Shaheen Presses Hegseth on Unspent Ukraine Aid and $75B Reconciliation Funds
The video covers a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Pentagon's FY27 budget and supplemental requests amid the Iran conflict. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on delays in obligating $400 million in FY26 Ukraine security assistance approved in January, noting a defense manufacturer had received neither funding nor a contract with only three months left in the fiscal year. She also pressed on $150 billion in prior reconciliation funding, stating roughly half had been spent with $75 billion unspent, questioning why additional funds were sought instead of using transfer authority. Hegseth responded that remaining funds were committed to priorities like the Golden Dome missile defense, hypersonics, and munitions, and pivoted to the historic strategic importance of preventing Iranian nuclear weapons and radical Islamism. Shaheen interrupted, saying she did not want to hear his 'speech' and would move on if he could not answer directly. The segment later addressed timber industry issues with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
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