{"id":1859041,"date":"2023-02-24T10:05:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1859041"},"modified":"2023-02-24T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:09:27","slug":"house-oversight-committee-to-investigate-where-ukraine-spending-has-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-to-investigate-where-ukraine-spending-has-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight Committee to Investigate Where Ukraine Spending Has Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-oversight-committee-to-investigate-where-ukraine-spending-has-gone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1859041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ce97142a-3a17-4b43-8b3e-e1a4334b68e6.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>For its fight against Russia more than $100 billion in taxpayer-funded aid was sent to Ukraine. But where is it all going? This is the question that James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and his fellow House Republicans are trying to answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a year ago, Congress has provided more than $113 billion for security, humanitarian, economic, and governance assistance,&#8221; This week, Oversight Republicans spoke out. &#8220;It is critical that government agencies administering these funds ensure they are used for their intended purposes to prevent and reduce the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given the federal government&#8217;s reputation \u2014 and recent revelations about how much fraud took place in the distribution of COVID-era aid \u2014 the Oversight Committee should be scrutinizing the use of tax dollars in Ukraine to ensure Americans&#8217; aren&#8217;t being defrauded or having their hard-earned tax dollars wasted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans on the committee need to find a way to do their work. &#8220;documents and information to understand how the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development&#8217;s (USAID) are conducting oversight of these funds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In its letter to Biden officials, the Oversight Committee correctly noted that &#8220;[p]<\/span><span>roviding security and humanitarian assistance for warfighting and reconstruction purposes comes with an inherent risk of fraud, waste, and abuse.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4 class=\"pc\">Recommendation<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>But, since the Biden administration has already sent billions to Ukraine \u2014 including another $500 million during the president&#8217;s surprise visit to Ukraine this week \u2014 the &#8220;United States must identify these risks and develop oversight mechanisms to mitigate them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The letter criticised John Kirby from the White House for claiming that January&#8217;s Biden administration was responsible for the claims. &#8220;not seen any signs that our budgetary assistance has fallen prey to any kind of corruption in Ukraine&#8221; citing all direct funding &#8220;goes through the World Bank.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Oversight Republicans observed that Kirby&#8217;s claims were not correct. &#8220;came one day after Ukrainian President <span>Volodymyr Zelensky fired several top Ukrainian officials amid a corruption scandal&#8221; Who had &#8220;<\/span><span>allegedly engaged in bribery, used government vehicles for\u00a0<\/span><span>personal use, and purchased inflated food supplies for Ukrainian forces.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on Mr. Kirby&#8217;s remarks, however, the U.S.\u00a0<span>National Security Council appears unaware of this corruption scandal, heightening concerns that\u00a0<\/span><span>U.S. agencies are not conducting oversight of taxpayer assistance to Ukraine,&#8221; The letter has been added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We learned from efforts in Afghanistan that the World Bank does not always have effective monitoring and accounting of funds, and often lacks transparency,&#8221; The Oversight Republicans were reminded. &#8220;We also learned that unrealistic timelines and expectations that prioritize spending quickly lead to increased corruption and reduced effectiveness of programs.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The letter noted, as in previous boondoggles: Ukraine is the U.S. &#8220;continues to filter assistance through multilateral organizations with pressure to spend funds quickly,&#8221; This makes it even more essential. &#8220;ensure proper protections are in place to prevent the misuse of funds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its fight against Russia more than $100 billion in taxpayer-funded aid was sent to Ukraine. But where is it all going? This is the question that James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and his fellow House Republicans are trying to answer.\u00a0 &#8220;Since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a year ago, Congress &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1859044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4384,3653,4235,5618,3834,6991],"class_list":["post-1859041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-committee","tag-house","tag-investigate","tag-oversight","tag-spending","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1859041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1859044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1859041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1859041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1859041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}