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WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) took an important step this week to begin the legislative process for crafting the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, by introducing H.R. 4909 , the "by request" version of the bill. Read more »

WASHINGTON- The House Armed Services Committee’s Majority and Minority Communications offices will host an off-the-record session for credentialed media to discuss logistics for the FY17 NDAA markups. The briefing will cover both Subcommittee and Full Committee markups, release of legislation, and distribution of other materials. The session will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 12th, in room 2118. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring seven (3) hearings the week of April 11-15, 2016. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no public events during the weeks between March 28 - April 8 Read more »

Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks upon receiving the Administration's report on the "Strategy for the Middle East and to Counter Violent Extremism." To read the full report click alt="(NULL)" "Over a month after it was due, today the Administration sent the Committee a document entitled… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. 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 titled “Fiscal Year 2017 Information Technology and Cyber Programs: Foundations for a Secure Warfighting Network.” For testimony and other hearing materials click here. 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 hearing titled “Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, the Committee hears from the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer on the budget request for the Department of Defense. Chairman Thornberry made the following opening remarks on today's hearing. For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “The Department of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2017 Operations and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness Posture.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2017 Army and Air Force Rotorcraft Modernization Programs.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. 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 titled “Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for U.S. Cyber Command: Preparing for Operations in the Cyber Domain.” For testimony and to watch the hearing click here. Read more »

Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2017 National Security Space Activities.” For testimony and other hearing materials click here. "Good afternoon. I want to welcome everyone to the Strategic Forces Subcommittee’s hearing on the Fiscal… Read more »

Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced the Acquisition Agility Act, a bill to enact reforms in the defense acquisition system to ensure that the military can respond to rapidly changing threats. The Chairman will discuss the bill and his proposed reforms at the Brookings Institution today at 1:00 PM EDT. For the full bill text, bill… Read more »

Today, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “The U.S. Transportation Command Fiscal Year 2017 Readiness Posture.” The testimony for today's hearing can be found here. "Good morning. Thank you all for being here today for our Readiness hearing on the 'The U.S.… Read more »