 but they should also be performing oversight function of how does the department of defense lose billions of dollars it sent to the ukraine how does that happen year in and year out and how is it that other agencies and departments are allowed to create rules and regulations that supersede the authority of the commander-in-chief the only institution that can check that balance is the united states congress and i'm saddened to say that my colleagues in the united states house of representatives who are currently the republican majority have in large part