Oversight Hearings on Iraq and the Global War on Terror

OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON IRAQ AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR -- (Senate - September 25, 2006)

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I wish to say a few words about oversight hearings on Iraq and the global war on terror.

Just last week, our good friend, the Democratic leader, complained that there has not been ``a single oversight hearing, none.'' That was our good friend, the Democratic leader, saying there hasn't been a single oversight hearing on Iraq and the global war on terror. But the Senate has conducted scores of hearings on Iraq and related issues since 2003. For example, the Armed Services Committee held more than 20--20--hearings on such topics as military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, operations and strategy in Iraq, and Iraq-Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism. That is 20 hearings by the Armed Services Committee alone. The Foreign Relations Committee has held more than 30 hearings in the past 3 years, including hearings on post-Saddam Iraq, on the status of and prospect for Iraq reconstruction, Iraq's transition to sovereignty, and post-transition Iraq. That is 30 hearings by the Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq and the war on terror in the last 3 years. And then there is the Judiciary Committee, the Banking Committee, and the Homeland Security Committee hearings. All told, more than 80--80--hearings have been held on Iraq and related issues.

I ask unanimous consent that a listing of all of these hearings to which I just referred indicating the Senate has engaged in extensive oversight on the war in Iraq and the war on terror over the last 3 years be printed in the RECORD.

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

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