Press Releases

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring seven (7) hearings the week of March 14-18, 2016.Tuesday, March 15, 2016"The U.S. Transportation Command Fiscal Year 2017 Readiness Posture"Subcommittee on Readiness(10:15 AM – 2118 Rayburn – OPEN)Witnesses:General Darren W. McDewCommander, United States… Read more »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring seven (7) hearings the week of March 14-18, 2016. Tuesday, March 15, 2016 "The U.S. Transportation Command Fiscal Year 2017 Readiness Posture" Subcommittee on Readiness (10:15 AM – 2118 Rayburn – OPEN) Witnesses: General Darren W. McDew Commander, United States… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will host a press gaggle today that will be open to credentialed media. The press gaggle will be live streamed on the Committee's YouTube page. Tune in as we try this new medium for the first time. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no public hearings the week of March 7-11. Read more »

Today, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “The Marine Corps’ 2017 Operations and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness Posture.” To view hearing testimony click here. "Good morning. Thank you all for being here today for our Readiness subcommittee… Read more »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will host a press gaggle Thursday that will be open to credentialed media. WHO: Rep. Mac Thornberry WHEN: Thursday, March 3, 2016, 2:45 - 3:15 PM WHERE: Rayburn 2216 Attending Media should RSVP to claude.chafin@mail.house.gov Read more »

WASHINGON— This week Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, sent letters to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Secretary of State John Kerry, and National Security Advisor Susan Rice demanding clear assurances that President Obama has will not hand over the U.S. Naval Installation at Guantanamo Bay to Cuba. Read the letters alt="(NULL)" … Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear Forces.” For the testimony for this hearing click here. "Welcome to our hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request… Read more »

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 "Ground Force Modernization Budget Request." To view testimony for this hearing clickhere. "The Subcommittee convenes to review the current posture of ground force modernization… Read more »

Today, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following opening statement on the hearing, "Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for the 2017 Budget Request." To view testimony for this hearing click here. "Today the subcommittee convenes to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2017 Air… Read more »