Press Releases

Tomorrow, House Armed Services Committee Staff will host bipartisan background briefings ahead of subcommittee markups. These briefings will cover topics in the subcommittee markups and give press an opportunity to learn more about the provisions in the bill before the markups commence. The background briefings are off-camera and open to media with congressional credentials only. Each… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Evaluating DOD Investments: Case Studies in Afghanistan Initiatives and U.S. Weapons Sustain.” For testimony and other hearing materials click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today commented on the Department of Defense Infrastructure Capacity Report for 2016, which was delivered to Congress this week. The report was required by the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as a way to assess the capacity of America’s military ahead of any request for another round of base closures. The NDAA required the report to be delivered in February with the President’s budget request and to use military force structure as it existed in 2012 as a baseline. The report delivered this week is months late and uses 2019 force structure as a baseline: Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Staff will host bipartisan background briefings ahead of subcommittee markups on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. These briefings will cover topics in the subcommittee markups and give press an opportunity to learn more about the provisions in the bill before the markups commence. The background briefings are off-camera and open to media with congressional credentials only. Each background briefing will last approximately 30 minutes. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “The Missile Defeat Posture and Strategy of the United States—the FY17 President’s Budget Request.” For testimony and other hearing materials click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring 6 markups the week of April 18-22, 2016. For more information on Committee markups click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will markup the FY17 NDAA on April 27th. During the course of the markup, the Committee will distribute electronic copes of NDAA amendments via e-mail to interested credentialed media. Amendments will be emailed as they are called up for consideration by the Committee. To ensure timely distribution, subscribers to these emails will be limited to media with congressional credentials. Additionally, credentialed media outlets will be limited to one e-mail address each. Read more »

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 »