Press Releases

WASHINGTON - Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks on the passing of Mel Laird, Secretary of Defense during the Nixon Administration: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry ( R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, commented today on the White House request for additional funding for ISIL operations and for higher troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will hold no public events from November 14-18. The Committee continues to conference the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will hold no public events from November 1-11. The Committee continues to conference the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry ( R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, commented today on the results of a Marine Corps investigation into the crash of two CH-53 helicopters last January that took the lives of 12 Marines. The investigation revealed that this squadron faced a series of significant readiness issues leading up to this collision. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the Department of Defense’s decision to suspend the collection of bonuses awarded to our veterans: Read more »

WASHINGTON- Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), and Devin Nunes (R-CA), Chairmen respectively of the House Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, this week urged the White House to take seriously Russian breaches of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, implement promised sanctions, and develop military options to confront new Russian weapons. In the PDF icon letter the Chairmen assert that Russia "is now in material breach” of the INF treaty. Regarded as a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament agreements, the INF Treaty is the only arms control treaty that successfully eliminated a class of nuclear weapons. As a result of Russia’s actions, the Chairmen are concerned that U.S. forces, as well as our allies in East Asia and Europe, will soon be at risk from intermediate-range ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs). Military leaders have warned that it will be next-to-impossible to detect when these missiles are deployed. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments after the State Department released the latest numbers for U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons under the New START Treaty: Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will hold no public events during the month of October. The Committee continues to conference the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement after the President’s announcement of an additional deployment of 615 troops to Iraq: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, made the following remarks on the hearing called "Department of Defense Laboratories: Innovation through Science and Engineering in Support of Military Operations." For testimony and to watch the hearing live click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Political correctness and micromanagement from the White House National Security Council have reached new heights in a shocking Navy Times story entitled, “White House tells the Pentagon to quit talking about competition with China.” Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the Subcommittee's hearing titled “National Security Space: 21st Century Challenges, 20th Century Organization.” For 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) hearings the week of September 26-30, 2016. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following remarks on the subcommittee's hearing titled "Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »