{"id":8854,"date":"2026-05-22T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:03:55","slug":"senators-from-both-parties-push-hegseth-for-action-on-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8854","title":{"rendered":"Senators from both parties push Hegseth for action on Ukraine aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By STEPHEN GROVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe, dispatching a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday that calls for the funding to be disbursed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8852\">Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friction has grown between Congress and the Trump administration in recent weeks as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle push for updates on what has happened with $400 million in Ukraine aid and $200 million more for defense programs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The money was allocated by Congress last year. Even Republican lawmakers have aired their frustration as President Donald Trump\u2019s administration disengages with Ukraine and other European allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine has persistently and bravely repelled a four-year Russian onslaught, but its military needs and deserves continued American support,\u201d said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in the joint letter.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sens. Kevin Cramer and Thom Tillis and Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and Catherine Cortez Masto also signed onto the letter.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing over three weeks ago, Hegseth had told lawmakers that the Ukraine funding had been \u201creleased\u201d and a spending plan would soon be sent to lawmakers. But the senators say the Pentagon failed to meet the promised May 15 deadline for that plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny further delays \u2014 particularly as the Department reportedly plans troubling U.S. troops withdrawals from the region \u2014 risks our ability to adequately deter Russia,\u201d the senators said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8850\">Map shows Garden Grove hazmat incident and evacuation around aerospace plant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter was the latest sign of Senate Republican frustration with the Trump administration after a week in which the president endorsed the primary challenger to Texas Sen. John Cornyn, angering many.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a back-and-forth with the president on social media Friday, Tillis blamed Trump\u2019s advisors for a list of policies he says are hurting the GOP politically, including, \u201cFiring our very best generals and not holding Putin accountable for his systematic kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of Ukrainian civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans have also taken issue with Hegseth\u2019s firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George last month. George had pushed to reconfigure the Army\u2019s battlefield strategy to incorporate drone warfare and had worked with Ukraine\u2019s military to learn from its experience.<\/p>\n<p>In the House, a Democratic-backed proposal to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia and send $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine has gained momentum as well. While that aid package is unlikely to become law, it\u2019s helping fuel a renewed push among lawmakers for supporting Ukraine\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n<p>The $400 million in security aid for Ukraine is relatively small compared to the multi-billion dollar aid packages that Congress initially approved in the months and years immediately following Russia\u2019s invasion, but for lawmakers, the provision has also taken on significance as a sign of their continued support.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8848\">Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of senators is urging the pentagon to release $600 million in security aid for Ukraine and eastern European allies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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