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Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, appeared on C-Span's Newsmakers on Sunday. The Chairman discussed the House- passed FY17 NDAA, which corrects readiness shortfalls, provides a troop pay raise, and includes five major areas of defense reform. Watch the entire discussion below. Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 23-27, 2016. Thursday, May 26, 2016 "Navy Force Structure and Readiness: Perspectives from the Fleet" Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and Subcommittee on Readiness Joint Hearing (10:00 – 2118 Rayburn HOB - OPEN) Witnesses: Captain Scott F. Robertson... Read More »

Today, the House Passed H.R. 4909 (277-147), the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017. Upon passage, Chairman Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement:"This bipartisan bill supports the men and women who volunteer to put their lives on the line in defense of our county, while preserving and protecting the national security of ... Read More »

In the face of attempts to halt the replacement of military equipment that is too worn out to repair, these FOX NEWS investigations highlight the toll keeping these systems going takes on men and women in uniform. As members consider the Ellison amendment, they should keep in mind: Of 271 strike aircraft in the Marine Corps, only 46 are available for flight operations The Navy will have a depot ba... Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 23-27, 2016. Monday, May 23, 2016"Navy Force Structure and Readiness: Perspectives from the Fleet" Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and Subcommittee on Readiness Joint Field Hearing (9:30-11:00AM – Naval Station Norfolk - OPEN) Witnesses: Captain Sco... Read More »

The Defense Bill comes to the House Floor today. The NDAA focuses on the military readiness crisis by specifically correcting funding shortfalls that have led to a lack of readiness and to a heightened level of risk to our troops and our security. For more information on the NDAA and actions on the House Floor click here. Read More »

This week, H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 heads to the House Floor. Tracking the Floor Debate The House Armed Services Committee will maintain a dynamic Floor Tracker for amendments to H.R. 4909, the FY17 NDAA. The HASC Tracker will display a list of upcoming amendments and the order in which they will be considered, as well as a list of already-consi... Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 16-20, 2016.Tuesday, May 17, 2016“Assessing the Department of Defense’s Execution of Responsibilities in the U.S. Foreign Military Sales Program” Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations (10:00 AM – 2212 Rayburn - Open) Witnesses: Vice Admiral Joseph Rixey, U.S.... Read More »

Friday night, in a Fox News Special Report Exclusive, Jennifer Griffin continued her investigation of the military readiness crisis. Touring several Air Force squadrons, Griffin spoke with pilots and maintainers who are seeing years of war and simultaneous funding cuts seriously effect their ability to execute their missions today and in the future. Watch the segment below: Read More »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today filed a proposal to reform the National Security Council (NSC). In recent years, the NSC has been repeatedly criticized for micromanagement of America’s national security institutions. Many experts complain that the NSC has evolved from an advisory and coordinating body to an operational bureaucracy with no oversight... Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry is firing back at critics who say that the NDAA is "irresponsible” and will “force the new President to request a supplemental within weeks of taking office:” "The Democrats and President Obama were for this approach before they were against it. Back in 2008, not only did President Obama vote in favor of a bridge fund to meet operational needs... Read More »

Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “U.S. Industry Perspectives on the Department of Defense’s Policies, Roles and Responsibilities for Foreign Military Sales.” For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing live click here.This is the second of three events for the ... Read More »

On Friday, the White House Press Secretary described House efforts to restore military readiness as “grossly irresponsible.” House efforts to invest in readiness in the near term, while providing the next administration the flexibility to determine their own strategy and funding for ongoing operations are very similar to the approach a Democrat-led Congress took in 2008. President Obama, Vice Pres... Read More »

During his swing through Europe this week, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said that the House Armed Services Committee’s FY17 NDAA “proposes to put money behind things that are not our highest priorities and that we didn’t ask for.” Let’s separate the facts from the fiction in the Secretary’s misleading statements about what the NDAA includes.Which of these congressional actions (which the Presid... Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 9-13, 2016.Wednesday, May 11, 2016“U.S. Industry Perspectives on the Department of Defense’s Policies, Roles and Responsibilities for Foreign Military Sales” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (10:00 AM – 2212 Rayburn – OPEN) Witnesses: Mr. Remy Nathan V... Read More »