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Imperative that they act because we know what is at stake here. we know the history in this country that black and brown voters have faced at the polls from intimidation to full-on tactics to suppress our votes that are still active and permeating states today. so it is imperative congress takes action, especially before this next midterm election because we know who loses here. it is not just black and brown voters, it is ultimately our democracy at stake. so i appreciated both of those opinion...

And everyone in the world will know that this is what happens if you work for america. so what we need to show the world is the truth, which is that we will uphold our promises, we will have their backs, we will get you out. that is the truth that we want to show to the world. i believe the administration knows that. i believe that jooe biden knows how important that is. and it was in response to my question on capitol hill that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said we have a moral impe...

We have to uphold that promise. >> you told jake tapper, my colleague, a few days ago your confident the president wants to get out but you said i wont be confident as a marine veteran until i see the operational plan. have you seen a plan, congressman, that makes you confident? >> no. ive not seen a plan yet. nobody to my knowledge on capitol hill has seen a detailed plan. we need a plan that explains exactly where these men and women, these heroes are going to go. how were going to get them to...

Our democracy deserves better and the american people deserve better, and were going to get the answers to those. >> i want to switch gears and ask you about legislation that you have sponsored to speed visas for afghans who helped our now decades-long efforts in afghanistan. you said this. this is a moral imperative for our nation. we have to honor our promises to our partners. were going to debate afghanistan for decades to come and what lessons we learned, but we do know we can do things with...

It is time to make a decision and to say were not just going to do the visas, were going to evacuate people to places like guam and then process them and figure out who can come into the country and who cant. but the moral imperative today is to save the lives of the people who saved the lives of american soldiers. >> and not just the 18,000. more than 50,000 -- >> and i realize -- yeah. >> you believe it is necessary for the biden administration to evacuate all of them. >> i do. and if you look...

You know, things move around, those pockets of air might become compromised so its imperative we get in there and get them out and/or pump air into those voids where theyre at. there is still hope. i guarantee there isnt one rescue jer on that pile that doesnt believe they can still bring out somebody alive, and i would say to the families, we have to have hope and let the men and women there do their thing. theyve done this a lot. theyve trained for it. its a methodical process but it has to be...

Qualified search and rescue dogs an instance of —— incidents like these. to train them takes around 12 months and that is with the search dog or a green dog, as we call it, he is untrained. they need genetic peter wright attributes to be able to want to search and to progressively learn to search and to progressively learn to search and to progressively learn to search techniques so we can get them to this stage we can deploy them, things like the awful tragedy in miami. within the uk we hav...

The darkest days in our nations history. ive said it now three times. its imperative we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. >> the select committee will require a majority vote in the house to be formed and will not have a deadline for completing investigation. pelosi did not announce how large the panel will be or how shell distribute the seats. meanwhile during a speech at the reagan library again, mi...

The darkest days in our nations history. i said it now three times. its imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. >> the select committee will require a majority vote in the house to be formed and will not have a deadline for completing the investigation. speaker pelosi did not announce how large the panel will be or how the seats will be distributed. meanwhile, during a speech at the reagan libra...

And the chairman of the joint chiefs as an active duty army officer, it was very clear from the testimony that they understand the urgency and the moral imperative to borrow chairman milleys words of getting them out now. we made a promise to these heros that we will have their backs and we have to live up to that promise, not just for them, but for every american service man or woman and we dont want 10, 20, 30 years from now for people looking back at america and how we deal with the afghans a...