This is unacceptable and it shows the deeply flawed approach this Administration has taken since the Taliban regained control.

I want to be clear that my heart is with the people of Afghanistan who are suffering under the Taliban.

Oversight remains a critical component of our work but this work is more meaningful when the Administration can explain its priorities and perspectives directly to Congress at a hearing specifically for that purpose.

If we do not give assistance I think the humanitarian disaster... will happen.

What troubles me is the Biden Administration is pursuing a policy of engagement at all costs and has failed to hold the Taliban to account for their crimes.

This Administration's deadly and chaotic withdrawal was ill conceived from the very start.

And to cap it all off, 91 percent of the Iranian oil exports are being bought by China, the largest part of Iran's economy.

Cutting a $6 billion deal with a leading State sponsor of terrorism... is in my judgment foolish and only incentivizes more hostage taking.

I am relieved that Americans held hostage by Iran are safely at home. They have been through a terrible ordeal and should never have been imprisoned.

There is no acceptable response to this brutal terrorist assault other than to impose new restrictions to permanently prevent Iran from tapping into a $6 billion windfall.

I ask for my colleagues' support. And I yield back the balance of my time.