Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, delivered the following opening statements at a subcommittee hearing on countering weapons of mass destruction: Rep. Kelly remarks as prepared for delivery: There is a lot going on from the usual bad actors of China, Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and… Read more »
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems (CITI) delivered the following opening statements at a subcommittee hearing on information warfare: Rep. Stefanik remarks as prepared for delivery: Information warfare is one of the least understood missions at the Department of Defense,… Read more »
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces delivered the following opening statements at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Indo-Pacific: Rep. Wittman remarks as prepared for delivery: Tensions with China continue to increase. Even with intense economic ties, strategic competition with China and her… Read more »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the state of the Department of Defense Audit: Rep. Rogers remarks as prepared for delivery:The DoD is the largest federal agency with nearly 3 million servicemembers and civilian employees. It has annual budget of over $700 billion and more than $3… Read more »
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Readiness, and Rep. Vicki Hartzler (R-MO), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, delivered the following opening statements at a joint subcommittee hearing on the F-35 program: Rep. Lamborn remarks as prepared for delivery: Our… Read more »
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on FY22 Strategic Forces Posture:Remarks as prepared for delivery:I'm pleased that we are having this hearing because I believe it is vitally important that we hear directly from the witnesses about the… Read more »
WATCH LIVE HEREIn both AFRICOM and CENTCOM, we have made progress in combatting terrorists, but they are not completely gone. Adding to the problem, many groups have spread out, making them more difficult to locate. General Townsend, as we discussed last week, maintaining pressure on these terrorist networks, remains vitally important. But spending in AFRICOM comprises only 0.3% of our… Read more »
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in Europe."Remarks as prepared for delivery:European Command and our NATO allies are facing an increasingly belligerent Russia and growing Chinese influence operations.Russia continues… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after President Joe Biden announced the United States would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021: "We once again urge President Biden to reconsider his… Read more »
WATCH LIVE HERERep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Defense of the homeland and our security efforts in the Western hemisphere are becoming increasingly more… Read more »
