Thune says to expect 'explosive' oversight hearings on Trump's powers [View all]

Source: The Hill

09/24/25 4:23 PM ET


Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that Senate Republicans will conduct thorough oversight of President Trump’s use of executive power and predicted there could be additional “explosive” Senate hearings with senior Cabinet officials, similar to the fiery exchanges between senators and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month.

Thune said Wednesday that Republicans senators “have a responsibility as an independent, coequal branch of the government to make sure that we’re doing appropriate oversight of these decisions.”

He pointed to what he called the “explosive” Senate Finance Committee oversight hearing with Kennedy earlier this month, and predicted that his GOP colleagues wouldn’t shy away from asking senior Trump administration officials tough questions at future hearings. “There was a very, rather, I would say argumentative, explosive hearing a few weeks ago in front of the Senate Finance Committee,” he said. “I expect that will continue.”

Thune made his comments during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, who pressed the Republican leader about Senate committee chairs not doing more to push back on President Trump’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of television networks that criticize him or the president’s exhortation that Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his political opponents.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5520310-thune-oversight-hearings-trump-powers/

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The GOP in BOTH chambers have done ZERO "pushback" on anything their dear leader has done. They have deferred to 45, even as recently as the past week when they refused to negotiate a C.R. with Democrats.