Recent Congressional Statements on Afghanistan

Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate issue press releases and other statements on multiple topics via their official websites. Represent regularly checks for new statements and posts links to them here. You can search the titles and text of the statements.

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Date	Member	Party	State / District	Title
Aug. 30, 2017	Robert J. Wittman	R	Va.-1	What do you think about the new Afghanistan strategy?
Aug. 21, 2017	Nancy Pelosi	D	Calif.-11	Pelosi Statement on President Trumps Afghanistan Speech
Aug. 22, 2017	Harold Rogers	R	Ky.-5	STATEMENT: Congressman Rogers Applauds President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Aug. 22, 2017	Kevin Cramer	R	N.D.	CRAMER: Statement on President Trumps Plan for Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Sheldon Whitehouse	D	R.I.	Whitehouse Statement on Afghanistan Announcement
Aug. 22, 2017	Chuck Fleischmann	R	Tenn.-3	STATEMENT: Congressman Fleischmann on President Trumps Afghanistan Strategy
Aug. 21, 2017	Pramila Jayapal	D	Wash.-7	Jayapal Statement on President Trumps Afghanistan Announcement
Aug. 22, 2017	Mike Kelly	R	Pa.-16	Rep. Kelly Statement on New Strategy for War in Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	Fla.-25	Wasserman Schultz Statement on Trump's Afghanistan Speech
Aug. 22, 2017	Linda T. Sánchez	D	Calif.-38	Linda Snchez Statement on President Trumps Afghanistan Speech
Aug. 22, 2017	Roger Williams	R	Texas-25	Congressman Williams Commends President Trumps Afghanistan Announcement
Aug. 22, 2017	Susan Collins	R	Maine	Senator Collins Statement on President Trumps Afghanistan Address
Aug. 22, 2017	Seth Moulton	D	Mass.-6	Moulton Statement on President Trumps Afghanistan Speech
Aug. 22, 2017	Ron Estes	R	Kan.-4	Estes Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan and South Asia Strategy
Aug. 22, 2017	Shelley Moore Capito	R	W.Va.	Capito Statement on Presidents Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Aug. 22, 2017	Don Bacon	R	Neb.-2	Congressman Bacon on CNN Discussing President's New Afghanistan Strategy
Aug. 22, 2017	Joe Wilson	R	S.C.-2	Congressman Wilson Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan Strategy
Aug. 21, 2017	Sherrod Brown	D	Ohio	Brown Statement on President Trump’s Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Richard Blumenthal	D	Conn.	Blumenthal Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan Address
Aug. 22, 2017	Christopher A. Coons	D	Del.	Sen. Coons’ statement on President Trump’s strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia
Aug. 22, 2017	Robert C. Scott	D	Va.-3	Scott Statement on President Trumps Speech on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Bob Casey	D	Pa.	Casey on President Trump's Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Edward J. Markey	D	Mass.	Senator Markey Statement on President Trump’s Plan for Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Jack Reed	D	R.I.	Reed Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan Plan on NPR
Aug. 21, 2017	Michael R. Turner	R	Ohio-10	TURNER on Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Thom Tillis	R	N.C.	Tillis Statement on Afghanistan Strategy
Aug. 21, 2017	Martin Heinrich	D	N.M.	Heinrich Statement On Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Hank Johnson	D	Ga.-4	Congressman Johnson on President Trump's strategy for Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Tom Cole	R	Okla.-4	Cole Statement on President Trump's Strategy in Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Kay Granger	R	Texas-12	Chairwoman Granger Statement on Afghanistan Strategy
Aug. 22, 2017	Ruben Gallego	D	Ariz.-3	Congressman Ruben Gallego issues statement in response to President Trump's speech on Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Frank Pallone	D	N.J.-6	Pallone Statement on Trump Deployment of Additional Troops to Afghanistan
Aug. 22, 2017	Marco Rubio	R	Fla.	Rubio Statement on President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Aug. 21, 2017	Jeanne Shaheen	D	N.H.	Shaheen Statement on US-Afghanistan Military Strategy
Aug. 21, 2017	Buddy Carter	R	Ga.-1	Carter commends Trumps clear-eyed approach on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Barbara Lee	D	Calif.-12	Congresswoman Barbara Lee: There is No Military Solution in Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Mitch McConnell	R	Ky.	McConnell Statement on President Trumps Address to the Nation on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Marsha Blackburn	R	Tenn.	Blackburn Statement on President Trumps Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Debbie Dingell	D	Mich.-6	Dingell Statement on President Trumps Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Bill Huizenga	R	Mich.-4	Huizenga Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan Announcement
Aug. 21, 2017	Bill Johnson	R	Ohio-6	Bill Johnson Statement Regarding President Trumps Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Betty McCollum	D	Minn.-4	McCollum Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan Announcement
Aug. 21, 2017	Tom Cotton	R	Ark.	Cotton Statement on President Trump's Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Steve Cohen	D	Tenn.-9	Cohen Opposes an Increased Presence in Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Jeff Merkley	D	Ore.	Merkley Statement on Trump’s Address on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Rand Paul	R	Ky.	The Hill Op-Ed: 16 years on, it's past time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Jack Reed	D	R.I.	Reed Statement on Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Steve Womack	R	Ark.-3	Womack Stands with the Presidents Strategy in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia
Aug. 21, 2017	Joni Ernst	R	Iowa	Ernst Statement on Path Forward in Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2017	Mitch McConnell	R	Ky.	McConnell Statement on President Trumps Address to the Nation

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