Janice Schakowsky: “a grass-roots organization called moveon.org has an online petition right now seeking an independent commission to…”

“a grass-roots organization called moveon.org has an online petition right now seeking an independent commission to investigate the Bush administration. I will read it. ``Congress should support an independent commission to investigate the Bush administration's distorting of evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.'' They are supporting H.R. 2625, a bill sponsored by the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), that would create an independent commission that would look into the intelligence that led up to certain representations that the Bush administration has made. People want answers to questions. So what we are doing for the next several nights, some of us, is reading some of these letters and comments that have come as a result of this on-line petition. These are the ones that have come from Illinois. Out of 320,000 people who signed the petition, there were thousands of comments. These are the ones from Illinois, and I would like to read just a few of them. I think my colleagues will find that what these letters do is question the intelligence that was provided, or question the representations that were made, but do not question the integrity.”