Congressman Mike Rogers met today with his Third District Veterans Advisory Council in Sylacauga. This group of volunteers comprised of Veterans from across the thirteen counties in the Third District meets regularly with Rogers to help advise him on issues important to Veterans and their families. Amid the current scandal with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Rogers used the… Read more »

As most folks across East Alabama have seen on the news lately, there is a serious immigration crisis at our Southwest border, and so far it doesn’t look like the Federal government has control of the situation. There is a flood of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing our borders. The Department of Homeland Security estimates over 90,000 children will cross our border in 2014,… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers said he was encouraged to learn today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to house illegal immigrants and children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston has been cancelled. Rogers’ staff received an email this morning from the Federal agency stating “the site is no longer under consideration, and GSA and HHS will… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers today blasted as “misguided and misinformed” a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to house illegal immigrants and children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston. Rogers says many of the illegal immigrants were likely apprehended during the growing crisis at the nation’s Southwest border. In a letter today to… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks after the Supreme Court verdict in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case today.             “I was pleased today to see the highest court in the land uphold our religious freedoms and values.  Business owners should not be forced to compromise their beliefs for an overreaching… Read more »

The recent flood of unaccompanied children from Central America illegally crossing the Southwest border into our country has become an immigration crisis for America.  Today, Congressman Rogers questioned Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on the issue during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. The hearing was titled, “Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of… Read more »

With the Obama Administration continuing to sit on its hands while Russian President Vladimir Putin sends tanks into Eastern Europe, East Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, said the House passed his amendment last night to counter Russia’s willful violations of weapons treaties. “The Obama… Read more »

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