Press Releases

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing titled “Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for the 2018 Budget Request.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing titled "Ground Force Modernization Programs and the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request ." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments on the bipartisan passage of the PRIVATE Act. The bill protects troops from nonconsensual sharing of intimate images by other military members. It also gives the military additional tools to prosecute perpetrators and to prevent offenses in the future by defining when private photo sharing is a criminal act, which is not as clear as it should be in current military law. The Chairman said: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing titled “Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request for U.S. Cyber Command: Cyber Mission Force Support to Department of Defense Operations.” For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing live click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring five (5) events the week of May 22 through 26: Read more »

WASHINGTON - On Monday, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will join Mike O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at Brookings, for a discussion on the defense budget, military readiness and modernization. For more information on attending click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing titled "Fiscal Year 2018 National Security Space Activities." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced his latest acquisition reform bill today. The goals of the “Defense Acquisition Streamlining and Transparency Act” (H.R. 2511) include empowering the Pentagon to use E-Commerce for commercial-off-the-shelf items, as well as reforming the defense contract audit process and the acquisition of services. The entire bill text and a summary of the bill can be found here. The Chairman made the following remarks upon the bill’s introduction: Read more »

Today, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing titled "Amphibious Warfare in a Contested Environment." "As the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman, I lead a group of my colleagues with broad jurisdiction over Naval… Read more »