Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement regarding the Senate’s recently passed immigration bill. “I strongly oppose the Senate-passed immigration bill and believe it violates the origination clause of the Constitution that requires all bills that would raise revenue to originate in the House of Representatives. This bill, like too many of Senate Majority Leader… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement after the House passed the revised Farm Bill today. “The House’s passage of this Farm Bill is an important step towards helping support our Farmers, and ensuring America’s food is grown in America.” Rogers serves as Chairman of the Strategic Forces subcommittee on the Armed Services Committee and is a senior… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), urging him to bring a full repeal vote of the Affordable Care Act to the Senate Floor. After the recent announcement of the Obama Administration’s decision to delay implementation of the 'Employer Mandate' by a year, Rogers’ concerns have continued to grow over what he considers… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement after the Senate passed immigration overhaul legislation today. “I am deeply disappointed in the Senate’s decision to pass a comprehensive amnesty bill today.  This bill rewards those who have broken our laws and doesn’t do enough to secure our borders in order to prevent future illegal immigration.  I… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers sent a letter last week to President Obama, urging the president to nominate a candidate with strong immigration enforcement credentials to lead the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency. The current agency director, John Morton, announced he will resign in July. Rogers has been a harsh critic of Morton, arguing that under his leadership ICE has… Read more »

Folks across East Alabama can’t flip through the television channels without hearing about Washington’s latest debate:  immigration reform. Right now our country is home to millions of illegal immigrants. Even though America is a land of immigrants, it’s also a land of laws. People across the world want the opportunity to pursue the American dream and have done… Read more »

The right for our troops to worship and speak freely of their faith was reaffirmed today, a development Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL) applauded as the House passed a critical military authorization bill. The religious freedom amendment, which Rogers supported, passed overwhelmingly. The amendment would require any meeting between Department of Defense officials and outside groups… Read more »

Most Americans expect their country to be led by a government that’s honest and accountable.  Unfortunately, this Administration continues to show itself as neither. The scandals are mounting. From Benghazi, to the IRS targeting conservative groups, to monitoring emails of reporters, understandably the trust Americans should have in our government is again being shaken. The… Read more »

In a speech to the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce last week, Congressman Mike Rogers said local communities like Montgomery, Anniston and Phenix City / Columbus must keep up their fights to help protect their local military facilities from any new base closings effort. Rogers said Alabama has been successful in past base closure efforts, known as BRAC, because local communities and… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers sent a letter today to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, sharing the concerns of East Alabamians over Obamacare and urging repeal of the large and very flawed law before it is fully implemented.  The letter states, “In particular, there appears to be growing confusion about higher health insurance premiums,… Read more »