out there and say, this is what we just did to make your life better. this is the difference between us and them. if we don t, we ll get our butts kicked in the midterm elections. jim, let me ask ya, what do democrats do, though, today? of course, you all did get your butts kicked in the 2010 midterm election after mcdonald won in 09, after brown won that seat. what do democrats need to do? this is really a blessing for them in disguise, if they learn the lessons of yesterday. because this wasn t just about virginia. it s new jersey. it s a plus 16 state. you ve got a governor, incumbent, fighting for his life there. you look at minneapolis. voters say, oh, get rid of the police? no, thank you. no, thank you. you look at buffalo. the hero of progressives going to be beaten by a write-in candidate. you look all over the board. progressivism did not sell yesterday. i m not saying it won t ever
abilities of ramstein as well as surrounding bases, according to the sources. as these flights are paused, at least one got through. a state department flight omni air stopped in italy. ramstein, qatar and then flew to chicago where it let off 58 afghan youths. the sources frustrated state didn t let more people onto those flights. germany is confident the flights will restart soon. oren liebermann at the pentagon, thanks for the update. president biden admits his spending plans are facing a stale mate but he s confident they ll get through congress. can that stand up to a reality check from capitol hill? stay with us. is someone trying to steal your butterfinger? call the bfi. no one lays a finger on your butterfinger.
process and going forward, right now, we are deeply engaged with them at nato and in other organizations on working together on the way forward to collectively hold the taliban to the commitments that it s made to the international community. thank you. gentleman s time has expired. i now recognize representative of pennsylvania for five minutes. assuming it s not classified, can you tell us where you are today? i m at the state department. couldn t be bothered to come county here and see congress. that s great. sir, my understanding is the house is not in session and that s why the i m right here. so is the chairman and the ranking member. we re here. mr. chairman, you re claiming my time. did it state in the evacuation process blocked american citizens from leaving afghanistan? no, we did not. none. your testimony before congress is that state didn t block any
to the contrary, my officers men and women ran into the building from around the world to help americans. yes or no. can you do it with me. yes or no? just want to clarify. you didn t block anybody. state didn t block anybody? no. we were there to help americans get out. how many afghans not meeting the qualifications of siv have been brought to the united states prior to i want to know how many afghan citizens came to the united states and have not met the qualifications for special immigrant visa. we re in the process of how many? how many? i don t know. how many did you bring? you were just at dulles, how many did you bring? by the end of the month, we will have brought totally 60,000. that have not met the siv process? some of those will have been through the siv process. all of them, regardless of siv procertification will have gone through rigorous security checks
we re deeply engaged with them at nato and in other organizations on working together on the way forward to hold the taliban to the commitments they maud to the international community. the gentleman s time expired. i now recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania. assuming it s not classified, can you tell us where you are today? yes. i m at the state department. couldn t be barged to come down here and see congress. that s great. hey sir, my understanding is that the house is not in session and that s why i m right here, mr. secretary. so is the ranking member. we re here. mr. chairman, you re claiming my time. did they block american citizens from leaving afghanistan? no, we did not. none. your testimony before congress is that state didn t block any american citizens leaving afghanistan?