House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Republican members in an Aug. 29 letter that he’s pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to convene the House immediately with the goal of extending President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan evacuation deadline and to get answers to several questions regarding the U.S. withdrawal from the country.
“Given the grave and immediate situation in Afghanistan, I have urged Speaker Pelosi to bring the House back into session before August 31 so we can receive a classified briefing from the Biden Administration on the next course of action and pass Representative Gallagher’s legislation to prohibit the withdrawal of our troops until every American is out of Afghanistan,” McCarthy wrote.
