On CBS's 'Face the Nation' on Sunday, Oct. 18, Mike Turner (Rep-R Ohio) and Kevin Cramer (Sen-R North Dakota) called for Congress to investigate a slowdown in Ukraine's Starlink service. Turner disputed Secretary of State Marco Rubio's account that no one ordered it and that service is back. 'Lives are at risk,' he warned. Cramer backed a probe but named a technical glitch as one possible cause.
Where the accounts split
- Rubio: no one ordered the slowdown, it 'sort of happened,' and service has been restored.
- Turner: service is still not restored in some areas, The Hill reported. That account has not been independently confirmed.
- Cramer: supports an investigation, and offers a technical glitch as one possibility.