IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 176 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress and all Americans 
learned the identity of ‘‘Deep Throat’’ as W. Mark Felt this week, 
it commends and honors W. Mark Felt for his uncommon courage and 
bravery in exposing major Government corruption and encourages other 
FBI employees aware of wrongdoing to follow the lead of this model 
whistleblower. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. STARK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
BOUCHER, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress and 
all Americans learned the identity of ‘‘Deep Throat’’ 
as W. Mark Felt this week, it commends and honors 
W. Mark Felt for his uncommon courage and bravery 
in exposing major Government corruption and encour-
ages other FBI employees aware of wrongdoing to follow 
the lead of this model whistleblower. 
Whereas this week, Americans were brought closure to an ex-
traordinary chapter in this Nation’s history in which cor-
ruption in our Government would have gone unchecked
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had a model Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whis-
tleblower not come forward; 
Whereas on May 31, 2005, it was revealed that ‘‘Deep 
Throat,’’ this model FBI whistleblower responsible for 
ensuring that this country’s constitutional system of 
checks and balances was maintained, was W. Mark Felt; 
Whereas W. Mark Felt served as the Deputy Director of the 
FBI at the time he revealed to Washington Post report-
ers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein his knowledge of 
governmental wrongdoing and risked his reputation, dis-
missal, and prosecution; 
Whereas W. Mark Felt refused to have this country’s system 
of justice circumvented and allow interference with the 
FBI’s investigation of the burglary of the Democratic 
Party headquarters at the Watergate hotel and office 
complex on June 17, 1972; 
Whereas W. Mark Felt is to be commended and honored for 
the difficult choice he made to risk his career and liveli-
hood by exposing information crucial to bringing a proper 
and lawful resolve to the Watergate scandal; 
Whereas it was with the information that W. Mark Felt pro-
vided that the full scope of the Watergate crimes was 
eventually revealed through Congress as the Senate Wa-
tergate Committee held hearings and the House Judici-
ary Committee conducted an impeachment investigation; 
Whereas W. Mark Felt, now age 91, is to be applauded for 
his dutiful and loyal service to this country as a public 
servant, model FBI agent and administrator that had the 
ability to do what was right and disclose corruption in 
our Government; and
•HCON 176 IH 
Whereas W. Mark Felt should also be recognized for his in-
fluence in the practice of journalism as he established 
that anonymous sources play a key role in aiding report-
ers in exposing the truth and that it is important for 
journalists and others to maintain that anonymity: Now, 
therefore it, be 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) commends and honors W. Mark Felt for his 
uncommon courage and bravery in exposing major 
Government corruption that warranted Senate Wa-
tergate Committee hearings and a House Judiciary 
Committee impeachment investigation; 
(2) encourages FBI employees aware of wrong-
doing to follow the example set by W. Mark Felt, a 
model FBI whistleblower, and come forward with 
relevant information; and 
(3) recognizes the important role that anony-
mous sources play in honest and accurate reporting 
by journalists and the importance of respecting that 
anonymity and the freedom of speech. 
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