played out. he doesn't say this person resigned because of the hold being put in place, but said this person was one of the individuals who was frustrated about the process that was occurring and had raised concerns on the career level to what the politicals were doing as being problematic. so a number of different elements here but more than anything else providing a picture, the first picture, the first window into what was happening inside of omb, particularly among the career officials who are responsible for this portfolio and the confusion in terms of why and how this all happened and how discombobulated this was as this process plays out, wolf. >> there is a question of the law. the nearly $400 million in military assistance to ukraine was authorized and appropriated by the house and the senate. it was signed into law by the president. now the president can hold that up but he has to give an explanation to congress for doing so. and these career omb officials were worried, where is the explanation. >> they were worried about the