House Republicans plan to pressure the Biden administration to substantially ramp up oversight into the nearly $20 billion worth of weapons the United States has shipped to Ukraine since the start …
of weapons the US has shipped to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February.
But Rep. Kevin McCarthy , likely to be the House speaker when the House convenes after the first of the year in Republican control, has warned the Biden administration that there will be no “blank check” for Ukraine. “We have a voice now and we’re going to do this in an accountable way, with transparency to the American people. These are American taxpayer dollars going in,” he said.
Republicans in the House intend to press the Biden administration to ramp up oversight of the billions in military equipment sent to Ukraine.Another Republican House member, Rep. Mike Waltz, told the Washington Post that the level of oversight that exists now is not sufficient. He suggested using US veterans who are on the ground in Ukraine as subcontractors to report to the State Department and the Pentagon on the deployment of US weapons near the front.
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