Today, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a hearing titled, "The Department of Defense Organic Industrial Base: Challenges, Solutions and Readiness Impacts.""Thank you, Chairman Garamendi. I would like to thank each of our witnesses for their testimony today. The depots withi... Read More »
This week Congress will kick the can down the road once again and enact another wasteful Continuing Resolution. As Secretary of Defense Esper said last week, "CRs disrupt training, impede readiness, delay maintenance, impose uncertainty on the workforce, & induce inefficient & constrained contracting practices."These stop-gap measures do more than just waste taxpayer dollars, they deny our troops ... Read More »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on reports that an additional Continuing Resolution will extend until December 20th: "Reports that the next stop-gap spending bill will extend until December 20th are disappointing and troubling. Such a late date makes a further stopgap beyond the 20th more likely. Every CR is wasteful an... Read More »
Today, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces titled, "F-35 Program Update: Sustainment, Production, and Affordability Challenges.""Thank you Chairman Garamendi, I truly appreciate the opportunity to conduct th... Read More »
Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air And Land Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Readiness titled "F-35 Program Update: Sustainment, Production, and Affordability Challenges." "As the Chairman mentioned this hearing continues the committee's ongoing ove... Read More »
Today, the Dallas Morning News featured a column by Ranking Member Thornberry in which he once again raised the alarm about the dangers of a full-year Continuing Resolution. You can read excerpts below:Every day under a CR damages our military and undermines the recent fragile progress of repairing and rebuilding it. If Congress and the White House do not change course soon, I am deeply concerned ... Read More »
Reps Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX) and Steve Womack (R-AR), Republican leaders of the House Armed Services, Appropriations, and Budget Committees respectively, issued a stark warning to their colleagues today on the damage a full-year continuing resolution would do to America's military. That damage is detailed in a fact sheet that accompanies their warning. "Across the political spect... Read More »
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Co-Chairman of the Committee's bi-partisan Defense Innovation Task Force made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a hearing titled "Theories of Victory: Innovation and National Security":"Thank you, Seth."I would like to start by thanking Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Thornberry for establishing this bi-partisan Future of Defense Task Force. We have... Read More »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: "Killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is an important achievement in the fight against ISIS. I am grateful to our men and women in uniform, our intelligence professionals, and our allies who contributed to this success. We have robbed ISIS of thei... Read More »
Today, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a hearing titled "Ship and Submarine Maintenance: Cost and Schedule Challenges.""Thank you, Chairman Garamendi. We had the opportunity to meet with Secretary Geurts and Admiral Moore last week to discuss this important issue and I loo... Read More »
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) announced the official activation of the Future of Defense Task Force.The bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force is chartered to review U.S. defense assets and capabilities and assess the state of the national security innovation base to meet emerging threats. The Task Force is co-chaired by R... Read More »
Today, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities titled "Resiliency of Military Installations to Emerging Threats." "Thank you Chairman Langevin, Chairman Garamendi, and Rep. Stefanik for sch... Read More »
Today, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, before the Subcommittee's joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Readiness titled, "Resiliency of Military Installations to Emerging Threats.""Thank you, Jim. "I would like to start by thanking Chairmen ... Read More »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on US policy in Syria: "It would be a grave mistake for Turkey to send its military forces into Syria provoking hostilities with the Syrian Democratic Forces. It would also be a grave mistake for the U.S. to unilaterally withdraw from Syria or to acquiesce in any way to a Turkish invasion... Read More »
Today, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the Subcommittee's hearing titled "Status of the B61-12 Life Extension and W88 Alteration -370 Programs""Thank you, Mr. Chairman."I'd like to thank all the witnesses for being here today, you were here back in March and April. I appreciate you stopping in to gi... Read More »
