Sen. Rick Scott Continues Fighting for Accountability Two Years After Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
August 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as families across the United States and Afghanistan remember the two-year anniversary of Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement once again demanding accountability and answers. Following this failed operation in 2021, Senator Scott introduced legislation to establish a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan, composed of members of the House and Senate, to conduct a full investigation into President Biden’s failed and tragic withdrawal of U.S. forces that stranded hundreds of Americans behind enemy lines, left billions of dollars in U.S. military equipment in the hands of terrorists and took the lives of 13 brave U.S. service members. This joint select committee would follow the precedent set in the aftermath of the Iran-Contra affair.
Senator Rick Scott said, “Two years after President Biden’s botched withdrawal that resulted in tragically losing 13 brave U.S. service members and abandoned Americans and billions of dollars of military equipment behind enemy lines, we still don’t have any accountability. Now, our enemies feel more emboldened after Biden’s failures took center stage for the whole world to see. The American people will never forget President Biden’s misguided and dangerous decisions that led to a deadly and chaotic withdrawal and I will not stop fighting to establish a bipartisan and bicameral Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan so that accountability can become a reality. I urge all of my colleagues to put partisan politics aside and demand answers.”
Read more about Senator Rick Scott’s efforts to hold the Biden administration accountable below:
- August 15, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Failure in Afghanistan Let Terrorism Win
- August 16, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Schumer & Pelosi Must Immediately Launch Bipartisan, Bicameral Investigation into Biden's Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal
- August 20, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden's Afghanistan disaster calls into question the president's fitness to lead
- August 25, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to President Biden: U.S. Must Ensure Safe Evacuation of All Americans & Allies Before Full Afghanistan Withdrawal
- August 26, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Joe Biden’s Failure Has Cost American Lives
- August 30, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Schumer & Pelosi’s Refusal to Act is Unacceptable; Congressional Investigation into Biden’s Afghanistan Failures Must Begin Now
- September 7, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Must be Held Accountable for Afghanistan Failure & Stranding Americans
- September 9, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: President Biden’s Appeasement Policies Turn a Blind Eye to Terrorism and Weaken U.S. National Security
- September 14, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott: President Biden’s Failure in Afghanistan Deserves Full Congressional Investigation
- October 4, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Leads Colleagues to Introduce Resolution Establishing a Bipartisan Joint Afghanistan Investigation Committee
- September 21, 2022: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Administration Threatens U.S. Security in Partnership with Taliban & FBI Most Wanted Terrorist
- November 30, 2022: Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Afghan Vetting Accountability Act
- January 31, 2023: Sen. Rick Scott Leads Colleagues in Demanding Accountability for Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal, Reintroduces Bill Establishing a Bipartisan, Bicameral Joint Afghanistan Investigation Committee
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March 28, 2023: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott Continues Fight for Answers on Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
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