mr. mccaul live. mcauliffe. mr. mcauliffe: if you read my plan plan, we need to put more money in the virginia housing trust fund. we get more waivers to get people in -- keep people in their homes. i just met with the leadership of amazon the other day, puts hundreds of millions of dollars into affordable housing. especially up here in northern virginia we need a lot more affordable housing. ifl a whole plan how we'll do it. glenn keeps running down our economy. i was working creating jobs. let me tell you about glenn's experience here. he took 300 jobs out of virginia when he was the c.e.o. he closed the arlington office, moved them to another state. when he was the chief operating officer, he was running a company called small smiles. which actually was cited huge fine from the inspector general because what they were doing was unnecessary medical procedures on children. 100 cases in manassas. babies were forced to have root canals, many of them without proper anesthesia. why? he did it for profit. i was here wor

mr. mccaul, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote yes on the motion to commit. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated mr. steube of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote yes on the motion to commit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition >> mr. speaker, as the member designated congress member napolitano, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no on the motion to commit. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 210. the nays are 220. the motion is not adopted. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 211. the nays are 219. the motion is not adopted. the question is on the passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. >> on that i ask the y

mr. mccaul of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote yea on h.r. 1693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. walberg: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. latta of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. latta will vote yes on h.r. 1693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. jackson: madam speaker, as the member designated by dr. babin, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that dr. babin will vote no on h.r. 1693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 1693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. albio sires, pursuant to h.

mr. mccaul, pursuant to whose resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote yes on h.r. 3533. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman johnson will vote yes on h.r. 3533. as the member designated by congresswoman grace meng, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman meng will vote yes on h.r. 3533. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.r. 3533. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 416. the nays are 9. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the hou

mr. chairma and ranking member mccaul, i look forward to the questions. >> thank you, mr.nken, for your testimony. i recognize the members for five minutes, and pursuant to house rules, all time yielded is for the purposes of questioning the witness. i'll recognize the members by committee seniority alternating between the democrats and republicans. please note that i am going to be strict in enforcing the five-minute time limit for questioning. what i mean is that i don't want the members to be asking questions for five minutes and then not leave the secretary time to respond. so, when addressing your questions, keep in mind that the five minutes is for questions and answers. i'll start by recognizing myself. mr. secretary, you have mentioned in an area of concern that i know that is shared by all. is the status of american citizens, green card holders and the siv heroes yet to p evacuated, and can you tell us what is the plan to facilitate their evacuation now? >> thank you, mr. chairman. so as of the end of last week, we had about 100 citizens in afghanistan who told us

mr. mccaul, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. albio sires, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will volt yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will be voting no on the pryce question. the speaker pro te

mr. chairman, ranking member mccaul, thank you for today. i welcome this opportunity to discuss our policy on afghanistan, including where we are, how -- and where we're going in the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years, congress has conducted oversight and provided funding for the mission in afghanistan. i know from my own time as a staff member for then senator biden, how invaluable a partner congress is. as i said when i was nominated, i believe strongly in congress's traditional role as a partner in foreign policymaking. i'm committed to working with you on the path forward in afghanistan, and to advance the interests of the american people. on this 20th anniversary of 9/11, as we honor the nearly 3,000 men, women, and children who lost their lives, we're reminded why we went to afghanistan in the first place. to bring justice to those who attacked us, and to ensure that it would not happen again. we achieved those objectives long ago. osama bin laden was killed in 2011, a decade ago. al qaeda's capabilities were degraded significantly,

mr. mccaul, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by dr. babin of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that dr. babin will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no on the mot

mr. mccaul for his opening statements. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the secretary also for agreeing to stay until every member has been heard. i believe every member has a right to ask questions on such an important topic. over the last several weeks, we witnessed afghanistan rapidly fall to the taliban. then the chaotic aftermath that followed. this did not have to happen. but the president refused to listen to his own generals, and the intelligence community, who warned him precisely what would happen when we withdrew. this was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. i never thought in my lifetime that i would see an unconditional surrender to the taliban. for weeks, our offices were flooded with requests to help people get out of afghanistan, requests that were coming to us because the state department failed to provide help. and then the unimaginable happened. on august 26th, 13 american service men and women were brutally murdered by isis-k, trying to help american citizens and our afghan partners escape from the taliban. two

joined by mike mccaul and mr. green. thank you, gentlemen for your service and for your time this morning. i want to ask you first congressman green, first of all obviously there was no going back now. 13 service members lost their lives as a result of this. thousands are suffering in afghanistan and here in the united states who have lost their loved ones. what is your reaction to the president's address to the nation yesterday calling this mission a success. >> i was appalled, julie. thanks for having boat of us on the show with you today. i was you a pald and frustrated to see some of the things. blatant dishonesty talking about giving warnings and doing a great exodus of all the people when they didn't get started until the last minute. we know that. handing lists off. they are suggesting they never handed lists off. d.o.d. personnel told me personally in a phone call they handed the manifests of aircraft to the taliban. the continuous dishonesty from the president is infuriating to myself and many veterans like myse

mr. mccaul correctly stated, our allies may well not trust us as much i directors bees may not for us asmuch. if the majority of the american people wanted to leave afghanistan, but not like this. pulling out troops out before civilians, abandoning americans behind enemy lines, as well as thousands of afghans who worked with us, had fought with us, and their family, and [inaudible] the population, about 20 million women and girls to be brutalized once again by the taliban. this is a disgrace. and i yield back. >> thank you. i will -- thank you, mister [inaudible] . now i will introduce our witness. secretary of state anthony jay blinken was sworn in as the united states secretary of state on january 26, 2021. and as i mentioned in my opening statement, this will be the third time secretary blinken testified before this committee, and we are grateful for his appearance before us today. no, i will now recognize the witness for his testimony, which i understand will be a little longer than five minutes, but being that he's going to be here for all of our questions, i think it's important fo

mccaul said. watch this. >> mr.ecretary, the american people don't like to lose especially not to the terrorists but that is exactly what has happened. this has emboldened the taliban and our adversaries. the taliban, a designated terrorist group, now equipped with american weapons that most countries in the world, just a few weeks ago, thousands of terrorists, the worst of the worst, were all released from prisons as the taliban overran the country. the situation we find ourselves in is far worse in my judgment as a former chairman of homeland security committee, far worse than pre-9/11. elizabeth: congressman, he is saying it is a failed jihadist state right now. your reaction to the criticism of the trump deal releasing 5000 taliban prisoners but the trump deal also had conditions on it. the secretary of state seemed to be downplaying that deal today. your reaction to all of that? >> when president trump left office americans were not dying, we were providing air support to hold the taliban in check in every posi

mccaul. >> to make matters worse, we abandoned americans behind enemy lines. we left behind the interpreters, who you, mr. secretary, and the president, both promised to protect. i can summarize this in one word: betrayal. our standing on the world stage has been greatly diminished. our enemies no longer fear us; and our allies no longer trust us. >> reporter: secretary blinken vowed to take out all of the americans from afghanistan, and once again blamed the trump administration for, quote, "stalling" the visa progra but lawmakers from both parties, judy, as you know, over the last few weeks, have accused the biden administration of not evacuating earlier enough. >> woodruff: a lot of talk about that. what is known, nick, at this pint about what the biden administration's plans are diplomatically, in terms of dealing with this taliban government and the humanitarian crisis that we've been reporting on. >> reporter: this is the dilemma: the u.s. needs to work with the taliban to get those americans and afghan allies out and to confront the humanitarian crisis, but doing so without supporting or propping

mccaul was not having this. >> this has emboldened the taliban and adversaries taliban designated terrorist now equipped with american weapons we left behind the interpreters through you mr maria: blinken still unable to give an compact number of americans and afghan allies that are still there. in afghanistan, behind enemy lines. democrats meanwhile, outlining tax increases they hope will pay for president biden's 3 1/2 trillion dollar spending package called for top corporate tax rate 26 1/2% up from current 21% individual tax rate would jump to 39.6% up from current 37%, these increases will kick in at capital income 400,000 for individuals or 450 thousand for married couples below biden administration proposal. out also imposes 3 percentage point surcharge on people making over five million dollars a capital gains tax increase as well hurricane nicholas downgraded to tropical storm after system made landfall in texas as a category one hurricane. here is what it looked like earlier this morning, with 75-mile-an-hour winds, tipping over gas station awning awning you will see here could gi 18 inches of rain foster gulf coast biden administration improved emergency decla