[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S INTELLIGENCE WAS NOT A ``SLAM DUNK''

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, President Bush's latest attacks on those who 
have questioned whether his administration manipulated the intelligence 
to justify a war against Iraq is based on flawed arguments and 
falsehoods.
  First, the President said Congress had access to the same 
intelligence as the White House prior to the war. This is false. The 
Washington Post writes, and I quote, Bush and his aides had access to 
much more voluminous intelligence information than did lawmakers who 
were dependent on the administration to provide the material.
  Second, President Bush claimed the bipartisan Senate investigation 
found that he did not misrepresent prewar intelligence. Again, the 
President's statements are wrong. The Senate Intelligence Committee is 
not expected to complete this phase of their investigation until next 
year.
  Third, the President said intelligence agencies around the world 
agreed with the Bush administration's assessment of the Iraqi threat. 
Once again, this statement is false. Many of our international friends 
concluded that Iraq's threat did not rise to the level of justifying 
immediate military force.
  Mr. Speaker, the Bush administration refuses to live in reality. It 
has no plans in Iraq other than, stay the course. This administration 
makes decisions with no understanding of the consequences of those 
decisions. The reality is, we lost six more servicemen in Iraq in the 
last 24 hours.

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