Today the bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force released their final report, findings, and recommendations, following a months-long review of U.S. defense assets and capabilities. Co-Chaired by Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) and Jim Banks (R-Ind), the Task Force included Representatives Susan Davis (D-Calif), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.),… Read more »
The Brookings Institution will host a conversation with the bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force co-chairs – Representatives Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) – ahead of the anticipated release of the panel's final report. The Future of Defense Task Force is chartered to review U.S. defense assets and capabilities and assess the state of the national security… Read more »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on Department of Defense efforts to facilitate spectrum sharing as part of an effort to accelerate 5G deployment: "Our nation's need for spectrum will continue to increase. The DoD's announcement to pursue innovative new spectrum sharing technologies that would free up 5G… Read more »
A portrait of Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) ranking member and former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee will soon hang in the Committee's main hearing room, joining the portraits of fourteen other former committee chairmen. Thornberry announced his retirement from Congress late last year. The House of Representatives received the portrait for the House Collection of Committee… Read more »
Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement in response to President Trump's public comments that he is considering pardoning Edward Snowden. "Edward Snowden did enormous harm to our national security and he must stand trial for… Read more »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic relations:"This is an important agreement that brings together two of America's most important regional partners and advances stability in the Middle East, and cooperation on common challenges. I… Read more »
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, made the following statement on the need to include the… Read more »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the changes to America's force posture in Europe announced today:"The Administration's plans to redistribute U.S. forces across Europe are complex and will have long-lasting consequences. While some of the proposed moves clearly have merit, other aspects - such as an… Read more »
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement after the House passed the FY21 NDAA by a vote of 295-125:"For sixty years Congress has laid partisan politics aside and come together to provide America's men and women in uniform, and their families, the resources they need to keep the country safe. I am proud to say that after… Read more »
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-TX), today issued the following statement on the U.K.'s decision to ban Huawei from its 5G network: "The United Kingdom's decision to ban the procurement and deployment of additional Huawei equipment in their 5G telecommunications infrastructure, and the commitment to eliminate… Read more »
