The House Oversight Committee on Feb. 23 demanded that the State Department, the Pentagon, and USAID submit proof that the $113 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine isn’t being lost to “waste, fraud and abuse.”
In a letter to the heads of these entities, House Oversight Chairman James Comer explains: “Providing security and humanitarian assistance for warfighting and reconstruction purposes comes with an inherent risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. The United States must identify these risks and develop oversight mechanisms to mitigate them.” It calls for all the documents and communications regarding such assistance. Comer’s committee is also demanding documentary evidence of the Biden administration’s plans to tie aid shipments to anti-corruption initiatives, and documents detailing how the administration evaluates the success of its aid drive.
The letter gives Biden’s officials until March 8 to provide all the evidence, dating back to the launch of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine last February.
