Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the President Signing the Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act December 21, 2006 “I applaud the President’s decision to sign into law the Collins-Feingold bill extending the important work of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. It would have been a costly mistake to shut down the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction prematurely. The SIGIR has been successful in providing aggressive oversight over billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars allocated for the reconstruction of Iraq. With the President’s signature, we have sent a strong bipartisan message to Americans that we are working to prevent the waste, fraud and abuse of their taxpayer dollars in Iraq.” In 2003, Feingold introduced legislation which led to the creation of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. To learn more about Senator Feingold’s work to ensure oversight of U.S. taxpayer dollars in Iraq, click here: http://www.feingold.senate.gov/issues_SIGIRfacts.html.

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