U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following the terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. "I am praying for the families and loved ones of the brave and selfless U.S. service members who lost their lives and were injured in today's terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, joined "America's Newsroom" on Fox News with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer to discuss the dire situation in Afghanistan. Excerpts of the interview are transcribed below. Lead Republican Rogers on Getting Every American Out of Afghanistan: "It was frustrating, you know there was no partisanship… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on concerning reports that the Biden administration authorized the sale of microchips to Huawei. "Reports that the Biden administration has approved the sale of microchips, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to an espionage appendage of the Chinese Communist Party are… Read more »
Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers (R-AL), spoke at a press conference following a briefing on Afghanistan. He was joined by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Lead Republican of the House Veteran Affairs Committee, Mike Bost (R-IL), and Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul (R-TX). They were also joined by… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement urging president Biden to vow that the United States will not leave until every last American is safely evacuated from Afghanistan. "President Biden needs to make it clear to the Taliban that the United States of America does not take orders from terrorists. The President… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, gave a speech on the House floor regarding the dire situation in Afghanistan. Lead Republican Rogers' remarks as prepared are below. For four months, Republicans have demanded to know the President's plan to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies and conduct counterterrorism operations in… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, Lead Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, joined "America Reports" on Fox News with John Roberts to discuss President Biden's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the interview, Lead Republican Mike Rogers discussed upcoming legislation and set the record straight on what President Biden was really advised to do in Afghanistan. Watch… Read more »
Biden, Harris, we now have a new terror safe haven in Afghanistan. What's your plan? By Lead Republican Mike Rogers August 23, 2021 Fox News As we approach the 20th anniversary of September 11, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have left Afghanistan in the same position it was in 2001—under the control of the Taliban. The Biden administration's irresponsible… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement expressing his concern that President Biden has yet to produce a plan for safely evacuating all Americans from Afghanistan. "Just yesterday, President Biden stood in front of the American people and said no American in Afghanistan was having trouble getting through Taliban… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following President Joe Biden's speech on the situation in Afghanistan. "President Biden's address on Afghanistan once again ignored reality. This catastrophe was completely avoidable had the Biden-Harris administration bothered to produce a plan. There are thousands of… Read more »
House Committee on Armed Services Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Devin Nunes (R-CA), sent a letter to President Biden expressing their anger over the "reckless withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan" and his failure to plan for the fallout that… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, led House Armed Services Committee Republicans in pressing the Biden administration for a plan on Afghanistan.
In the letter the members wrote, "For months, we have been asking you for a plan on your withdrawal from Afghanistan. You failed to provide us with one and based on the horrific… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following President Joe Biden's speech on the situation in Afghanistan."President Biden's speech did not match the reality of what's occurring in Afghanistan. Biden did a lot of finger-pointing but it was his indefensible decisions and failure to prepare that have created the… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan."It is gut-wrenching to watch what has happened in Afghanistan over the past few days. What we are witnessing today is a catastrophic and historic failure of leadership by the Biden-Harris administration. The… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Representative John Katko (R-NY), Republican Leader of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement on the threat that the deteriorating situation in… Read more »
