Category: Rep. Mike Rogers

Republicans Demand Answers on ‘Politically Motivated’ Delay Picking Space Command HQ

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Al.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is demanding answers from the Pentagon over delays in selecting the new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). The location of the SPACECOM headquarters has been a point of contention in recent years. The SPACECOM headquarters are currently located at Peterson Space Force…


Lawmakers Seek Answers From Pentagon on Ukraine War Doc Leaks

The leaders in the House and Senate Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees are pressing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to find the source of apparent leaks of Ukraine war documents and determine the extent to which sensitive U.S. intelligence has been exposed. Numerous alleged U.S. military documents, including some with “secret” and “top…


Rep. Rogers Say He Regrets Tense Confrontation With Rep. Gaetz During Speaker Vote

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) offered his regrets to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Jan. 8 for a tense confrontation during the heated House speaker vote on Friday evening. “I regret that I briefly lost my temper on the House Floor Friday evening and appreciate Matt’s kind understanding,” Roger, the incoming chairman of the House Armed…


Rep. Rogers Says He Regrets Tense Confrontation With Rep. Gaetz During Speaker Vote

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) offered his regrets to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Jan. 8 for a tense confrontation during the heated House speaker vote on Friday evening. “I regret that I briefly lost my temper on the House Floor Friday evening and appreciate Matt’s kind understanding,” Roger, the incoming chairman of the House Armed…


Armed Services Committee Debates FY2022 NDAA, Approving a Near $25 Billion Increase

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—a broad defense spending bill that authorizes funding levels for the U.S. military—for which members offered hundreds of amendments. Ranking Member Rep. Mike Rogers’s (R-Ala.) amendment, to increase the Biden administration’s NDAA budget request of $744 billion for the Pentagon and Energy…


House Republicans Will Introduce Bill to Require Biden Administration to Detail the Amount of US Weapons Seized by Afghan Taliban

House Armed Services Committee Republicans told the Daily Caller News Foundation that they are planning to introduce a bill that would force the Biden administration to tell them how much U.S. military equipment was seized by the Taliban. The GOP lawmakers said they would introduce the bill in September, during the full committee markup of the…