Congressman Mike Rogers recently held an open public meeting at Jimmy’s Restaurant in Opelika, Alabama, to give local residents the opportunity to discuss face to face concerns on their minds.The top concern of most folks in attendance was the direction our country is currently headed.“Congress continues to spend money it doesn’t have and the debt is becoming… Read more »

  Congressman Mike Rogers said today he recently sent a letter to House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (MO) requesting the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hold an investigative hearing regarding the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.The letter was sent after the November 5th shootings when thirteen deaths were confirmed and Major Nidal Malik Hasan was taken in to… Read more »

  Shorter’s new Emergency Operations Center should receive $500,000 in Federal funding to help get it off the ground and serve the Macon County area, Congressman Mike Rogers announced today.Rogers said the $500,000 appropriation is crucial for helping create this new, much-needed Macon County facility. The funding was contained in H.R. 2892 the FY 2010 Homeland Security… Read more »

Calhoun County’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) got another boost this afternoon when the House of Representatives passed a final funding bill providing CDP $62.5 million for its fiscal year (FY) 2010 operating budget, Congressman Mike Rogers said today.Rogers said the $62.5 million appropriation, which matches last year’s funding level, is critical for the CDP to… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers asked Homeland Security officials late last week why a multi-billion dollar, high-tech system of surveillance cameras and technology is still not fulfilling its mission of securing our porous Southwest border with Mexico.Known as the Secure Border Initiative or SBInet, the system helps guard thousands of miles of rural, unsecured border areas.“Over four… Read more »

  Congressman Mike Rogers and Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-06) announced that Auburn University will receive $1.5 million for defense research work under the House version of the FY10 Defense Appropriations bill.The university will use the funds for its logistical fuel processor program, which examines the use of fuel cells as a power source for military equipment.  The… Read more »

Governor Bob Riley and the state’s congressional delegation today recognized the service and sacrifice of Alabama’s veterans as the Honor Flight program brought 101 veterans from across the state to the National World War II Memorial in Washington.Many of the veterans were making their first visit to the monument to freedom built on the National Mall.  They were flown to… Read more »

  The members of Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation today made the following statements about the threat of government-run healthcare to America’s economy after speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to the Democrat majority in Congress. Today’s floor speeches come a week after Republican members spoke out on June 21st against… Read more »

  Congressman Mike Rogers and Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) today announced that they were able to secure $100,000 in federal funding for Gadsden State Community College.  The funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education Appropriations Bill that passed the House of Representatives on July 24th by a vote of 264-153.… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers released the following statement today after passage of H.R. 2454, the “Democrats’ Cap and Tax Bill.”  The entire Alabama Delegation opposed this bill.“The Democrats’ cap-and-trade bill boils down to an unfair energy tax Alabama’s families and businesses.  It has the chance to further harm our economy by increasing the… Read more »