[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DISASTROUS WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, more than a year after it happened, 
Americans still have not heard the truth about President Biden's 
disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. It seems this administration 
would rather pretend the whole affair never happened.
  The disastrous, ill-executed withdrawal cost the lives of 13 American 
servicemen. Despite this horrific failure, not one person in the State 
Department, military, or any Federal agency that planned and executed 
the withdrawal from Afghanistan has resigned in disgrace. No one has 
apologized. No one has owned up to their mistake.
  Now, the State Department is ignoring a congressional subpoena from 
the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The American people sacrificed 
blood and treasure in Afghanistan for almost two decades. They deserve 
the truth about what happened, but trying to hide requested information 
by the State Department is preventing the accountability that we should 
demand.
  Mr. Speaker, we have to get to the bottom of how the withdrawal from 
Afghanistan went off the rails, so our Nation does not repeat such 
things in the future.

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