Pentagon's plan to limit contact with Congress is 'not going to work,' lawmakers say

WASHINGTON — Senior Republican lawmakers predicted Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new policy restricting communication between Pentagon personnel and Congress will crash and burn. "It is ill-advised, and it's not going to work," House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, whose panel provides funding for the Pentagon and the rest of the federal government, said in a telephone interview with NBC News.