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Jun 23, 2021
Press Release
Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following open statement at a hearing on the FY22 Department of Defense budget request.
Ranking Member Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And thank you to Secretary Austin and General Milley for being here today and for your service to our nation.
Jun 22, 2021
Press Release
Washington, DC - House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-AL) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement expressing their concern about reports that the Biden Administration halted a package of lethal military equipment to Ukraine that was put together in response to Russia’s military escalation in and around Ukraine this spring:
Jun 17, 2021
Press Release
Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke on the House floor against the repeal of the 2002 AUMF.
Ranking Member Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery are below:
I thank Ranking Member McCaul for yielding and for his leadership on this issue.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is a bad deal for our national security and the safety of American servicemembers overseas.
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