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“This is a link to the full report summarizing the findings of the Committee on Foreign Affairs' investigation in the 118th Congress into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Https:// democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a /0/a05d09c4_4b27- 4382_9818_0227a0156896/70CCFC2998DF 868322F60057FF59079D.hfac- democratic-staff-memo-afghanistan-investigation-final-for-posting.pdf. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Let me just say to my good friend for whom I have tremendous respect, we work together on many bipartisan things, and when we don't agree, we do so civilly. However, I cannot disagree with you more than I do today. One of the byproducts of Bagram falling is 7,000 ISIS were released from Bagram prisons. Some of them have found their way into the United States. What happened in Afghanistan is a tragedy, one of the worst foreign policy failures in our Nation's history. Who could ever forget the harrowing images of Afghans falling off the planes and babies being flung over barbed wire in a desperate attempt by mothers to save their children and escape Afghanistan under Taliban rule? The women that Mr. Wilson referred to, left behind along with American citizens, are now enslaved under Taliban Sharia law. We are the United States of America. You can't tell me we couldn't have safely evacuated U.S. personnel, Americans, and our brave Afghan allies.…”