WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) issued the following statement on H.Res. 1469 - Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was voted on the House Floor today. 

“I voted no on H.Res. 1469 because it is nothing but political theater. The instinct to point fingers and place blame is not helpful in understanding the mistakes made in the Afghan withdrawal and only adds to the heated rhetoric that is dividing our nation right now. I am on the record as being critical of how the withdrawal was executed, citing issues with how both this administration and the former made decisions counterproductive to lasting stability and peace. But this resolution does nothing to add to a meaningful or actionable dialog. It’s personally and politically punitive, and I won’t participate in it. Instead of condemning the fifteen people listed in this resolution, I will take this opportunity to name those Americans we lost in the ISIS-K attack outside the Kabul airport:  

1. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover  

2. Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo  

3. Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee  

4. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez  

5. Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan W Page - 

6. Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez  

7. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza  

8. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz  

9. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum  

10.   Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola  

11.   Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui  

12.   Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak  

13.   Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss,” said Houlahan.  

Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, an engineer, a serial entrepreneur, an educator, and a nonprofit leader. She represents Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District, which encompasses Chester County and southern Berks County. She serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She is the recipient of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award which “recognizes members who demonstrate the bipartisan leadership and constructive governing necessary to move our country forward” and the Congressional Management Foundation’s 2022 Democracy Award for best Constituent Services in Congress.  

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