Tag: afghanistan
Brian Mast: State Department Obstructing Congressional Investigation of Afghanistan Withdrawal
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., recently slammed the U.S. Department of State, accusing it of “obstructing Congress’ investigation into the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and for its failure to live up to its commitment to...
Rick Scott Takes to the Senate Floor to Rip Into Biden for Afghanistan Withdrawal
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., spoke on the Senate floor requesting support from his colleagues to “establish a bipartisan, bicameral joint committee on Afghanistan to conduct a full investigation and compile a...
Rick Scott Continues Push for Committee to Investigate Withdrawal of U.S. Forces From Afghanistan
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., brought back his proposal to create “a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan, composed of members of the House and Senate, to conduct a full investigation into...
Michael Waltz: Time for Defense Department to Testify Before Congress About Afghanistan
This week, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz. R-Fla., wrote U.S. Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin, asking for the Pentagon to brief the U.S. House Armed Services Committee “on how the Defense Department has secured, archived, and...
Marco Rubio: Don’t Transfer Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay to Taliban Controlled Afghanistan
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the vice-chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, brought out the “Preventing Terrorist Transfers to Afghanistan Act.”
The bill has the support of some of the...
Rick Scott Calls for More Accountability for the IMF
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showcased his proposed “IMF Accountability Act."
The bill, which Scott introduced last month, “would prevent the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from allocating Special Drawing Rights (SDR) or providing...
Florida Republicans on House Foreign Affairs Committee Mark Six-Month Anniversary of Fall of Kabul
On Tuesday, three Florida Republicans on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committees--U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, Maria Elvira Salazar and Greg Steube--joined Republicans on the committee in issuing the following joint statement on the six-month...
Rick Scott, Marco Rubio: Senate Hearing on Afghanistan Withdrawal Needs to Be Public
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., led 17 of his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate on a letter U.S. Sens. Jack Reed, D-RI, and Bob Menendez, D-NJ, the chairmen of the Senate...
Barney Bishop: America is Militarily Weak Because of Joe Biden
Most Americans have only heard about Ukraine in recent years because it was part of the laughable second impeachment effort against then-President Donald Trump.
It’s laughable because Trump didn’t do anything worse than what Hunter...
Rick Scott Wants a Committee to Investigate Withdrawal of U.S. Forces From Afghanistan
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced a resolution to create “a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan, composed of members of the House and Senate, to conduct a full investigation into President...
Greg Steube Wants to Put Sanctions on Firms Working With Taliban on Rare Minerals
This week, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., brought out the “Taliban Rare Earth Minerals Sanctions Act,” a bill which would “impose sanctions on persons engaging in transactions in Afghanistan's rare earth minerals.”
Steube introduced the...
Florida’s Senators Back GOP’s Comprehensive Afghanistan Legislation
Both of Florida’s U.S. senators--Republican U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--joined 20 of their GOP colleagues this week in backing U.S. Sen. Jim Risch’s, R-Idaho, “Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act" which, they...
