First on Fox: In a textual war between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Senator Josh Hawley is introducing legislation that will install Special Inspector General of Ukrainian Aid.
R-Mo. Hawley is reintroducing legislation he sponsored with Vice President JD Vance, when an independent regulator reviewed $174 billion in Congress that had allocated aid for Ukraine.
When Hawley first introduced it in 2023, the then democratically controlled Senate voted on the Special Inspector General of the Ukrainian Aid Act. But with Republicans increasingly frustrated control over Congress and President Donald Trump’s aid to Ukraine, Hawley now believes it’s such a chance to become law.
“U.S. taxpayers don’t have to doubt their billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and the money they are now funding there,” Hawley said in a statement.
Waltz says Ukraine should “reduce” criticism of Trump
R-Mo. Hawley is reintroducing legislation he sponsored with Vice President JD Vance when he joined an independent oversight agency in the Senate to review more than $174 billion in Congress to provide Ukrainian aid Funding. (C-Span)
Watchdogs will be similar to observers created for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, known as Sigar, and a type created to investigate Covid-19 Pandemic (called SIGPR) during the Cares Act fraud, and after the 2008 financial crisis Another was created to review the troubled asset relief plan (sigtarp).
Under the Hawley Act, the Office of the Inspector General of Ukraine will oversee aid programs carried out by the Ministry of Defense, the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The legislation will draw funds from the office’s Ukrainian financial aid fund and the inspector general will be asked to submit a quarterly report to Congress on the office’s findings.
Republican senators support Trump’s demand for Ukrainian elections but will not call Zelenskyy a “dictator”
With tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy getting fever this week, Trump called Ukrainian leader a “dictator” and he “should never start” the war. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office through the Associated Press)
As Congress magnifies its budget blueprint, Hawley has warned Senate leaders not to try to “slip” Ukrainian aid. “We shouldn’t give Ukraine a dime. We should review the billions of dollars that have been given to them,” he said.
When tensions between Trump and Zelensky were on the rise this week, Hawley’s action took place, where Trump called Ukrainian leader a “dictator” and he “should never start” the war.
Zelenskyy, in turn, Trump is operating in the “disinformation space.”
Hawley’s bill to review Ukraine’s dollar （AP/Efrem Lukatsky）
This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz sat down with their Russian counterparts and agreed to increase their diplomatic topics in each other’s countries.
Hawley fled to call Zelenskyy a “dictator” while supporting Trump’s claim that Ukraine would need to hold elections even during wartime.
Trump calls Ukraine’s Zelenskyy “no elections for dictators” as the rift expands
“We had elections during World War II,” Hawley said. “If they were democratic countries, they should have elections. I don’t think it’s difficult.”
“[Zelenskyy] An elected leader Holly said. “But, at some point, you have to hold elections.”
Trump has been urging Zelenskyy to pay for past U.S. support. Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Ukraine to deliver a deal to the Ukrainian president, giving the U.S. a entitlement to billions of dollars in minerals.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on Thursday that Ukraine needs to “reduce it down” and sign a mineral agreement.
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“We offer Ukrainians an incredible historic opportunity to co-invest the United States of America with Ukraine, invest in its economy, invest in its natural resources and truly become the future partner of Ukraine in a sustainable way, but And I think – the best security guarantee they might want to get, not another ammunition pallet.”
