{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-joins-colleagues-on-comprehensive-afghanistan-legislation/", "Scott Joins Colleagues on Comprehensive Afghanistan Legislation", "2021-10-07", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 28 of his colleagues in supporting the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration\u2019s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.\n\n\u201cWhile the crisis in Afghanistan may have faded from headlines, the danger faced by Americans and our allies is still real and immediate,\u201d said Senator Scott. \u201cMy colleagues and I are committed to holding the Biden administration accountable by being a voice for those who have suffered as a result of this president\u2019s failure of leadership. We must act now to ensure our leaders do not repeat the mistakes that led to the loss of 13 Americans, countless allies, and our credibility on the world stage.\u201d\n\nJoining Scott and Risch as cosponsors are Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), John Hoeven (R-N.D), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), John Kennedy (R-La.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).\n\nThe Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act:\n\nEstablishes a State Department task force to focus on the evacuation of American citizens, legal permanent residents, and Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) who are still stuck in Afghanistan.\n\nImposes oversight mechanisms on the processing of SIVs and refugees.\n\nRequires strategies for counterterrorism and for the disposition of Taliban-captured U.S. equipment.\n\nSanctions the Taliban and others in Afghanistan for terrorism, drug-trafficking, and human rights abuses.\n\nAuthorizes sanctions on those providing support to the Taliban, including foreign governments supporting the Taliban.\n\nStates that the United States should not recognize any member of the Taliban as the ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States or as the ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations.\n\nCalls for a comprehensive review of foreign assistance to entities that support the Taliban.\n\nPlaces restrictions on non-humanitarian foreign assistance to Afghanistan.\n\nFull text of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-joins-colleagues-on-comprehensive-afghanistan-legislation/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.626390963792801, "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"}