Rogers: America's Maritime Defense Acquisition System Is Broken—The SPEED Act Will Fix It

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Navy for Fiscal Year 2026. Chairman Rogers' opening remarks as prepared for delivery: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service to our…

Rogers and Smith Introduce Legislation to Fundamentally Reform Defense Acquisition

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Tags: SPEED Act

Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced legislation to restructure, streamline, and modernize the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition system. H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery (SPEED) Act, fundamentally reforms the Defense Acquisition System (DAS) to cut red tape and…