IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 712 
Recommending that the Speaker of the House of Representatives not move 
to proceed to the consideration of the House Resolution finding Eric 
H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in con-
tempt of Congress pursuant to the report of the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2012 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, and Mr. RANGEL) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Recommending that the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives not move to proceed to the consideration of the 
House Resolution finding Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney 
General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of 
Congress pursuant to the report of the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform. 
Whereas United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., 
joined the Department of Justice right out of law school 
through the Department’s honors program and joined the 
newly created Public Integrity Section, where he pros-
ecuted corrupt local, State and Federal officials; was ap-
pointed by President Reagan to the D.C. Superior Court; 
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was appointed by President Clinton to serve as U.S. At-
torney for the District of Columbia; was appointed by 
President Clinton to serve as Deputy Attorney General, 
the first African-American to hold that position; and was 
appointed by President Obama to serve as Attorney Gen-
eral, the first African-American to hold that position; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has been accommodating 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives during its investigation 
of Operation Fast and Furious by making an extraor-
dinary offer to Chairman Issa, which he rejected, to pro-
vide internal deliberative documentation from a time pe-
riod well after the operation ended to fully satisfy the 
question of how the Department’s knowledge evolved 
from February 2011 to December 2011; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has provided the Com-
mittee with 1,300 pages of deliberative documents around 
the February 4, 2011, letter that clearly showed there 
was no intention to mislead or deceive Congress, as the 
assurances in that letter were given by those agencies su-
pervising the Fast and Furious Operation; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has provided, from more 
than 25 Department officials, testimony, participation in 
interviews, and briefings for Congress, including testi-
mony by the Attorney General nine times during the last 
14 months, testimony by the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Criminal Division, and testimony by the Assistant 
Attorney General for Legislative Affairs; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has provided more than 
7,600 pages as part of 46 separate productions to the 
Committee, including more than 3,000 pages of material 
in response to an 8-item March 2011 subpoena and more 
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than 4,000 pages of documents in response to a 22-item 
October 2011 subpoena, and responded to dozens of 
other letters from Chairman Issa and Senator Grassley, 
including requests for documents or significant informa-
tion; and 
Whereas the Department of Justice has had many accom-
plishments under Attorney General Holder, including 
protecting the American people against terrorism and 
other threats to national security; successfully executing 
ground-breaking 
counterintelligence 
operations; 
pre-
venting United States military and strategic technologies 
from falling into the wrong hands; continuing to identify 
and disrupt narco-terrorist networks; and protecting the 
American people from violent and other crimes: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives should not move to proceed to the consideration 
of the House Resolution finding Eric H. Holder, Jr., 
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in 
contempt of Congress pursuant to the report of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives dated June 22, 2012 
(H. Rpt. 112–546); and 
(2) the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives should 
use its investigatory powers to intercede on behalf of 
the American people and return to addressing issues 
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such as those which pertain to job creation, improve-
ments to education, and both enhancing and pro-
tecting the health of the American people. 
Æ 
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