Byron Dorgan: “I wish to talk about that testimony. The Armed Services Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Carl Levin, is…”

“I wish to talk about that testimony. The Armed Services Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Carl Levin, is holding a hearing this morning on contracting abuses; that is, contracting abuses in Iraq especially under what is called the LOGCAP contract. I testified that I chaired in the Democratic Policy Committee, over the last 3 years, 10 hearings on these issues of contract abuses. I suggested to the Armed Services Committee that they look into what is not only called the LOGCAP, which is a logistic contract which, in this case, Halliburton, or their subsidiary, KBR, provided certain logistics assistance to the Department of the Army under a contract worth billions of dollars, I suggested they also look into the RIO contract, which is Restore Iraqi Oil contract.”