Press Releases

WASHINGTON - Chairman Turner (R-OH), of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following statement on the hearing titled "Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program". Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), took an important step this week to begin the legislative process for crafting the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, by introducing HR 1735, the "by request" version of the bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry released the following markup schedule below for the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read more »

WASHINGTON - Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement in response to the results of the Inspector General of the Air Force's investigation into Major General Post... Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of April 13-17, 2015. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry released the following markup schedule below for the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on renewed U.S. military support of Egypt:... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Combat Aviation Modernization Programs and the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request"... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Department of Defense (DOD) Fiscal Year 2016 Science and Technology Programs: Laying the Groundwork to Maintain Technological Superiority”... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled “The Department of Defense’s Readiness Posture”... Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee has no hearings or briefings scheduled for the weeks of March 30 - April 10. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) made the following statement on the Army's decision concerning Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Read more »

WASHINGTON—Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), respectively Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today jointly introduced H.R. 1597, a bill aimed at reforming the Department of Defense’s broken acquisition system. The legislation... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy and the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Chemical Biological Defense Program”. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Joseph Heck (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled “Stakeholder’s Views on the Recommendations of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission.” Read more »