Crow calls ousting Hegseth his top priority if Democrats win the House
Jason CrowU.S. representative for Colorado's 6th District, interviewed on CBS's Face the Nation
On Face the Nation, Crow says Hegseth is incompetent and is not protecting service members, and that removing him from the Pentagon would be his first priority in a Democratic majority.
“Pete Hegseth remains incompetent and is not doing what's necessary to protect our service members, which is why he's my priority number one if we retake the majority, to make sure we oust him from the Pentagon, because our service members actually deserve competent, serious, real leadership that will protect them and do the right thing.”
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Should Pete Hegseth be impeached?
Members of the House have advanced multiple impeachment proposals involving Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced H.Res. 935 in December 2025, Rep. Yassamin Ansari introduced H.Res. 1177 in April 2026, and Rep. Thomas Massie announced in September that he would offer a privileged resolution. The proposals allege distinct conduct involving military operations, oversight, and the handling of sensitive information; the proposals themselves do not establish those allegations. Hegseth disputed the characterization that anyone was “texting war plans,” while Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson called the April effort a charade and, after Massie read his articles on September 15, defended Hegseth’s record without addressing the specific allegations. The dispute is whether the House should impeach Hegseth on the basis of the congressional proposals and available evidence.
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CBS News transcript of Margaret Brennan's interview with Rep. Jason Crow. Brennan asks about reported Iranian plotting against U.S. personnel.
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Roll Call's account of a phone interview with Massie about the timing and prospects of his impeachment resolution. It also quotes Rep. Jason Crow's Face the Nation remarks.
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Margaret Brennan asks Crow, a member of the Intelligence Committee, about intelligence that Iran has stepped up plotting against U.S. personnel. Crow begins by saying Iran remains a danger.
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Crow then turns to Russia, saying it helps Iran with intelligence and targeting, and criticizes the administration's recent easing of sanctions on Russia.
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On whether Hegseth should be impeached, Crow calls him incompetent and names ousting him from the Pentagon as his top priority if Democrats win the House majority. That supports removing him from office.
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