Ted Cruz And Samantha Power Clash Over His Questions About U.S. Aid To Gaza Getting Into Hamas Hands

At today's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grilled USAID Admin. Samantha Power about aid to Gaza.

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[bradbarnett]

How much aid has been sent to Gaza?
"I have not tabulated the amounts."???

US Aid Administrator?

[lisas]

When is anyone going to hold themselves accountable for ANYTHING in this administration. Unbelievable.

[raisedbycarnies]

why do they always refer to the prior administration -- you're more than 3 years in at this point - you own this stuff after 90 days

[RogelioConejo]

Why can none of these experts answer any question. Always misdirection and in truths aka lies.

[nonamegarage]

More stupidity from this administration 😢

[leokeglovic]

I am dumbfounded that she hasn't come prepared with any numbers.

[johnwoodlief]

2:33 I have no idea where the money is. I just know that it's somewhere between Narnia and Gaza.

[mallachsteve]

This woman doesn't answer questions. She was clearly asked how much aid is diverted by Hamas and her response is "we know it enters." That's not the question. The answer is "we don't know." In other words, "were wasting your money, aiding terrorists and prolonging the war."

[jimgallagher]

Samantha Power is a natural born liar, which makes her the perfect Democrat.

[davidfromamerica]

This is why you should never never never donate money to overseas charity organizations. Only a very small fraction of money you donate goes to what you thought it was going to. Your Taxpayer dollars already goes to all these charities and international charities.

[jeffjones]

She lies. She knows exactly how much.

[murielsundermier]

Why is it that none of the Dems that are being questioned have any idea of what they spend even though they know that the questions are going to be asked? Sick of empty words from both sides

[Prolificposter]

She seems pretty full of herself. Her hand seems to be in control here.

[elkelewtschuk]

How is it that people cannot give straight answers when called to testify? This is so infuriating.

[cynthiadrummond]

So lady, who makes the check? To whom are they payable and for what amount and on what date? What bank? Got a spread sheet? An accountant? An audit? Wow! Just wow!

[chuckrogers]

1:13 - she calls money to gaza investments...

[stevieRay]

According to her, sending money to Gaza is an investment. Guess the billions of dollars "invested" in Iran is really earning great dividends too.

[pvp]

Why do we give our tax dollars to so many countries around the world, when they hate us, talk us down at any chance and we could use the money here at home?

[darthnatas]

Money the government spends is not an "investment". Investing is when I keep my money and buy private assets for myself.

[biljacburnside]

It i$ ALL about the money ... all those involved get their share ... their friends and family run these NGO's ...