[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7895]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE SET TO EXAMINE OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, a millennia ago the question was asked that 
rings through history and through governance, and that is, can a 
corrupt throne be allied with you? Today in just a few moments the 
Committee on International Relations will gather to examine the United 
Nations Oil for Food Program. We will begin to call for transparency 
and accountability in a program that the United Nations oversaw but 
that the evidence suggests allowed Saddam Hussein to amass and divert 
through kickbacks and various forms of graft in excess of $4 billion.
  As we consider moving forward as a partner in Iraq with the United 
Nations, now is the time and the Committee on International Relations 
is the place where we must begin to get to the bottom of the 
administration of the Oil for Food Program, find the truth, have 
transparency and accountability and go forward with the United Nations 
with our eyes open.

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