John Ensign: “I rise to speak about the Oil-for-Food scandal. I do so because I have been told that high ranking officials at the…”

“I rise to speak about the Oil-for-Food scandal. I do so because I have been told that high ranking officials at the State Department and Paul Volcker, who is heading up the U.N. investigation, believe Senators are not personally committed to gaining access to all relevant documents, including U.N. audits. That is not true. A bipartisan group of Senators, including ranking members from the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, wrote to Mr. Bremer in Iraq asking him to secure the Oil-for-Food documents. We are writing to inquire about the status of documents relating to the United Nations 'Oil-for-Food' Program (OFF Program), and express our concerns about recent developments that could jeopardize American interests with respect to those documents.”