Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that prior to the conclusion of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress the House should pass legislation that would create an independent commission or select House committee to investigate United States intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 410 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 410

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that prior to the
conclusion of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress the
House should pass legislation that would create an independent
commission or select House committee to investigate United States
intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 21, 2003

Ms. Lee (for herself, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Kucinich, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms.
Woolsey, Mr. Watt, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Watson, Mr.
Hinchey, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Farr, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs.
Christensen, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Clay, Ms. Carson
of Indiana, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stark, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Becerra, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Honda, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
Owens, and Mr. Rush) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select),
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that prior to the
conclusion of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress the
House should pass legislation that would create an independent
commission or select House committee to investigate United States
intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Whereas Congress and the people of the United States have a right to understand
the process by which this Nation went to war against Iraq under
Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas grave questions have been raised regarding executive branch efforts to
interpret and present estimates of the potential threat posed to the
United States by Iraqi weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas members of the United States Armed Forces continue to risk their lives
serving in Iraq;
Whereas more than 300 members of the Armed Forces have died and more than 1200
have been wounded while serving in Iraq since the beginning of Operation
Iraqi Freedom in March 2003;
Whereas military and peacekeeping operations in Iraq currently cost United
States taxpayers approximately $1,000,000,000 a week and total costs
continue to rise;
Whereas Congress passed an emergency supplemental appropriation of
$78,490,000,000 on April 12, 2003 and the President has now asked
Congress to appropriate an additional $87,000,000,000, the vast majority
of which will fund operations in Iraq;
Whereas both an independent commission and select House committee are needed to
investigate the interpretation and presentation of intelligence both
within the executive branch and in communications from that branch to
members of Congress and the American public regarding the potential
level of threat posed by Iraq's alleged attempts to revive its nuclear
weapons program, to develop and deploy chemical and biological weapons,
and to provide support for terrorist organizations including al Qaeda;
and
Whereas the failure of the House of Representatives to pass legislation that
would create an independent commission and select House committee to
investigate questions about United States intelligence relating to
Operation Iraqi Freedom would reduce the likelihood of such an
investigation taking place while members of the Armed Forces remain at
risk and while taxpayers continue to fund operations in Iraq at enormous
financial cost, which could seriously undermine the effectiveness of
future intelligence interpretation and threat assessment and could
adversely affect this Nation's foreign policy: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that
prior to the conclusion of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth
Congress the House should pass legislation that would create an
independent commission or select House committee to investigate United
States intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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