But Pelosi said state and defense officials have urged lawmakers not to go to the most turbulent area “at this dangerous time”.
“Members’ travel to Afghanistan and its environs will unnecessarily divert unnecessary resources from the priority task of safely evacuating the United States and Afghanistan from Afghanistan,” Pelosi said in a letter Tuesday evening.
Meizer and Malton said their trip was “not to gather information, not to the Grandstand.”
Addressing concerns about the use of their resources, the two said, “We boarded a plane with empty seats, the staff only sat in the seats, and no one who needed a seat would be lost because of our seat.”
The trips have been carried out by a White House, military and diplomatic officials The biggest, most dangerous aviation campaign In a country that saw a sudden collapse of the US-backed government last week. As the Taliban tightened their grip on the country, the land was rapidly deteriorating.
When asked about the note, Pelosi later told reporters that a “large number” of members had asked about the trips.
The legislator’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the trip First reported By the Associated Press.
Both Malton and Meizer voted by proxy on Tuesday. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) Voted proxy for Malton, and Deputy Blake Moore (R.-Utah) voted for Meizer.
Moulton, one of the most important members of Biden’s own party, spoke.
“It would be dishonest to say that something today is a disaster. At worst, it is unavoidable,” Malton, a four-time naval officer who served in Iraq, said in a statement last week.
Catherine Dolly-McManus contributed to this report.
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