U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on reports of President Joe Biden's forthcoming nuclear policy:"If reports are accurate, President Biden's decision to cut key U.S. nuclear modernization programs is yet another example of this administration's inability... Read More »
Forty Republican members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee are urging President Biden to include a 5 percent increase above inflation for the defense spending in his fiscal year 2023 budget request. In the letter, the members, led by U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee, encouraged... Read More »
U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley expressing concerns about the need for a Department of Defense strategy to meet short range air defense (SHORAD) replenishment requirements for stocks of Sti... Read More »
U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on national security challenges and U.S. military activities in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I too want to welcome our witnesses and express my appreciation for their service. General Townsend, as we discussed last week, the t... Read More »
United States Representative Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on defense intelligence priorities and reforms to better support the warfighter and policymakers. Rep. Kelly's Remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opening remarks and your leadership in organ... Read More »
The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today announced their appointments to the National Securi... Read More »
Today, the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced their appointments, pursuant to Sec.... Read More »
United States Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness, delivered the following opening statement a hearing on energy, installations, and environment programs. Rep. Waltz's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Garamendi. I'd like to welcome our witnesses for today's hearing to discuss military construction (MILCON), environmental and ene... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's virtual address to a joint gathering of Congress. "In the face of unspeakable horrors being committed against their people by Vladimir Putin, President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people have demonstrated incredible bravery and stre... Read More »
Top House and Senate Republicans today urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to make quick and decisive use of emergency funds provided by Congress to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the unwarranted and unprovoked Russian invasion. Last week, Congress passed H.R. 2471, which included an emergency supplemental that includes $3 billion in direct aut... Read More »
Rogers: U.S. must build three attack submarines a year By Aidan Quigley March 9, 2022 Inside Defense Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, called on the U.S. to build three Virginia-class attack submarines a year Wednesday at the Submarine Industrial Base Council's Supplier Days event. Rogers said he supports Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilda... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine Department of Defense policies, programs, and activities in the Indo-Pacific region in advance of the fiscal year 2023 budget request. Lead Republican Rogers' remarks as prepared: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our witnesses for... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the closure and defueling of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage in Hawaii. "The wellbeing of our service members is paramount and the hardship that the Red Hill fuel leak has placed on service members and their families is unconscion... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on U.S. national security challenges and force posture in the NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM areas of operation and related policy. Lead Republican Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery: And thank you to our witnesses for being here to provide an up... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement warning the Biden administration against entering another bad nuclear deal with Iran. "I'd be very nervous if I were Jerusalem," Rogers said. "Instead of turning Putin into an international pariah like President Biden promised, he is literally outsourcing our negotiations on... Read More »
