[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 149 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4350]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ADMINISTRATION BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL

  (Mr. BUDD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUDD. Madam Speaker, the situation in Afghanistan left behind by 
the President's hasty withdrawal has been horrific. It has been 
unconscionable and unacceptable.
  We have thousands of American citizens unable to get to the airport 
in Kabul because this administration botched the withdrawal, sent mixed 
messages, and undercut our allied partners.
  Let me be clear: We should not leave Afghanistan until every single 
American citizen has been safely evacuated, period.
  For the last 20 years, our brave servicemen and -women have served in 
Afghanistan with honor, with valor, and with distinction. They have 
done everything that our country has asked of them and more. They 
deserve our gratitude and our respect.
  It is time for this President and this administration to do right by 
them, to rescue every single American, and to demonstrate the 
leadership that our country needs. At this point, Madam Speaker, that 
leadership is severely lacking.

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