Rogers Statement on Lethal Aid Announcement

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United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following an announcement that the United States will be sending additional lethal aid to Ukraine. "The Ukrainians have been vocal about their need for lethal aid, especially anti-aircraft weaponry including Stingers. I hope the military aid package announced by the administ...

Rogers, McCaul Urge Harsher Sanctions on Russia

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United States Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a statement calling for harsher sanctions on Vladimir Putin following his renewed invasion further into Ukraine. "Leveling additional banking sanctions and export controls against Russia and Belarus is a...

Rogers, Mccaul, Turner React to Russia’s Renewed Invasion of Ukraine

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House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) have released the following statement in response to Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine. "The last few hours have laid bare for the world to witness the true evil that is V...

Rogers, Mccaul Statement on Biden's Decision to Revoke Waivers on Nord Stream 2

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United States Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to revoke waivers, thereby allowing sanctions to move forward on the Kremlin-controlled Nord Stream 2 AG, the company in charge of building ...

House Republican Leadership’s Statement on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

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Today, House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (AL-03), joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01), Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10), and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Mike Turner (OH-10) in issuing the following statement...

Rogers & Mccaul Call for Sanctions to End Nord Stream 2

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House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) have released the following statement condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of the Russian-backed separatist republics in the Donbas region of Ukraine as independent as well as his order to deploy Russian troops there. "As we've said for mo...

Rogers, Mccaul, Inhofe, Risch Warn Biden Against Weakening U.S. Nuclear Posture as Putin Conducts Nuclear Exercises

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United States Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and United States Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement warning Presiden...

Rogers, Mccaul, Turner Blast Biden for Turning a Blind Eye to Current Russian Aggression

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House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) have released the following statement ahead of President Biden's remarks on Russian aggression against Ukraine. "By the Biden administration's own estimate, Russia now has ne...

Following Rogers Letter, Biden Admin Approves Sale of Tanks to Poland

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United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, praised the approval of the Foreign Military Sale of M1A2 Abrams tanks to Poland. "It is critical that the United States do all we can to reinforce NATO's Eastern Front as Russia's threats to further invade Ukraine grow more troubling by the day. Representatives Mike Turner, Lisa McClain, and I ...

Rogers, Turner Encourage US & Romania to Create Permanent Joint Military Base

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U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Mike Turner (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Romanian President Klaus Iohannis encouraging the U.S. and Romanian governments to explore ways to create a permanent joint military base in Romania. The Ranking Members also praised the F-35 ...

Rogers: Putin's Aggressions must Be Met with Immediate Sanctions

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U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following reports of a shelling in Eastern Ukraine. "In the past 24 hours, Putin has escalated his aggression against Ukraine and is further testing President Biden's willingness to act. We have seen reports of cyber-attacks yesterday and shelling of civilian infrastructure today – a...

Rogers, Mccaul, Turner, Stefanik, Introduce Bill to Sanction Russia for Aggression toward Ukraine

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House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced the Never Yielding Europe's Territory (NYET) Act. This bill will impose meaningful sanctions on the Pu...

Gallgher Opening Statement at Hearing on Military Personnel Talent Management

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U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on talent management policies and their effects on military personnel. Rep. Gallagher's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairwoman Speier. I also want to thank our Military Personnel Chiefs for being here today. Talent Management i...

Rogers Appalled by Reports That Biden Admin will Let 9/11 Hijacker Walk Free

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U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following reports that the Biden Administration will transfer Mohammed al-Qahtani to Saudi Arabia. "On September 11th, 2001 Al-Qaeda terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people – Mohammed al-Qahtani was supposed to be one of the hijackers that day. He flew to America to participate in the ...

Rogers Statement on Counterterrorism Raid in Syria

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U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following the news that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism raid in Syria: "I am proud of the heroic work of our Special Forces. "The raid last night also demonstrated the importance of U.S. partnerships on the ground to conduct succes...

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