Kelly Opening Statement at Hearing on Defense Intelligence Posture

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United States Representative Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on defense intelligence priorities and reforms to better support the warfighter and policymakers. Rep. Kelly's Remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opening remarks and your…

Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections for National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

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The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today announced their appointments to the…

Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections for Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States

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Today, the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced their appointments,…

Waltz Opening Statement at Hearing on Energy, Installations, and Environment Programs

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United States Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness, delivered the following opening statement a hearing on energy, installations, and environment programs. Rep. Waltz's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Garamendi. I'd like to welcome our witnesses for today's hearing to discuss military construction (MILCON),…

Rogers Statement Following Zelenskyys Address to Congress

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U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's virtual address to a joint gathering of Congress. "In the face of unspeakable horrors being committed against their people by Vladimir Putin, President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people have demonstrated incredible…

Top Congressional Republicans Urge Austin, Blinken to Quickly Send Much-Needed Military Equipment to Ukraine

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Top House and Senate Republicans today urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to make quick and decisive use of emergency funds provided by Congress to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the unwarranted and unprovoked Russian invasion. Last week, Congress passed H.R. 2471, which included an emergency supplemental that includes $3 billion in…

ICYMI: Rogers: U.S. must Build Three Attack Submarines a Year

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Rogers: U.S. must build three attack submarines a year By Aidan Quigley March 9, 2022 Inside Defense Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, called on the U.S. to build three Virginia-class attack submarines a year Wednesday at the Submarine Industrial Base Council's Supplier Days event. Rogers said he supports Chief of Naval Operations Adm.…

Rogers Opening Statement at Hearing at Indopacom

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U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine Department of Defense policies, programs, and activities in the Indo-Pacific region in advance of the fiscal year 2023 budget request. Lead Republican Rogers' remarks as prepared: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to…

Rogers Statement on Announced Closure of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage

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United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the closure and defueling of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage in Hawaii. "The wellbeing of our service members is paramount and the hardship that the Red Hill fuel leak has placed on service members and their families is…

Rogers Opening Statement at Hearing on Northcom and Southcom

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United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on U.S. national security challenges and force posture in the NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM areas of operation and related policy. Lead Republican Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery: And thank you to our witnesses for being here to…