Press Releases

Today, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Building the Navy of the Future: A Look at Navy Force Structure” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. "I want to welcome all of our members to our hearing today. I am particularly pleased… 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 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, by introducing H.R. 4909 , the "by request" version of the bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON- The House Armed Services Committee’s Majority and Minority Communications offices will host an off-the-record session for credentialed media to discuss logistics for the FY17 NDAA markups. The briefing will cover both Subcommittee and Full Committee markups, release of legislation, and distribution of other materials. The session will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 12th, in room 2118. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring seven (3) hearings the week of April 11-15, 2016. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no public events during the weeks between March 28 - April 8 Read more »

Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks upon receiving the Administration's report on the "Strategy for the Middle East and to Counter Violent Extremism." To read the full report click alt="(NULL)" "Over a month after it was due, today the Administration sent the Committee a document entitled… 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 on the hearing titled “Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2017 Information Technology and Cyber Programs: Foundations for a Secure Warfighting Network.” For testimony and other hearing materials click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, the Committee hears from the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer on the budget request for the Department of Defense. Chairman Thornberry made the following opening remarks on today's hearing. For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »