Press Releases

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) released the following statement in response to news of President Biden's planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan: "I am informed that the President intends to withdraw all US Troops by September. I am curious to hear what leverage President Biden believes announcing our withdraw gives the United States. Just… Read more »

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) released the following statement after the Department of Defense approved Fort Bliss and Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to be used to house unaccompanied migrant children in response to the ongoing border crisis: "There is no way around… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERERep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) delivered the following opening statement at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing on "Installation Resiliency: Lessons Learned from Winter Storm Uri and Beyond."Remarks as prepared for delivery:Domestic military installations are critical to our military readiness. They house training, mission execution and sustainment… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERE Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "SOF Culture and Climate: The Future of the Force." Remarks as prepared for delivery: Today we will hear from four… Read more »

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement on the recent weapons testing developments in North Korea:"North Korea's decision to resume military provocations through weapons testing is unsurprising, but still disappointing. The Kim regime's return to… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERERep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on "Extremism in the Armed Forces."Remarks as prepared for delivery:I also want to root out of the military those who actively participate in vile and violent hate groups. We cannot ask people to fight and die together under… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERERep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Learning From and Preventing Future Training Mishaps." Remarks as prepared for delivery:We owe it to our service men and women to eliminate preventable accidents, period. Readiness is not just… Read more »

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Ranking Member Michael Turner (R-Ohio) and HASC Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) led HASC Republicans in a letter to President Joe Biden urging the Administration to support modernization of the U.S. nuclear deterrent and homeland missile defense in the FY22 budget.Specifically, they request the Administration… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERERep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) – House Armed Services Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Subcommittee ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations: Challenges and Opportunities in the Invisible Battlespace."Remarks as prepared for… Read more »

WATCH HEARING HERERep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness ranking member – delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on "Investing in an Organic Industrial Base to Support Service Modernization Plans." Remarks as prepared for delivery:The organic industrial base is a vital and important part of our readiness and… Read more »