{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brecheen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1342", "Congressman Josh Brecheen Introduces No More Taxpayer Cash for the Taliban Act", "2024-09-23", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Josh Brecheen", "B001317", "brecheen.house.gov", "brecheen", "https://brecheen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Josh Brecheen introduced the No More Taxpayer Cash for the Taliban Act, which would prohibit federal agencies from using taxpayer dollars for direct cash assistance in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Josh Brecheen introduced the No More Taxpayer Cash for the Taliban Act, which would prohibit federal agencies from using taxpayer dollars for direct cash assistance in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.\n\nFox News\u2019 Morgan Phillips wrote an exclusive report on the bill, which you can read here.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan has plunged the country back under Taliban rule and now it turns out that our taxpayer dollars are being used to the benefit of the Taliban,\u201d said Congressman Josh Brecheen. \u201cThis legislation is needed so we can ensure that no more of our tax dollars are being irresponsibly used in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nBetween the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and January 2024, the United Nations purchased $2.9B of U.S. currency for aid use in Afghanistan. This U.S. currency was purchased using funds from donor governments, $2.6B of which came from the United States.\n\nMultiple Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reports in the past year have detailed this process, finding that the Taliban is directly and indirectly benefiting from billions in UN-administered direct cash assistance\u2013most of which is ultimately funded by U.S. taxpayers.\n\nAccording to SIGAR, the Taliban government \u201ctaxes\u201d this cash aid at multiple points in the distribution process, providing valuable revenues that can be spent on their military, domestic security, and financing for terrorism.\n\nOriginal co-sponsors include Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN), Barry Moore (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Nick Langworthy (R-NY), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Eric Burlison (R-MO), and Randy Feenstra (R-IA).\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-07T14:30:38Z", "2026-04-07T14:34:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://brecheen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1342"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4044931158423424, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}