House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to call members of Congress back for an emergency session to assess the Afghanistan situation and pass legislation to extend the Aug. 31 deadline.

“It is time for Congress to act quickly to save lives. Speaker Pelosi must bring Congress back into session before August 31 so that we can be briefed thoroughly and comprehensively by the Biden Administration and pass Representative Gallagher’s legislation prohibiting the withdrawal of our troops until every American is out of Afghanistan,” McCarthy said in a statement.

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) introduced a bill this week to stop President Joe Biden from withdrawing until all Americans are out of Afghanistan.

“It’s time for this body, this Congress to act, to hold the administration accountable and save lives…Right now it seems the president is doubling down on this Aug. 31 withdrawal date,” Gallagher said…

Meanwhile, McCarthy criticized Pelosi and Democrats for not spending any time this week on solving the Afghanistan crisis but instead holding votes to pass $5 trillion in spending…

“What we could have done is actually take up Gallagher’s bill. Tell us how many Americans are there right now. Make a statement of Congress where we’re co-equal branches, that we will not leave until every American comes home,” McCarthy said, responding to a reporter who asked what Congress could do to make any difference in Afghanistan…

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Article by Masooma Haq. Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images).