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May 23, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- The House Armed Services Committee today released legislative language scheduled to be considered by the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces at their markup tomorrow. By releasing the legislative language, Chairman McKeon is complying with House disclosure rules and overseeing the most transparent process in Congress for composing national security legislation.

May 23, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- The House Armed Services Committee today released legislative language scheduled to be considered by the Subcommittee on Military Personnel at their Markup tomorrow.

May 23, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

Rejects Lower Pay Raise, TriCare Fee Hikes: A key House panel is rejecting the idea that budget cuts must mean pain for service members, retirees and their families. On Wednesday, the House Armed Services subcommittee on personnel is scheduled to take up draft legislation that rejects the 1 percent capped pay raise proposed by the Obama administration and rejects, again, efforts to increase Tricare fees for military retirees and their families. The draft bill prepared by Rep.

May 23, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today made the following statement in reaction to early accounts of the President's counter-terrorism address scheduled for this afternoon.

May 23, 2013 Defense Drumbeat


In an opinion piece for POLITICO, Sea Power and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman explains why the Navy faces a major shortfall in the next decade. 

The $4 Billion Shipbuilding Shortfall 

May 22, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

The Military Personnel Subcommittee Mark of the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act includes a number of meaningful, bipartisan reforms to the way sexual assault cases are reported, investigated and punished in the military.

May 16, 2013 Defense Drumbeat
 

Rep. Randy Forbes Lauds Successful Launch of Navy's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 

 


Chairman of Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee describes successful launch of X-47B drone from aircraft carrier as a "seminal event in the history of carrier aviation"

May 15, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON— In a letter delivered today to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, requested additional information to continue HASC oversight of the attack on U.S. Facilities and personnel in Benghazi, Libya. In the letter, Chairman McKeon asked the Pentagon to make personnel and information available as early as next week in briefings to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Rep.

May 15, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), took an important step today to begin the legislative process for crafting the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, by introducing HR 1960, the "by request" version of the bill. 

May 14, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement regarding allegations of criminal behavior against a U.S. Army Sergeant First Class who was a sexual assault prevention and response coordinator at Fort Hood:

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