The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building regarding the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces. Chairman Rogers said: “In the past year, senior leaders at the Department of Defense… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks today after the House of Representatives passed the House Budget Committee’s proposal with the Price substitute #2 that included $20 billion for defense. This substitute created sufficient funding levels for the Department of Defense funding Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) at $96 billion. “Across East Alabama,… Read more »

Since coming to Congress, I’ve had the honor to serve as a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) – which has given me the opportunity to see firsthand the importance of our national defense, and a never-ending source of pride for our brave men and women in uniform. Since 9/11, I think folks across East Alabama can agree that we live in a very dangerous world. The… Read more »

The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), will hold two hearings the week of March 23rd. The first hearing will take place Tuesday, March 24th at 3:30 p.m. in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building regarding nuclear-related defense activities at the Department of Energy. The second hearing will take place Wednesday, March 25th at 5:00… Read more »

The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), held a hearing this week on the fiscal year 2016 missile defense budget. The purpose of the hearing was to evaluate our country’s needs as we move forward to ensure we have the proper ballistic missile defense system in place and have the funding to ensure it is a reality. Rogers… Read more »

During a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing today titled, “The President’s proposed Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIL and the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense,” Congressman Mike Rogers questioned Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on what the next steps would be in the Depot… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks today after the House Budget Committee introduced the details of their proposal to balance the budget over the next ten years while cutting $5.5 trillion in spending. “While folks across East Alabama are tightening their belts to live within their means, the Federal government should be following suit, but not at the expense of our… Read more »

The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), will hold two hearings the week of March 16th. The first hearing will take place Tuesday, March 17th at 3:30 p.m. in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building regarding national security space launch. The second hearing will take place Thursday, March 19th at 9:00 a.m. in 2118 Rayburn House Office… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks today after the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of Fiscal Year 2015. “I am deeply disappointed the House passed a ‘clean funding bill’ today to fund the Department of… Read more »

Today, members of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee led by Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), sent President Obama a letter urging him to stop using the United States’ missile defense system as a bargaining chip with countries that don’t play by the rules like China and Russia, and instead to make investments in our missile defense so it stays well-ahead of the… Read more »