John Conyers, Jr. --NEW Letter to Pres Bush Concerning the "Downing Street Minutes"

John Conyers, Jr. -- Letter to Pres Bush Concerning the "Downing Street Minutes":
"The Downing Street Minutes memo has generated enormous ongoing interest. Last week I personally delivered 560,000 letters from individuals to the president demanding he respond to questions raised by these documents.

On Thursday, I held hearings to receive testimony about the Downing Street Minutes. Republicans forced us to use a cramped room in the basement of the Capitol little bigger than a closet, even though plenty of larger hearing rooms were available. The Republican Leadership also scheduled votes for nearly two straight hours in an unprecedented attempt to limit the ability of Democratic Members of Congress to participate in this hearing. (Links to video from the hearing are to the right, or may be found here.)

Thanks to the help of more than 560,000 individuals who signed the letter to the president, the mainstream media felt compelled to cover this event. The room was packed with television cameras and there was significant coverage in national newspapers and radio networks.

There still remains much more to do to make President Bush answer the questions raised by the Downing Street Minutes. We are not through by a long shot.

We are collecting more signatures to send a second batch of letters to the president. You can find the letter at http://johnconyers.com/downingstreetminutes. Please pass on this important letter to your friends and colleagues, and ask them to sign as well."