi hilinaʻi ʻole kēlā i kū ʻia. Ua waiho ʻia ka poʻe ma laila, nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine. Pono mākou e hoʻopaʻa, e hōʻoia ua palekana lākou, a e ʻike pono aia kekahi ala e kōkua ai me kā lākou aʻo ʻana a hoʻopuka i kēlā me kēia ʻAmelika, i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao Afghanistan. No laila, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana e hana ai, kahi e koi ai i kahi diplomas nui - he nui nā diplomas diplomas e hoʻokō maoli i kēlā.

Akā i ka hopena, e haʻi wale wau, maopopo iā ʻoe, ka mea nānā kūikawā no Afghanistan kūkulu hou, ua puka ʻo ia me nā hōʻike pinepine a mau. A ʻo ka mea hope loa, makemake wau e heluhelu iki e pili ana i ka mea o ka mea hope loa - hele mai nei i kahi mau pule i hala aku nei. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole lako mākou no Afghanistan." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He hōʻike kēia e hōʻike ana i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia a me ka pahuhopu e hoʻokau i nā nīnau i nā mea hana politika ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hou." Ua ʻike pū ʻia ka hōʻike i ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - a eia kēia i loko o ka hōʻike - "ʻaʻole maopopo iā lākou ka pōʻaiapili o Afghanistan, e like me ka nohona kanaka, ka moʻomeheu a me ka politika." Hoʻohui ʻia - a ʻo kēia ka SIGAR, ka luna ʻike kūikawā - ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he "ʻaʻohe o ka hoʻomaopopo iki ʻana o nā luna o ʻAmelika i ka nohona o Afghanistan," - Ke heluhelu nei wau i kēia mai ka hōʻike - a "ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pane ʻana i nā hana a US," a ua hele pinepine kēia naʻaupō mai kahi "makemake ʻole e nānā i ka ʻike i loaʻa paha."

A ua hala ʻo ia - e puka ana kēia mau hōʻike no 20 mau makahiki i hala. A ke hoʻolohe nei mākou a me nā ʻaha kūkā a hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻolaha iā lākou i ka lehulehu, no ka mea he lehulehu ia. A no laila, ʻae, pono mākou e hoʻi a hana i kahi luʻu hohonu a me kahi drill-down. Akā pono mākou e hana i kā mākou kuleana e pili ana i nā mea i hala koke iho nei, i ʻole e hana hou ʻia ia, akā no ka mea ʻo 20 mau makahiki i hala, ke alakaʻi mākou i kā mākou kiaʻi ʻana i nā mea i hana ʻia, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hana hou ʻia. .

AMY GOODMAN: A i ka hopena, i kēia ʻāpana o ke ahiahi, keu hoʻi no ka poʻe ʻōpio, he aha ka mea i hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka koa e kū hoʻokahi e kūʻē i ke kaua?

Rep. BARBARA HELUHELU: Auwe. ʻĀ, he kanaka manaʻoʻiʻo wau. ʻO ka mea mua, pule wau. ʻO ka lua, he wahine ʻEleʻele wau ma ʻAmelika. A ua hele wau ma waena o ka heck o ka nui ma kēia ʻāina, e like me nā wahine ʻeleʻele.

Koʻu makuahine - a pono wau e kaʻana like i kēia moʻolelo, no ka mea, ua hoʻomaka ia ma ka wā hānau. Ua hānau ʻia au a hānai ʻia ma El Paso, Texas. A hele koʻu makuahine - pono ʻo ia i kahi ʻāpana C a hele i ka haukapila. ʻAʻole lākou e ʻae iā ia no ka mea ʻeleʻele ia. A heck a lot ka mea i loaʻa iā ia no ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana i loko o ka haukapila. He nui. A i ka manawa i komo ai i loko, ua hala ka hala no kahi ʻāpana C. A haʻalele lākou iā ia ma laila. A ua ʻike kekahi iā ia. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike. A laila ʻike lākou, ʻike wale lākou iā ia e waiho ana i ka hale. Hoʻokomo wale lākou iā ia, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, kahi gurney a haʻalele iā ia ma laila. A no laila, ʻo ka hopena, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i ka mea e hana ai. A no laila ua lawe lākou iā ia i loko - a haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu he lumi pilikia ia, ʻaʻole nō ia o ka lumi hāʻawi. A hoʻopau lākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana pehea i ka honua e hoʻopakele ai lākou i kona ola, no ka mea i kēlā manawa ua maopopo ʻole iā ia. A no laila ua huki lākou iaʻu mai ka ʻōpū o koʻu makuahine me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikaika, lohe ʻoe iaʻu? Ke hoʻohana nei i nā forceps. No laila ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole wau i hiki ma aneʻi. ʻAneʻane ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hanu. ʻAneʻane wau i make i ka hānau hānau. Aneane make koʻu makuahine me aʻu. No laila, ʻike ʻoe, ma ke ʻano kamaliʻi, makemake wau, he aha kaʻu e ʻōlelo ai? Inā ʻaʻa wau e hele i aneʻi, a loaʻa ka wiwo ʻole o koʻu makuahine e hānau iaʻu, manaʻo wau ʻaʻohe pilikia i nā mea āpau.

AMY GOODMAN: ʻĀ, ʻĀkau ʻo Lee, he mea leʻaleʻa ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ʻoe, he lālā o ke alakaʻi aupuni Temokalaka, ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe -

AMY GOODMAN: ʻO ka luna ʻāpana o Kaleponi ʻo Barbara Lee, ʻae, i kēia manawa i kāna kau 12th. ʻO ia ka wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻahaʻōlelo. I ka 2001, Kepakemapa 14th, ʻekolu mau lā wale nō ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o 9/11, ʻo ia wale nō ka lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e koho kūʻē i ka mana o ka pūʻali koa - ka balota hope loa, 420 a 1.

I koʻu ninaninau ʻana iā ia i ke ahiahi Pōʻakolu, aia ʻo ia ma Kaleponi e neʻe nei e kākoʻo iā Kiaʻāina Gavin Newsom ma mua o ke koho balota hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o kēia Poʻalua, me ka Hope Pelekikena Kamala Harris, i hānau ʻia ma Oakland. ʻO Barbara Lee ka mea e hōʻike ai iā Oakland. Ma ka Pōʻakahi, e hoʻouka kaua ʻo Newsom me Pelekikena Joe Biden. O kēia ʻO ka Democracy Nei! E noho pū me mākou.

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AMY GOODMAN: "E hoʻomanaʻo iā Rockefeller ma Attica" na Charles Mingus. Ua hoʻomaka ka haunaele o ka hale paʻahao Attica 50 mau makahiki i hala. A laila, ma Kepakemapa 13th, 1971, a laila kauoha ke Kiaʻāina ʻo New York, ʻo Nelson Rockefeller, i nā pūʻali koa mākaukau i ka pūʻali koa e hoʻouka i ka hale paʻahao. Ua pepehi lākou he 39 mau kānaka, me nā paʻahao a me nā kiaʻi. Ma ka Pōʻakahi, e nānā mākou i ke ala ʻana o Attica i ka makahiki 50th.