Threats Rise, U.S. Defense Falls By WSJ Editorial Board June 15, 2021 Wall Street Journal President Biden is telling the world in Europe this week that "America is back" as the leader of global democracies. Sounds good. But China, Iran and Vladimir Putin would be more impressed if Mr. Biden wasn't cutting America's defense even as he rightly stresses the challenge from the world's authoritarians. ... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, asked General Charles Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, if he shared the same concerns regarding President Biden's defense budget top-line as service chiefs of the Navy and Marine Corps expressed yesterday. A transcript of the exchange is below: ROGERS: Thank you Mr. Chairman. General Brown, I've ma... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Turner (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the FY22 budget request for missile defense and missile defeat programs. Rep. Turners' remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to join you in welcoming our witnesses back to the Committee. Ms. Tomero is no stranger ... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the Department of the Navy's FY22 budget request. Rep. Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our witnesses for being here today and for your service to our nation. At his confirmation hearing, Secretary... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, had an exchange with Admiral Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations. In the Exchange, Adm. Gilday told Ranking Member Rogers that under President Biden's budget the Navy's budget has declined, putting our naval forces in a weak position for potential future conflict with China. In his opening remarks, Ranking Member ... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement opposing the House Democrats' discretionary topline number the House will vote on today. The House Democrats' FY 2022 budget number cuts $16 billion from President Biden's budget but does not detail where that cut comes from: "The House Democrats' budget number cuts $16 billion from P... Read More »
U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the Department of Defense's intelligence strategies, policies, and programs. Rep. Kelly's remarks as prepared for delivery are below: Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opening remarks and your leadership in organizing this mornin... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Turner (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the FY22 budget request for nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities. Rep. Turners' remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to welcome back Ms. Dalton. She had so much fun with Admiral Richard back in April, s... Read More »
U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the FY 2022 budget request for military readiness. Rep. Lamborn's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Garamendi. Today we will hear from the service vice chiefs of staff on the current state of military readiness and how the fiscal ye... Read More »
U.S. 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 Devin Nunes (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to expose China's duplicity and rapidly expanding nuclear program, and bring them i... Read More »
U.S Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, released a statement expressing deep concern following reports that the Acting Secretary of the Navy plans to cancel a Nuclear Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N). A decision that comes after submission of the FY22 budget and before the completion of a N... Read More »
U.S. Representative Rob Wittman, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on Air Force projection forces aviation programs and capabilities related to the FY 2022 budget request. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: I want to thank Chairman Courtney for yielding and thank our witnesses for testifying toda... Read More »
U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the FY 2022 budget request from the Army and Marine Corps on Ground Systems Modernization Programs. Rep. Hartzler's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would also like to first thank our witnesses for being w... Read More »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following reports that the U.S. will hand over Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in coming weeks. "I remain incredibly concerned about President Biden's rushed and unconditional withdrawal from Afghanistan. Relinquishing Bagram Air Base is another incredibly short-sighted and reckless dec... Read More »
United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and United States Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on President Joe Biden's fiscal year (FY) 2022 defense budget request: "President Biden's defense budget request is wholly inadequate — it's nowhere near enough to ... Read More »
