{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://comer.house.gov/2021/8/congressman-comer-history-will-not-be-kind-to-president-biden-on-afghanistan", "Congressman Comer: History Will Not Be Kind to President Biden on Afghanistan", "2021-08-25", "2021", "2021-08", "Republican", "House", "KY", "James Comer", "C001108", "comer.house.gov", "comer", "https://comer.house.gov/media", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 After increased scrutiny of the lack of planning and poor execution behind President Biden\u2019s withdraw of American troops from Afghanistan, Congressman Comer stated that history would not be kind to the President\u2019s failed leadership in Afghanistan.\n\nIn an appearance on Fox News, he also expressed concern about American financial assistance and weapons falling into the hands of the Taliban. While reiterating that he supports ending the war and withdrawing American troops, Congressman Comer noted that American citizens should have been brought home before our troops left the country.\n\nWatch the interview here.\n\nInterview Highlights:\n\nOn the poorly-planned withdraw that left American citizens behind.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s unimaginable that Joe Biden thinks he made the right decision (evacuating troops before citizens). That is the worst plan in the history of America. History will not be kind to Joe Biden on this decision, and a lot of other decisions.\n\nThis is the worst-executed plan, from a military standpoint, in the history of America.\u201d\n\nOn American weapons falling into Taliban hands:\n\n\u201cAs the Ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, we\u2019re demanding answers as to how much money was wasted, how much weaponry is now in the hands of the Taliban. I don\u2019t think the Pentagon has an inventory. I don\u2019t think Joe Biden knows. Not only does he not know how many Americans are left behind in Afghanistan, he has no idea how much of our military equipment is now in the hands of the Taliban. This is incompetence, and again it\u2019s the worst military move in the history of the United States.\u201d\n\nOn Congressional Oversight over the Afghanistan Disaster:\n\n\u201cCongress is asking questions. Joe Biden has refused to answer those questions \u2013 and I think it\u2019s because he has no idea what the answer to those questions are. It\u2019s a very sad day for the taxpayers. We\u2019re weakened from a national security standpoint. Our reputation on the international stage has been diminished. And I hope that we can turn it around.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"]], "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://comer.house.gov/2021/8/congressman-comer-history-will-not-be-kind-to-president-biden-on-afghanistan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7963571697473526, "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"}