Ohio|NNP Congressman|NNP Arrives|NNP in|IN Jordan|NNP 

AMMAN|NNP ,|, Jordan|NNP (|( AP|NNP )|) 
U.S.|NN Representative|NNP Tony|NNP Hall|NNP arrived|VBD in|IN Jordan|NNP on|IN Saturday|NNP en|IN route|NN to|TO Iraq|NNP ,|, where|WRB he|PRP is|VBZ expected|VBN to|TO look|VB into|IN the|DT plight|NN of|IN Iraqis|NNP after|IN nearly|RB 10|CD years|NNS of|IN U.N.|NN trade|NN sanctions|NNS .|. 

Hall|NNP ,|, an|DT Ohio|NNP Democrat|NNP and|CC one|CD of|IN very|RB few|JJ U.S.|NN congressmen|NNS to|TO visit|VB Iraq|NNP since|IN the|DT 1991|CD Gulf|NNP War|NNP over|IN Kuwait|NNP ,|, is|VBZ scheduled|VBN to|TO embark|VB Sunday|NNP the|DT 12|CD -|: hour|NN overland|NN trip|NN to|TO the|DT Iraqi|JJ capital|NN ,|, Baghdad|NNP .|. 

He|PRP did|VBD not|RB speak|VB to|TO reporters|NNS in|IN Jordan|NNP ,|, but|CC he|PRP told|VBD The|DT Associated|NNP Press|NNP before|IN leaving|VBG the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS that|IN he|PRP hopes|VBZ to|TO "|'' separate|VB the|DT humanitarian|JJ work|NN from|IN the|DT political|JJ issues|NNS .|. "|'' 

During|IN his|PRP$ four|CD days|NNS in|IN Iraq|NNP ,|, Hall|NNP said|VBD he|PRP wanted|VBD to|TO investigate|VB reports|NNS from|IN relief|NN agencies|NNS that|IN a|DT quarter|NN of|IN Iraqi|JJ children|NNS may|MD be|VB suffering|VBG from|IN chronic|JJ malnutrition|NN .|. 

He|PRP said|VBD he|PRP would|MD pay|VB particular|JJ attention|NN to|TO what|WP happens|VBZ to|TO food|NN and|CC medicine|NN entering|VBG the|DT country|NN under|IN the|DT U.N.|NN oil-for-food|JJ program|NN .|. 
If|IN supplies|NNS are|VBP not|RB reaching|VBG the|DT people|NNS who|WP need|VBP them|PRP ,|, Hall|NNP said|VBD ,|, he|PRP wanted|VBD to|TO find|VB out|IN whether|IN the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS or|CC relief|NN agencies|NNS needed|VBN to|TO handle|VB things|NNS differently|RB ,|, or|CC whether|IN "|'' Iraq|NNP needs|VBZ to|TO get|VB out|IN of|IN the|DT way|NN and|CC let|VB us|PRP do|VBP the|DT job|NN .|. "|'' 

The|DT Iraqi|JJ government|NN blames|VBZ the|DT embargo|NN for|IN the|DT malnutrition|NN ,|, infant|NN mortality|NN and|CC other|JJ hardships|NNS .|. 

The|DT sanctions|NNS cannot|NN be|VB lifted|VBN until|IN U.N.|NN inspectors|NNS certify|VB that|IN Iraq|NNP has|VBZ eliminated|VBN its|PRP$ weapons|NNS of|IN mass|NN destruction|NN and|CC the|DT means|NNS to|TO produce|VB them|PRP .|. 
Iraq|NNP says|VBZ it|PRP has|VBZ done|VBN so|RB and|CC has|VBZ barred|VBN inspectors|NNS since|IN late|JJ 1998|CD .|. 

At|IN least|JJS one|CD other|JJ congressman|NN has|VBZ visited|VBN Iraq|NNP .|. 
Energy|NNP Secretary|NNP Bill|NNP Richardson|NNP went|VBD to|TO Baghdad|NNP in|IN 1995|CD while|IN a|DT representative|NN for|IN New|NNP Mexico|NNP .|. 

