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House Calendar No. 69

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260

[Report No. 108–168] 

Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not 

later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution 

documents or other materials in the President’s possession relating to 

Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2003

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. LEE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 

WATSON, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FARR, Mr. 

CONYERS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. OWENS, 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

NADLER, Mr. STARK, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 

RAHALL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 

TOWNS, and Mr. PAYNE) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on International Relations 

JUNE 23, 2003

Additional sponsors: Mr. SANDERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FILNER, Mr. KLECZKA, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WEXLER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 

and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois 

JUNE 23, 2003

Reported adversely without amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and 

ordered to be printed 
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RESOLUTION

Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of 

the adoption of this resolution documents or other materials in the President’s possession relating to Iraq’s 

weapons of mass destruction.

1 Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit 

2 to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days 

3 after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents 

4 or other materials in the President’s possession that pro5 vides specific evidence for the following claims relating to 

6 Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction: 

7 (1) On August 26, 2002, the Vice President in 

8 a speech stated: ‘‘Simply stated, there is no doubt 

9 that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass de10 struction . . . What he wants is time, and more time 

11 to husband his resources to invest in his ongoing 

12 chemical and biological weapons program, and to 

13 gain possession of nuclear weapons.’’. 

14 (2) On September 12, 2002, in a speech to the 

15 United Nations General Assembly, the President 

16 stated: ‘‘Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving 

17 facilities that were used for the production of bio18 logical weapons . . . Iraq has made several attempts 

19 to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich 

20 uranium for a nuclear weapon.’’. 
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1 (3) On October 7, 2002, in a speech in Cin2 cinnati, Ohio, the President stated: ‘‘It [Iraq] pos3 sesses and produces chemical and biological weap4 ons. It is seeking nuclear weapons . . . And surveil5 lance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding fa6 cilities that it had used to produce chemical and bio7 logical weapons.’’. 

8 (4) On January 7, 2003, the Secretary of De9 fense at a press briefing stated: ‘‘There is no doubt 

10 in my mind but that they currently have chemical 

11 and biological weapons.’’. 

12 (5) On January 9, 2003, in his daily press 

13 briefing, the White House spokesperson stated: ‘‘We 

14 know for a fact that there are weapons there [in 

15 Iraq].’’. 

16 (6) On March 16, 2003, in an appearance on 

17 NBC’s ‘‘Meet The Press’’, the Vice President stated: 

18 ‘‘We believe he [Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, re19 constituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. El Baradei 

20 frankly is wrong.’’. 

21 (7) On March 17, 2003, in an Address to the 

22 Nation, the President stated: ‘‘Intelligence gathered 

23 by this and other governments leaves no doubt that 

24 the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal 

25 some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.’’. 
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1 (8) On March 21, 2003, in his daily press brief2 ing the White House spokesperson stated: ‘‘Well, 

3 there is no question that we have evidence and infor4 mation that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, 

5 biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will 

6 be made clear in the course of the operation, for 

7 whatever duration it takes.’’. 

8 (9) On March 24, 2003, in an appearance on 

9 CBS’s ‘‘Face the Nation’’, the Secretary of Defense 

10 stated: ‘‘We have seen intelligence over many 

11 months that they have chemical and biological weap12 ons, and that they have dispersed them and that 

13 they’re weaponized and that, in one case at least, 

14 the command and control arrangements have been 

15 established.’’. 

16 (10) On March 30, 2003, in an appearance on 

17 ABC’s ‘‘This Week’’, the Secretary of Defense stat18 ed: ‘‘We know where they [weapons of mass destruc19 tion] are, they are in the area around Tikrit and 

20 Baghdad.’’. 

House Calendar No. 69

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260

[Report No. 108–168] 

RESOLUTION

Requesting the President to transmit to the House 

of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents or other materials in the President’s possession relating to Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. 

JUNE 23, 2003

Reported adversely without amendment, referred to the 

House Calendar, and ordered to be printed