[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 532 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 532

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
 of the United States should appoint a special counsel to investigate 
  Operation Fast and Furious and the Attorney General's knowledge and 
               management of Operation Fast and Furious.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2012

 Mr. Quayle (for himself, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Blackburn, 
   Mr. Canseco, Mr. Boustany, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Brooks, Mr. 
Farenthold, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Olson, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Gohmert, 
 Mr. Pompeo, and Mr. Yoder) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
 of the United States should appoint a special counsel to investigate 
  Operation Fast and Furious and the Attorney General's knowledge and 
               management of Operation Fast and Furious.

Whereas, in November of 2009, Operation Fast and Furious was initiated under 
        Project Gunrunner;
Whereas, under Operation Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
        Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) sanctioned the sale of hundreds of 
        assault weapons to straw purchasers who transported the weapons across 
        the United States border and into the hands of Mexican criminals;
Whereas, on December 14, 2010, 2 guns used in Operation Fast and Furious were 
        found at the scene of the murder of a Border Patrol agent;
Whereas, on May 3, 2011, the Attorney General testified before the House 
        Judiciary Committee and, when asked when he first knew about operation 
        Fast and Furious, he stated, ``I'm not sure of the exact date, but I 
        probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last 
        few weeks.'';
Whereas, beginning in July 2010, weekly memos addressed to the Attorney General 
        included briefings about Operation Fast and Furious;
Whereas, on November 8, 2011, the Attorney General testified before the Senate 
        Judiciary Committee and stated, ``I first learned about the tactics and 
        the phrase Operation Fast and Furious at the beginning of this year, I 
        think, when it became a matter of, I guess, public controversy. In my 
        testimony before the House committee I did say `a few weeks' I probably 
        could have said a couple of months . . .'';
Whereas, on December 8, 2011, the Attorney General testified before the House 
        Judiciary Committee and stated, ``he has no intention in resigning'' and 
        that no one should resign on the basis of the information that he has;
Whereas, on January 27, 2012, the Department of Justice released documents 
        regarding Operation Fast and Furious, which included e-mails exchanged 
        on December 14, 2010, between the Attorney General's deputy chief of 
        staff and the United States Attorney for the district of Arizona, 
        stating that the Attorney General had been alerted of the shooting and 
        death of a Border Patrol agent: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President of the United States should appoint a special counsel to 
investigate Operation Fast and Furious and the Attorney General's 
knowledge and management of Operation Fast and Furious.
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