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Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today after H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016, passed the House of Representatives today, with his strong support. This legislation would extend the implementation deadlines for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) costly ozone standards. Studies by the EPA have shown ozone levels have dramatically… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today after the Homeland Security Full Committee hearing titled, “Long Lines, Short Patience: The TSA Airport Screening Experience.” Rogers had the opportunity to press Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger on the bloated bureaucracy the TSA has become. “With Memorial Day… Read more »

As you may have seen, the House of Representatives just passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017. This is the 55th consecutive NDAA, legislation that authorizes funding for the Department of Defense and ensures that Congress fulfills its constitutional duty to make sure that our warfighters have the training and equipment that they need. In addition to setting the… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today after Obama’s recent announcement on public school transgender bathroom policy. “As a father of three children, I am outraged over Obama’s recent directive on transgender bathroom policy in public schools. This is another example of his illegal executive overreach in an area where he has no legal… Read more »

Artistic high school students from the Third District were honored last weekend in Sylacauga, as Congressman Mike Rogers announced the winners of the 2016 Third District Congressional Art Competition. Keanu McMurrey, a student at Pell City High School, took First Place for his photograph titled “Natures Drink.” McMurrey came in first place this year out of over 90… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks after passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017 out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), which included his amendment to force the Army to transfer its surplus vintage firearms to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). A similar amendment was offered and passed in last year’s NDAA, but the Obama… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks after passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017 out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), which included his amendment that adds a technical correction to the language included in the Readiness Mark at his request. The amendment was included in an en bloc package during the Readiness section of the Full… Read more »

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Congressman Mike Rogers joined 144 of his colleagues today and signed a bipartisan letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy regarding the agency misusing Federal funding to pay for a campaign used to attack farmers and ranchers in Washington. This is the second time in months that the EPA has misused Federal funds. “In my opinion, the… Read more »