[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CALLING FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this past week, we saw the 
numbers mounting of deceased soldiers who have died on the battlefield 
in the war in Iraq. That number now reaches 2,000. We saw the memorial 
services, the funeral services for the soldier that represented that 
number.
  As we watch a number of activities occurring with respect to Federal 
criminal proceedings, we know that the justice system will proceed on 
its own.
  But I call now for the United States Congress and the leadership of 
this Congress to begin investigatory hearings as to the origins of the 
Iraq war. Where did the intelligence come from? Who made the decisions? 
Was the intelligence forced? Was it represented to be the truth?
  We have a constitutional responsibility to determine what 
representations were made to the United States Congress and whether or 
not those representations were true and whether or not we made the 
decision based upon truth. I call for the investigations now.

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