Congressman Mike Rogers recently met with members of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. in Washington, D.C. to discuss the National Historic Site that would help honor the 15,000 heroes who deserve our greatest respect.Tuskegee Airman Colonel Charles E. McGee (Ret.) was among the attendees at the meeting.Rogers said he would continue to do all he could to help support the completion of the… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers recently spoke to the Alexander City Rotary Club in Alexander City, Alabama and gave attendees insight on the direction our country is headed and the opportunity to discuss concerns on their minds.Rogers talked about health care reform and said he would not support any reform that included the “public option”.  Rogers said our health care system… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers recently held an open public meeting at House of Chen in Anniston, 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 Federal government spending too much money on programs that don’t truly help our economy or secure our homeland from those who wish us… Read more »

The Alabama House delegation, will introduce a resolution congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide for winning college football’s national championship.The House resolution will recognize the Crimson Tide for an undefeated season capped by 37-21 victory over the University of Texas Longhorns in the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, California.Congressman Mike… Read more »

Congressman Mike Rogers recently held an open public meeting at the Bulldog Restaurant in Ranburne, 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 possibility of a government-run health care system.“I completely understand these concerns and continue to strongly oppose the current… Read more »

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 »