House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to call members of Congress back for an emergency session to assess the Afghanistan situation and pass legislation to extend the Aug. 31 deadline. “It is time for Congress to act quickly to save lives. Speaker Pelosi must bring Congress back into session before August 31 so that we can be briefed thoroughly and comprehensively by the Biden Administration and pass Representative Gallagher’s legislation prohibiting the withdrawal of our troops until every American is out of Afghanistan,” McCarthy said in a statement. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) introduced a bill this week to stop President Joe Biden from withdrawing until all Americans are out of Afghanistan. “It’s time for this body, this Congress to act, to hold the administration accountable and save lives. This bill would do that by requiring daily reporting to Congress on the number of Americans …