House Appropriations Committee

Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Representative Gregory Meeks, the top Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully reprogramming Foreign Military Financing funds without congressional approval. They condemned the move as a violation of Congress's authority over appropriations and are demanding answers about the redirected security assistance.

Representative Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, her party's ranking member on the Senate counterpart, have publicly denounced the Trump administration's reprogramming of Foreign Military Financing funds as unlawful. The two senior lawmakers argue the administration bypassed congressional authority in redirecting the security assistance money.