Press Releases

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement in response to the United Kingdom's commitment to national defense announced by the Chancellor of Exchequer as part of his annual budget statement: Read more »

WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on Army plans to reduce the force by 40,000 Soldiers... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement ahead of the President's ISIL briefing at the Pentagon today. Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no hearings or public events during the week of July 6-10. Committee members continue to work on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016 as it moves through the conference process. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement after the extension of the June 30 nuclear agreement deadline with Iran: Read more »

WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee will have no hearings or public events during the week of June 29 - July 3. 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 hearing titled "Assuring National Security Space: Investing in American Industry to End Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines": Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the naming of conferees by Speaker Boehner (R-OH) to serve on the formal House-Senate Conference committee to resolve the differences in the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act: Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, made the following remarks on the hearing titled "Update on Findings and Recommendations of the 2014 Department of Defense Nuclear Enterprise Review." Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC), of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, made the following statement on the Subcommittee's hearing titled, "The Counterterrorism Strategy Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Are We on the Right Path?" Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, previews the full committee hearing titled, "Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century": Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of June 22-26, 2015. Read more »

WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will deliver remarks on Russia to The Atlantic Council on Tuesday. This is an open media event. Read more »

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of June 22-26, 2015. Read more »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act: Read more »