Republican Sen. Todd Young (IN) wants the Senate to finally start providing some oversight of the Trump administration.
Young told The Hill Friday that the Senate needs to have hearings and ask the administration questions about a recent pause in weapons shipments to Ukraine following reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acted without getting approval from Donald Trump.
“We need to do our oversight here, ask our questions of this administration just as we have previous administrations,” Young said. “We need to hold hearings and ask questions and learn what’s going on.”
Other senators were “alarmed” by Hegseth acting without the approval of Trump, which was not the first time. Hegseth previously froze weapons shipments in February and May.
“That’s a problem,” one GOP senator who requested anonymity told the Hill, “to hear there may have been other pauses or this pause went on longer than any of us know, to me that’s alarming,” the lawmaker said.
“I would elevate this to being beyond concerned, to being alarmed. It’s not like we’re talking to a small arms sale to some African nation, this is Ukraine. This is like the biggest political debate. … This is not something where you have your secretary of Defense or your assistant or your deputy not be in sync with your president.”
“I find it alarming that you would not have greater understanding as to what is our plan here. That’s kind of scary” the senator added.
Trump told reporters this week that he had no idea who ordered the weapons freeze and reversed the decision.
