Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems (CITI) delivered the following opening statements at a subcommittee hearing on information warfare: Rep. Stefanik remarks as prepared for delivery: Information warfare is one of the least understood missions at the Department of Defense, but one o... Read More »
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces delivered the following opening statements at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Indo-Pacific: Rep. Wittman remarks as prepared for delivery: Tensions with China continue to increase. Even with intense economic ties, strategic competition with China and her neighboring coun... Read More »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the state of the Department of Defense Audit: Rep. Rogers remarks as prepared for delivery:The DoD is the largest federal agency with nearly 3 million servicemembers and civilian employees. It has annual budget of over $700 billion and more than $3 trillion worth ... Read More »
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Readiness, and Rep. Vicki Hartzler (R-MO), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, delivered the following opening statements at a joint subcommittee hearing on the F-35 program: Rep. Lamborn remarks as prepared for delivery: Our nation's adversa... Read More »
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on FY22 Strategic Forces Posture:Remarks as prepared for delivery:I'm pleased that we are having this hearing because I believe it is vitally important that we hear directly from the witnesses about the importance of sup... Read More »
WATCH LIVE HEREIn both AFRICOM and CENTCOM, we have made progress in combatting terrorists, but they are not completely gone. Adding to the problem, many groups have spread out, making them more difficult to locate. General Townsend, as we discussed last week, maintaining pressure on these terrorist networks, remains vitally important. But spending in AFRICOM comprises only 0.3% of our defense bud... Read More »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in Europe."Remarks as prepared for delivery:European Command and our NATO allies are facing an increasingly belligerent Russia and growing Chinese influence operations.Russia continues to modern... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after President Joe Biden announced the United States would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021: "We once again urge President Biden to reconsider his political, cal... Read More »
WATCH LIVE HERERep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Defense of the homeland and our security efforts in the Western hemisphere are becoming increasingly more complex as C... Read More »
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) released the following statement in response to news of President Biden's planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan: "I am informed that the President intends to withdraw all US Troops by September. I am curious to hear what leverage President Biden believes announcing our withdraw gives the United States. Just yesterday, ... Read More »
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) released the following statement after the Department of Defense approved Fort Bliss and Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to be used to house unaccompanied migrant children in response to the ongoing border crisis: "There is no way around it—President Biden ... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) delivered the following opening statement at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing on "Installation Resiliency: Lessons Learned from Winter Storm Uri and Beyond."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Domestic military installations are critical to our military readiness. They house training, mission execution and sustainment operations, and ... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERE Rep. 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 "SOF Culture and Climate: The Future of the Force." Remarks as prepared for delivery: Today we will hear from four experts across the private sector for a discussion on the culture and clima... 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 on the recent weapons testing developments in North Korea:"North Korea's decision to resume military provocations through weapons testing is unsurprising, but still disappointing. The Kim regime's return to belligerence will... Read More »
WATCH HEARING HERERep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "Extremism in the Armed Forces."Remarks as prepared for delivery:I also want to root out of the military those who actively participate in vile and violent hate groups. We cannot ask people to fight and die together under the shadow ... Read More »
