{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gosar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4566", "Gosar on Afghanistan Attack: \"We Mourn the Loss of Life and Strengthen Our Resolve to Get Our People Out of Afghanistan\"", "2021-08-26", "2021", "2021-08", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Paul A. Gosar", "G000565", "gosar.house.gov", "gosar", "https://gosar.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "PRESCOTT, AZ \u2013 Congressman A. Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to heartbreaking deaths of American servicemen and women in Afghanistan.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s tragic death of at least a dozen service members is a reminder of how grateful we are for the selfless acts of courage our men and women in uniform exhibit every day. I am incredibly grateful for their service to our country and my heart goes out to the families of the fallen who bravely gave their all trying to protect Americans abandoned in Afghanistan.\n\nWe mourn the loss of life and strengthen our resolve to get our people out of Afghanistan.\n\nWhile questions concerning the details of the terrorist attack remain, one fact is clear: the deaths of these soldiers are the direct result of Mr. Biden\u2019s disastrous method of withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. This was wholly preventable. Mr. Biden\u2019s decision to pull American soldiers out before evacuating American citizens and equipment has sadly led to the predictable loss of American lives. In 2019 the House Armed Services Committee was informed about the presence of ISIS-K. The reckless manner this withdrawal was undertaken is nothing short of gross negligence and pure incompetence, and it has resulted in the panic and now death. On top of $80 billion in lost military equipment.\n\nInstead of rescuing Americans, Mr. Biden has been illegally flying tens of thousands of Afghans into our country. Congress has not authorized this massive illegal immigration airlift. We will likely face terrorist events in our country because of Mr. Biden\u2019s illegal and immoral transport of illegal aliens into our country. I repeat my request: focus on getting our citizens and our troops out.\n\nCountless more American citizens remain stranded. Mr. Biden must immediately inform the American people how he intends to safely evacuate ALL American citizens before others continue to be allowed to board American flights for safe haven to our country. We cannot have any more loss of American life.\n\nMr. Biden has demonstrated an incredible dereliction of duty in Afghanistan. I supported President Trump and Mr. Biden\u2019s decision to get American troops out of the failed 20-year war in Afghanistan. Biden rejected the Trump plan, a plan that was vetted and approved by everyone in the region and would not have abandoned our people and equipment there.\n\nMr. Biden\u2019s failure to get Americans out of Afghanistan in an orderly and safe manner is unconscionable. As a result, today\u2019s attack is the deadliest day in Afghanistan in over a decade. Mr. Biden has recklessly ignored his duty as Commander in Chief and has gravely failed the America people. For these and other reasons, Mr. Biden must be impeached. His incompetence, violation of his oath of office to execute our laws faithfully, and his involvement with corruption in the Ukraine, require his removal from office,\u201d concluded Congressman Gosar.", 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://gosar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4566"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9889337234199047, "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"}