afghanistan. there is a huge difference between 6,015,000. what happened to these other americans. the situation with the special immigrant visa is even more disturbing. not counting the sivs that arrived before kabul's fall, you evacuated 705 of roughly 20,000 principle siv applicants. what happened to these people? this committee reached out to the department in april, may and june to help expedite siv processing. we asked that additional -- what additional authorities or resources you needed for months we received contradictory responses or no response at all. i'll take a minute to defend the state department. one of the problem was providing the records needed to validate the afghans who bravely helped our forces. the fact that d.o.d. didn't keep accurate records is irresponsible and a slap in the face to those who fought