Press Releases

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 joint hearing titled "Navy Force Structure and Readiness: Perspectives from the Fleet." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no public events the week of May 30 - June 3. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks as prepared for delivery on the joint hearing titled "Navy Force Structure and Readiness: Perspectives from the Fleet." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 23-27, 2016. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, the House Passed H.R. 4909 (277-147), the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017. Upon passage, Chairman Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement: Read more »

WASHINGTON- In the face of attempts to halt the replacement of military equipment that is too worn out to repair, these FOX NEWS investigations highlight the toll keeping these systems going takes on men and women in uniform. As members consider the Ellison amendment, they should keep in mind: Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 23-27, 2016. Read more »

The Defense Bill comes to the House Floor today. The NDAA focuses on the military readiness crisis by specifically correcting funding shortfalls that have led to a lack of readiness and to a heightened level of risk to our troops and our security. For more information on the NDAA and actions on the House Floor click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - This week, H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 heads to the House Floor. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring one (1) hearing the week of May 16-20, 2016. Read more »

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today filed a proposal to reform the National Security Council (NSC). In recent years, the NSC has been repeatedly criticized for micromanagement of America’s national security institutions. Many experts complain that the NSC has evolved from an advisory and coordinating body to an operational bureaucracy with no oversight or accountability. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry is firing back at critics who say that the NDAA is "irresponsible” and will “force the new President to request a supplemental within weeks of taking office:” Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “U.S. Industry Perspectives on the Department of Defense’s Policies, Roles and Responsibilities for Foreign Military Sales.” 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 one (1) hearing the week of May 9-13, 2016. Read more »

During his long tenure at the Pentagon, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates made many good decisions that helped soldiers and enhanced U.S. security. But his choice to truncate the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor program at 187 jets was an exception. With threats to American air superiority growing, it is time for Congress to consider resurrecting the jet or finding a suitable replacement. Read more »