IV 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 636 

Censuring President George W. Bush for failing to respond to requests 

for information concerning allegations that he and others in his Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision 

to go to war in Iraq, misstated and manipulated intelligence information 

regarding the justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, 

inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted 

inappropriate retaliation against critics of his Administration, for failing 

to adequately account for specific misstatements he made regarding the 

war, and for failing to comply with Executive Order 12958. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2005 

Mr. CONYERS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring President George W. Bush for failing to respond 

to requests for information concerning allegations that 

he and others in his Administration misled Congress 

and the American people regarding the decision to go 

to war in Iraq, misstated and manipulated intelligence 

information regarding the justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading 

treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of his Administration, 

for failing to adequately account for specific 
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misstatements he made regarding the war, and for failing 

to comply with Executive Order 12958. 

Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to respond to 

requests for information concerning allegations that he 

and others in his Administration misled Congress and the 

American people regarding the decision to go to war in 

Iraq (including his failure to respond to a letter signed 

by 122 Members of Congress on July 12, 2005, asking 

him whether the assertions set forth in the Downing 

Street Minutes are accurate), misstated and manipulated 

intelligence information regarding the justification for the 

war, countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of his Administration; 

Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to account for 

or explain misstatements he made in preparation for the 

United States military invasion of Iraq, including— 

(1) his October 7, 2002, statement that ‘‘[w]e’ve 

learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bombmaking and poisons and deadly gases’’, notwithstanding 

the fact that a February 2002 Defense Intelligence Agency document found that the source for the information 

‘‘was intentionally misleading the debriefers’’ in making 

claims about Iraqi support for al Qaeda’s work with illicit 

weapons; 

(2) his January 28, 2003, State of the Union Address assertion that ‘‘the British government has learned 

that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa’’, notwithstanding the fact 

that the Central Intelligence Agency had repeatedly expressed concerns with the basis for such assertions; and 
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(3) his January 28, 2003, State of the Union Address assertion that, as a result of information provided 

by defectors from Iraq, ‘‘we know that Iraq, in the late 

1990s, had several mobile biological weapons labs . . . designed to produce germ warfare agents, and can be 

moved from place to a place to evade inspectors’’, notwithstanding the fact that numerous United States and 

foreign intelligence officials had discredited the information; and 

Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to comply with 

his obligations under Executive Order 12958 concerning 

the protection of classified national security information 

in that, notwithstanding the fact that several officials 

within his Administration disseminated classified national 

security information to the media concerning the status 

of Valerie Plame Wilson at the Central Intelligence Agency, the President has not disciplined or taken any corrective action against any of these officials, including officials in his Administration that continue to have access 

to classified information: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives does 

2 hereby censure President George W. Bush for— 

3 (1) failing to respond to requests for informa4 tion concerning allegations that he and others in his 

5 Administration— 

6 (A) misled Congress and the American 

7 people regarding the decision to go to war in 

8 Iraq; 
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1 (B) misstated and manipulated intelligence 

2 information regarding the justification for the 

3 war; 

4 (C) countenanced torture and cruel, inhu5 man, and degrading treatment of persons in 

6 Iraq; and 

7 (D) permitted inappropriate retaliation 

8 against critics of his Administration; 

9 (2) failing to adequately account for specific 

10 misstatements he made regarding the war; and 

11 (3) failing to comply with Executive Order 

12 12958. 

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