Press Releases

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement in response to the President's commutation of inmate Manning's sentence: Read more »

WASHINGTON--Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments after the Committee passed the waiver to allow retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense: Read more »

WASHINGTON -Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the markup entitled “H.R. 393 - To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.” For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing live click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring two (2) events the week of January 9-13. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, announced the Members who will lead the committee’s subcommittees in the 115th Congress. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring two (2) events the week of January 9-13. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring three (3) events the week of January 9-13. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring three (3) events the week of January 9-13. Read more »

WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today welcomed new Republican Members of the Committee: Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will hold no public events from January 2-6. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement after the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 by the President: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Navy’s latest Force Structure Assessment: Read more »

WASHINGTON - On Thursday, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks after opening the Military Wellness Summit hosted by the Military Wellness Initiative, here on Capitol Hill: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement upon the announcement of former Governor Rick Perry as the next Secretary of Energy: Read more »

"Any reporter who’s written about the federal budget knows that there’s a surefire solution to every problem. It’s called 'fraud, waste and abuse.' You want to end budget deficits? Just eliminate all the 'fraud, waste and abuse'/ in the $4 trillion budget. The same is true for cutting taxes or raising spending. Attacking fraud and waste is virtuous and dispenses with the hard political work of making unpopular choices. Read more »