Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. The question from Senator Durbin is to both parties. Emails between DOD and OMB officials reveal that by August 12 the Pentagon could no longer guarantee that all of the $250 million in DOD aid to Ukraine could be spent before it expired. Deputy Secretary of Defense Norquist drafted a letter and stated that the Pentagon had ``repeatedly advised OMB officials that pauses beyond August 19 jeopardize the Department's ability to obligate USAI funding prudently and fully.'' Why did the President persist in withholding the funds when DOD officials were sounding the alarm that the hold would violate the law and short-change our ally of needed military aid? =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S716, January 30, 2020, first column, the following appears: Emails between DOD and OMB officials reveal that by August 12 the Pentagon could no longer guarantee that all of the $250 million in DOD aid to Ukraine could be spent before it expired. Deputy Secretary of Defense Norquist drafted a letter and stated that the Pentagon had ``repeatedly advised OMB officials that pauses beyond August 19 jeopardize the Department's ability to obligate USAI funding prudently and fully.'' Why did the President persist in withholding the funds when DOD officials were sounding the alarm that the hold would violate the law and short- change an ally of needed military aid?…”