Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) wrote U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power Wednesday, accusing the administration of overseeing the “misuse” of over a billion dollars in aid sent to Gaza that was likely seized by Hamas terrorists.

In his letter, he slammed USAID for “inadequate vetting”:

“While Congress cut off funding to UNRWA earlier this year, USAID continues to work with UN agencies and other local partners in Gaza despite documented concerns about inadequate vetting and possible terrorist ties. In July, the USAID Inspector General identified multiple “shortcomings and vulnerabilities in its overnight mechanisms” for Gaza aid, such as inadequate vetting of local partners, reliance on self-reporting of terrorist ties from partners, reliance on inadequate vetting by UN partners, and challenges with third-party monitoring.”

Cotton specifically pointed out that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) often seems to be working hand in hand with the terrorists:

On September 30, your agency announced approximately $336 million in additional humanitarian funding for Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. On the same day, the United Nations acknowledged that Fateh al-Sharif, a Hamas leader in Lebanon killed in an Israeli airstrike, was employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. UNRWA, a major USAID partner before October 7, remains a chief conduit for UN humanitarian assistance in Gaza despite extensive evidence of its ties to Hamas.

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How do you plan on ensuring that American aid doesn’t end up in the hands of terrorists in the future? Cotton wanted to know:

These flawed “oversight mechanisms” are the very procedures that led USAID to ignore or tolerate UNRWA employees who belonged to Hamas. As nothing has changed, how should the Congress trust that any aid sent to Gaza will not end up in the hands of Hamas?

When American aid flows to Israel’s enemies—who are also our enemies—USAID is guilty of moral failure, strategic catastrophe, and betrayal of the American taxpayer. You should immediately suspend all aid until taking credible and serious steps to stop Americans’ tax dollars from funding terrorists.

Many people get annoyed by the “strongly-worded” letters that have been coming out of Senate and House GOP committees. However, Republicans do not control the White House or the Senate currently, so investigations and letters are about all they can do.

That could very well change after the November elections, and then these strongly worded letters might be backed by something stronger: tangible action.