House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), along with Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Young Kim (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Brian... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Defense's (DoD) Space Policy Review and Strategy on Protection of Satellites. "We have seen significant changes in the space domain over the last decade. Not only did we stand up the U.S. Space Force, but China and Russia have accelerated their deployment of... Read More »
U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Quality of Life Panel, held a roundtable with military spouses to discuss the quality of life issues they face, including spouse employment and support programs, child care, compensation, housing, and access to health care. "Our panel met with military spouses to l... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks. "Twenty-two years ago, our world was forever changed by the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, we remember the thousands of innocent lives that were lost and honor the many heroes who selflessly... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued a letter to United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), demanding a full accounting of why an Iranian propagandist and former regime official participated as a keynote speaker in a STRATCOM-sponsored event.... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the two-year anniversary of President Biden's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. "President Biden was warned by Congress and his senior military advisors that a withdrawal from Afghanistan, without a plan, would lead to disaster. Two years ago, President Biden ignored the warnings... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, demanded Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, and U.S. Space Command Commander, General James Dickinson, provide the House Armed Services Committee with U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) Documents. The letter follows a commitment by the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, to comply with the committee's requ... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers and over 100 innocent Afghan civilians. "U.S. Servicemembers h... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the basing process for U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) permanent headquarters. Chairman Rogers has requested that GAO investigate the process that occurred between the completion of their previous report in June 2022 and President Biden's sel... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, invited Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, U.S. Space Command Commander, General James Dickinson, and Space Force Chief of Space Operations, General Chance Saltzman, to testify to the House Armed Services Committee on President Biden's politically-motivated decision to locate the headquarters for U.S. S... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the two-year anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban. "Two years ago today, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Months prior, I had repeatedly warned President Biden that withdrawing from Afghanistan, without a plan, would lead to disaster. Unfortunately, President B... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on China and Russia's continued cooperation – including a recent naval patrol near Alaska. "Continued cooperation between China and Russia is a stark reminder of the challenge we face: for the first time in history, the United States must deter two near-peer nuclear adversaries sim... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, demanded Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) Commander, Gen. James Dickinson, comply with the House Armed Services Committee's requests for transcribed interviews and documents related to USSPACECOM headquarters and mission requirements. Secretary Kendall and General Dickinson ... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following the Biden administration's political decision to locate the headquarters for U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. "Huntsville, Alabama was chosen to be the headquarters of U.S. Space Command because it was the strongest location and investigations by the Do... Read More »
U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Quality of Life Panel, held a roundtable with Military Service Organizations to discuss Quality of Life issues. Blue Star Families, the Military Family Advisory Network, the Military Officers Association of America, and the National Military Families Association pa... Read More »
