WATCH HEARING HERERep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Unmanned Systems of the Department of the Navy."Remarks as prepared for delivery:The Navy and Marine Corps team have a vision of the future and the unmanned campaign plan is a roadmap, of sorts, to ... Read More »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Armed Services Committee ranking member, today delivered the following speech at the Ronald Reagan Institute on "National Defense Policy and Priorities: Views from Congress and the American People."On the Budget:"The next four years are going to be a crucial period for our military and our nation. If we do not make the investments our military needs today, we will ... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Recommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee."Remarks as prepared for delivery:The Fort Hood Commission's deep dive into the Army's Criminal... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Disinformation in the Gray Zone: Opportunities, Limitations, and Challenges." Remarks as prepared for delivery:Today we will hear from three professionals in our intelligence and special oper... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a joint subcommittee hearing with the House Oversight & Reform Subcommittee on National Security on "Final Recommendations of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence."Remarks a... Read More »
Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today issued the following joint statement after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III announced the National Guard deployment at the United States Capitol will be extended by 60 days:"We are deeply troubled by the current level of security around the United States Capi... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel ranking member, delivered the following opening statement at a joint Military Personnel and Readiness subcommittee hearing entitled "Privatized Military Family Housing: Update on Implementation of Housing Reforms."Remarks as prepared for delivery:I also want to welcome our privatized military housing... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness ranking member, delivered the following opening statement at a joint Readiness and Military Personnel subcommittee hearing entitled "Privatized Military Family Housing: Update on Implementation of Housing Reforms."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Today we will hear testimony from three of the four invited... Read More »
WATCH HERERep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing entitled "National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Last week, the Chinese Communist Party rolled out a new set of defense policies. It includes a 7 percent increase in defen... Read More »
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement after reports that the Biden Administration secretly imposed limitations on our military and intelligence personnel to counter terrorists outside conventional battlefield zones: "This action is yet another bureaucratic imped... Read More »
Task Force Will Examine Supply Chain Threats and VulnerabilitiesRepresentatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today announced the official activation of the Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force.The bipartisan Task Force is chartered to review the industrial base supply chain to identify and analyze threats and ... Read More »
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republican leaders, led by Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala), wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to increase defense spending by 3 to 5 percent over the inflation adjusted FY21 enacted level. In the letter, they write: "The bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission recommended an annual 3 to 5 percent increase above the rate of inflation in the... Read More »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Armed Services Committee ranking member, released the statement below following last night's airstrikes in Syria: "Last night, the U.S. showed that attacks on American personnel and interests will not be tolerated. I support President Biden's response to provocation from Iranian-backed militias. We must defend our interests abroad, and I hope the Biden Administrati... Read More »
Sen. Inhofe, Rep. Rogers To Dems: Support Nuke Modernization By: House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Breaking Defense February 25, 2021 With the election of President Joe Biden and a Democrat majority in both the House and Senate, extreme disarmament advocates are rejoicing. They think the time i... Read More »
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY), and House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Ranking Member Michael Turner (R-Ohio) released the statement below in response to House Democrats' letter encouraging President Joe Biden to modify our nuclear command: "The President of the United States must have the e... Read More »
