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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260

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 

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 
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1 or other materials in the President’s possession that pro2 vides specific evidence for the following claims relating to 

3 Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction: 

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

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

6 that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass de7 struction . . . What he wants is time, and more time 

8 to husband his resources to invest in his ongoing 

9 chemical and biological weapons program, and to 

10 gain possession of nuclear weapons.’’. 

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

12 United Nations General Assembly, the President 

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

14 facilities that were used for the production of bio15 logical weapons . . . Iraq has made several attempts 

16 to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich 

17 uranium for a nuclear weapon.’’. 

18 (3) On October 7, 2002, in a speech in Cin19 cinnati, Ohio, the President stated: ‘‘It [Iraq] pos20 sesses and produces chemical and biological weap21 ons. It is seeking nuclear weapons . . . And surveil22 lance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding fa23 cilities that it had used to produce chemical and bio24 logical weapons.’’. 
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1 (4) On January 7, 2003, the Secretary of De2 fense at a press briefing stated: ‘‘There is no doubt 

3 in my mind but that they currently have chemical 

4 and biological weapons.’’. 

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

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

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

8 Iraq].’’. 

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

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

11 ‘‘We believe he [Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, re12 constituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. El Baradei 

13 frankly is wrong.’’. 

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

15 Nation, the President stated: ‘‘Intelligence gathered 

16 by this and other governments leaves no doubt that 

17 the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal 

18 some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.’’. 

19 (8) On March 21, 2003, in his daily press brief20 ing the White House spokesperson stated: ‘‘Well, 

21 there is no question that we have evidence and infor22 mation that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, 

23 biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will 

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

25 whatever duration it takes.’’. 
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1 (9) On March 24, 2003, in an appearance on 

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

3 stated: ‘‘We have seen intelligence over many 

4 months that they have chemical and biological weap5 ons, and that they have dispersed them and that 

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

7 the command and control arrangements have been 

8 established.’’. 

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

10 ABC’s ‘‘This Week’’, the Secretary of Defense stat11 ed: ‘‘We know where they [weapons of mass destruc12 tion] are, they are in the area around Tikrit and 

13 Baghdad.’’.

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